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ARGUMENT.
Coulath was the youngest of Morni's sons, and bro-
ther to the celebrated Gaul. He was in love v
Cuthona, the daughter of Rumar, when Toscar,
the sou of Kinfena, accompanied by Fercuth his
friend, arrived, from Ireland, at Mora, where
Conlath dwelt. He was hospitably received,
according to the custom of the times, feasted three
days with Conlath. On the fourth he set s
and coasting the island of waves, one of the He-
brides, he saw Cuthona hunting, fell in love with
her, and carried her away, by force, in his ship.
He -was forced, by stress of weather, into I-thona,
a desert isle. In the mean time Conlath, hearing
of the rape, sailed after him, and found him o
the point of sailing for the coast of Ireland. They
fought : and they and their followers fell by mu-
tual wounds. Cuthona did not long survive : for
she died of grief the third day after. Fingal,
hearing of their unfortunate death, sent Stormal
the son of Moran to bury them, but forgot to send
a bard to sing the funeral song over their tombs.
The ghost of Conlath comes, long after, to Ossian
to intreat him to transmit to posterity, his and
Cuthona's fame. For it was the opinion of the
times, that the souls of the deceased were not
happy, till their elegies were composed by a bard .