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" Cuchullin's chariot, but he left Skye the be-
" ginning of last August. — Please now to re-
" ceive enclosed Ossian's two addresses to the
*' sun, viz. at its setting and at its rising. I
*' could have sent one of the addresses much
" sooner ; but hearing that an old gentleman at
" Vaternish had the other, I sent to him for it,
" and, after getting it from him, I could not
" make it out, and was obliged to go and write
" it from him myself. 1 wish the same difficulty
" may not occur to you now, and that you may
" fmd the matter worth the postage. I am, &c.
'* Donald Grant.
" Ulinishj \st January 1798."
Original of the Address to the Sitn, in
Carricthura.
An d' fhag thu gorm astar nan speiir,
A mhic gu'n bheud is t^rbhui ciabh,
Tha dorsa na hoiche dhuit fein,
Agus palluinn do chlos san lar.
Thig na stuaigh niu'n cuairt gu mall
A choimhead an fhir a's gloine gruaidli
A togail fo eagal an ceann ;
Re d'fhaicinn co-aille a' d' shuain
Tlieich iadsa gu'n tuar o d' thaobh.
Gabhsa cadal 'n a do chos,
A Ghrian ! a's pill an tos le aoibhneas.