Hew Morrison Collection > Adhamh agus Eubh, no Craobh Sheanachais nan Gàël

130 HISTORY OF THE
tius, a surname of Neptune ; Oncus, son of ApoUo ;
Onoha,, a town near the column of Hercules, equi-
valent to Ob-An in Argylesbire ; Owuba, a town of
Spain ; and Owuava, a divinity among the Gauls,
equivalent to the celestial Venus (Ven-Esb), were
all Celtic names ! But,
" Who will drag up to the poles,
A fettered rank of leaden souls ?"
The Oiiowa, a branch of the St Lawrence
is pronounced by the aborigines Aìt-Tàu, and
the mount which gives its name to Mon^z-ea/, be-
speaks the Pagan Trinity, viz., T, R, L, i.e. Tau-
Re-Al, the dog — tower — and hon; place we one
sacred letter for another here, and we have T,
B, R, i.e. Tobar ; in Celtic, a well, a font ! equi-
valent to Tahor, Tiber, Tiberias, Tobermory, &cc.
" The path by which to Deity we climb,
Isarduous, rough, ineffahle, suhlime ;
Those men, thefirst who of Egyptian birth
Drank the fair water of NUot'w earth,
Disclosed by actions infinite the road,
And many paths to God Fhc£nic\a.ns show'd."