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ARGUMENT.
This poem, which, properly speaking, is a continuation of the
last, opens with an address to Snl-malla, the daughter of
the king of Inis-huna, whom Ossian met, at the chase, as
he returned from the battle of Rath-col. Sul-malla invites
Ossian and Oscar to a feast, at the residence of her father,
who was then absent in the wars. Upon hearing their
name and family, she relates an expedition of Fingal into
Inis-huna. She casually mentioning Cathmor, chief of
Atha, (who then assisted her father against his enemies),
Ossian introduces the episode of Culgorm and Suran-dronio,
two Scandinavian kings, in whose wars Ossian himself and
Cathmor were engaged on opposite sides. The story is im-
perfect, a part of the original being lost. Ossian, warned
in a dream, by the ghost of Trenmor, sets sail from Inis-
huna.