Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1871 to 1900 > Cunntas air boidhicheadan Ceann-Lochearn agus Edinample, or, A description of the beauties of Edinample and Lochearnhead

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south; which then is the westmost end ?
P. 17,1. 1.
64rp'preh&nsion.
The sooner that was effected the better!
A probable reason for the Scottish munici¬
palities of former days composing their
Town Guard exclusively of Celts, was their
appreciation of the old proverb—‘set a thief
to catch a thief.’.
p. 17,1. 5.
June, to alarm.
Possibly “Rise up guidwife an’ steek the
door” or, “The harrin o’ oor door weel”.
P. 17,1. 8.
cfntollectual faculties.
From this one is apt to infer that those
faculties were dormant or in abeyance dur¬
ing M’ D’s lifetime among the inhabitants
of Upper Strathearn.
P. 17,1. 21.
Menbeich.
A glen about two miles down the north
shore of the loch. About a mile up the glen,
the burn which traverses it is precipitated
in considerable volume over an unbroken
height of some 50 ft. into a well-like cavity,
from which it issues by a narrow cleft into
a large pool, and then pursues its way down