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

It is not likely to be the first, as, at the
time Mr Envie flourished, English patrony¬
mics were not in common use in the High¬
lands. It is most likely a corruption of
‘ainmhidh’, pronounced enn - vhee, an ani¬
mal ; a term often enough applied even:
now in the Highlands to men of herculean
strength. Therefore the Stone of Envie may
he translated by 'Clach n’ ainmhidh’, the
Stone of the Athlete;
P. 36, lines 19, 20.
fieing thirsty—Hood.
Faugh! Here is cannibalism with a ven¬
geance. Some of the exploits of the heroic
Gael were, it must be confessed, shady en¬
ough, but one bad no idea they went quite
so far as this.
P. 36,1. 23.
^direction of tlio course-.
Here is sweetness (of nai'ration) long drawn
out.
p. 37,1. 12.
Sot her daggered.
Her nainsell.
P. 38,1. 19.
Providence.
Were it not for this solitary allusion to
the Supreme Being, one would feel con-