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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Korse.
The Each TJisge or Kelpie. This scourge-
of Scottish waters always assumes the form
of a horse, and so effectively deceives one
by its quiet and inoffensive appearance,
that the unfortunate wayfarer who ventures,
on its hack, is only aroused to a full sense
of his danger by the grim array of bleaching
human skeletons which litter the neighbor¬
hood of its watery retreat. The Scots word
‘Kelpie’ is evidently a corruption of the
Gaelic ‘Capall’, a mare; or of the Latin
‘Caballus’, both of which latter words are
evidentlyjclosely allied.
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£4variciou$ly, dismally.
In Gaelic the adverb is often used instead
of the adjective, or rather the two are con¬
vertible; as, Co thainig an toiseach ?—who
came first ? here it is the adjective; but,
Co thainig mu dheireadh ?—who came
lastly ? here it is the adverb which is used.
Also, Thainig an train mu dheireadh ?—
has the lastly train arrived ?
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%T6W. Expression here correct as adven-