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140 REPORT ON THE
thofe refpevcs, in the originals given by Matpherfon,
and thofe colleded by other perfons, and by the
Committee.
The meafure of the narrative part of the poems
is generally that in which the original in the fpeci-
men of Carrkkìhura^ above alluded to, is written,
* Thuit oidhch' air Rotha nan ftuadli ;
Ghabh cala nan cniach an long ;
Bha carraig mu iomall a' chuain ;
Dh' aom coille thar fuaim nan tonn.
Air muUach bha crom chruth Loduinn^
Is clacha mòr nan iomadh buadh ;
Air iofal bha raon gun mhòrchùis,
Agus feur is craobh ri cuan ;
Craobh a bhuain a' ghaoth, 'f i ard,
O jomall nan earn gu raon.
Bha gorm-fhiubhall n?.n frutha th?.!!,
Is ofag mhall o chuan bha faoin. '
So likewife in Smith and Kennedy.
Nuair chunnnic inghean Ghormla nan fleud
An treun na luig'ne 'f an ùir
(Jhaill i haithne — thuit fan fheur
Jvlar leug, gun cliaruchadh fùl.
Tra dh'airich i as a pramh
Sheinn gu craiteach iolach bhròiii
Cliu Dhiarmaid bu ghile fnuadh
bhios gu duaichnidh air an Ion.'
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