Ossian Collection > Defence of the Scots Highlanders, in general; and some learned characters, in particular

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lunatics, by that famous man ; the place i?
on that account yearly frequented by peo-
ple to reap the benefit entailed on thefe wa-
ters from the year 700 to the prefent ; and
the veftige of his old monaftery alfo remains,
and is ufed for the fame valuable end with
the waters, to contribute to the blelTed pur-
pofe of conferring health on the diilrelTed.
But paffing this, we mufi remark, that prior
to this period the names of different feats
ftill bear the name of the Fians, as Stra
FiAU Lann, where many chiefs under
that defignation, accompanied with their
vaffals and tenantry kept ftridt watch
againft the encroachments of the Glen ur-
CHAY men, and thofe of the upper and
lower Lorn, on the weft fide of the rugged
marches, and to whom the above Stra
was always expofed, on account of its being
an eafy open thoroughfare to pafs to the low
countries of Balquidder, Strath of
Lanne, and Stirling.
In defence of which many fevere battled
have been fought, as we are told from tradi-
tion, and even the fongs left for pofterity
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