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HISTORY OF THE MACDONALDS. 219
nts, as given in the present work (Highlands and Isles), sufficiently
hows that they were considered legitimate, and that, consequently, the
irords ' naturalis ' and ' carnaUs,' taken by themselves, and -svithout the
djunct ' bastardus,' do not necessarily imply bastardy. It is probable
hat they were used to designate the issue of those handfast, or left-handed
'larriages, which appear to have been so common in the Highlands and
isles. Both naturalis and carnalis are occasionally applied to individuals
;:nown to be legitimate in the strictest sense of the term." This import-
int question will be more fully discussed when we come to consider the
.espective claims to the Chiefship of the race of Macdonald^ and of its
-arious branches.
• Alexander of the Isles had also several daughters, one of whom
4. Margaret, married the Earl of Sutherland, and another
I 5, Florence, who married Duncan Mackintosh, IX. of Mackintosh,
irith issue.
He died, at his Castle of Dingwall, on the 8th of May 1448, and was
lucceeded by his eldest son.
{ (To be Continued.)
MAIGHDEAI^ LOCH-NAI^-EALA.
i3 AN tiom a dh' fhalbh, bha aon do Thighearnan Loch-nan-Eala aig an
obh nighean mhaiseach, eireachdail, a thug gaol do Thigh earn ^g a
ihloinn Dhomhnuill. 'S an am sin bha an da fhine thar a cheUe — na
vaimbeulaich 's na Domhnullaich ; is cha leigeadh a h'athair leatha a
)hosadh. Bha e na chleachdadh aice bhi dol gu r6inn na Garbhaird, is a
ohi cuir litrichean ann an soitheach ^igin a bha an sruth aig am sonraicht
,1 giulan a dh' ionnsaidh an taobh eile far an robh esan g 'am faighinn.
Mvi dheireadh, ann an oidhirpeachadh teicheadh, chaidh a bathadh air a
yhonthuil.
Tha Loch-nan-Eala br5nach
Tha 'n Domhnullach fo ghruaim,
Tha a Chonathuil ri cronan
, 'S tha h' coin ri guileadh thruagh ;
Tha Maighdean an fhuilt or-bhuidhe
An se5mar nan tonn uain',
'S tha 'n f heamuinn ruadh a comhdach
An oigh is aillidh snuadh.
Oir thug i gaol a h oige
Do Dhomlinull og nan Gleann, —
Fleasgach, maiseach, ordhearc,
A^choimeas cha robh ann ;