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AUTHENTICITY OF OSSIAN's POEMS. 523
Description of the Fingalian River Cona, 8^c. and the
Banks oj the River Ete, the Residence qf Usnoch and
his three Sons, wìiose story is given in Ossian's Poem
oJDarthula. By the Rev. Donald MacnicoU, Minister
oj the [fnited Parishes oj Lismore and Appin, County
oj Argyle. *
" The rivers Creren, Co, or Conn (the Fingalian
Cona, a beautiful romantic river), the river of Coi-
nich in Kingerloch, with those of Durror, Baileche-
lish, Larvel, and Laroch are the most considerable.
There are foxes, badgers, and otters in Appin. In
the lower parts of Appin, particularly on the Marquis
of Tweedale's and Mr. Campbell of Aird's proper-
ties, there are roes in great abundance ; not the she
of the hart, as some of our English dictionaries
falsely denominate them ; for the roes have their
bucks and does, as the deer have their harts and
hinds. In the higher parts of Appin, a few red or
mountain deer frequently appear, when they are
scared or frightened from the neighbouring forest
of Buachail, &c. A few deer occasionally appear in
Kingerlocli ; but the sheep will soon hanish them, as
they cannot endure to pasture with them ; nor are
the roes fond of it. The squirrel is now become very
rare, if not totally extinct, in this part of the High-
lands. On the banks of the river Ete, the Fingalian
Usuoch, and his three renowned sons, Naos, or Naois,
Ailh, and Ardan were born, as set forth by Mr.
• See Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. I. p. 485.