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ARGUMENT.
This poem, which, properly speaking, is a continuation of the
last, opens with an address to Sul-malla, the daughter of the
king of Inis-huna, whom Ossian met, at the chase, as he
returned from the hattle 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-dronlo, two Scandinavian
kings, in whose wars Ossian himself and Cathmor were
engaged on opposite sides. The story is imperfect, a
part of the original being lost. Ossian, warned in a dream,
by the ghost of Trenmor, sets sail from Inis-huna.