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12 ADHAMH AGUS E0BH.
sealladh sùl nach eil annta ach an aon chànain, — clann na
h-aon mhàthar iomraitich ann an ath'rachadh deise ? Rinn
Sjjeala-cluaise, agus Aineolas tuiUe chànainean na rinn
riamh Tùr Bhàbeil !
A' MIOS DEIRIONNACH.
" Gach lus, le' bharr cho mìorbhuilleach,
A' fàs fo mhìle suaicheantas. " — D. B.
Gach ceap-tuislich faicsinneach air an toirt air falbh —
Fianuisean àrda—'Dealbh chainnt ciod i.
Tha f hios agara gu hheil mi 'scrìobhadh arson ioma' de m'
luchd-ducha ionmhuinn aig uach eil, aon chuid cothrom na
cumhachd rannsachadh air an son fèin. Uimesin, m'an inn-
trig mi aìr au obaìr chudthromaich so 's math leam gach
ceap-tuislich a' chur as an rathad.
" Tha Herodotus ag innse dhuinn," ars' thusa, "gu'n d'f-
huair Psammeticus, aon do righrean nah- Eiphit, mu thuairm
seachd ceud bliadhna roimh theachd Chriosd, raachacheud
chànain; agus',ars'thusa,co ghabhas aìr a ràdhgum bu Ghaelig
i ?" Tha HerodotusgM dearbh ag innse dhuinn "gu'n d' èirich
corahstri mu'n àm sìn eadar luchd-àitìche na h- Eiphit mu
thiomchioU co cànain bu shinne 'bh'aìr an t-saoghal — gu'n tug
an rìgh ordugh, gus a cheist a dhearbhadh, dithis leanahan
a ghlasadh ann am bothan fàsail, le dithis bhanaltrama aig
an robh an teangana aìr an gearradh asda o'n ugan, chum
nach b'urraìnn iad labhaìrt, agus an ceann dà no tri 'bhliadh-
naichean, a' faicinn a' muimeachan a' tighinn le biadh, 'siad

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Adhamh agus Eubh, no Craobh Sheanachais nan Gàël
DescriptionGaelic language -- History. Bound together with the author's 'History of the Celtic language', London:1840.
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Hew Morrison Collection
DescriptionA selection of items from a collection of 320 volumes and 30 pamphlets of literary and religious works in Scottish Gaelic. From the personal library of Hew Morrison, the first City Librarian of Edinburgh.
Early Gaelic Book Collections
DescriptionSelected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history.