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DAN an DEIRG. 15
Dan Chaoilte *.
Ri linn Threin-mhoir nan fgia,
Ruaig Caoilte am fiadh mu Eite f ;
Thuit leis daimh chabrach nan cnoc,
'S cho-fhreagair gach flochd da eigne.
Chunnaic Min-bheul a gaol,
'S le curach \ faoin chaidh na dhàil
Shèid
* To Epifodes, fuch as this, which are frequently repeat-
ed as detached pieces, I give their proper titles, and they
may be read either feparately, or as parts of the poems to
which they refpe&ively belong.
f An arm of the fea in Argylemire ftill retains the name
of Loch- Eite.
% The Curach was a fmall boat made of wicker, and co-
vered with hides. It was fometimes, however, of a con-
fiderable fize. — That in which Columba and his companions
failed from Ireland, appears from its bed, ftill fliewn in Part-
a-churaich in Iona, to have been 40 feet long. Pliny and
Solinus make mention of thefe pinnaces, and Lucan defcribes
them in the following manner :
Primum cana falix madefacta vinime parvam
Texitur in puppim, csefoque induta juvenco,
Vecioris