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Mlac Phersoni, James

THE

POEMS OF OSSIAN,

IN

THE ORIGINAL GAELIC,

WITH A

LITERAL TRANSLATION INTO LATIN,

BY THE LATE ROBERT MACFARLAN, A. M.

TOGETHER WITH

A DISSERTATION ON THE AUTHENTICITY
OF THE POEMS,

BY SIR JOHN SINCLAIR, BART.

AND

A TRANSLATION FROM THE ITALIAN OF THE ABBE CESAROTTI'S DISSER-
TATION ON THE CONTROVERSY RESPECTING THE AUTHENTICITY

OF OSSIAN, WITH NOTES AND A SUPPLEMENTAL ESSAY,

BY JOHN M'ARTHUR, LL. D.

PUBLISHED UNDER THE SANCTION OF THE HIGHLAND
SOCIETY OF LONDON.

MAGNA EST VERITAS ET PREVALEBIT.

VOL III.

LONDON:

PRINTED BY W. BULMER AND CO. CLEVELAND-ROW;
SOLD BY G. AND W. NICOL, BOOKSELLERS TO HIS MAJESTY,
PALL-MALL; CREECH, BELL AND BRADFUTE, CONSTABLE

AND CO, EDINBURGH; AND ARCHER, DUBLIN.

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2. Description of the River Cona, and the Banks of the River Ete, by the Rev. Donald Macnicol

page 523 3. Description of Inis-Connel and Inis-Eraith, the Scene of Daura, as in the Songs of Selma; also the Scenes of Cathluina and Laoi-Fraoch, by the Rev. William Campbell

523

4. Description of the Scenes of Daura and Erath, by the Rev. Dr. John Smith

524

5. Description of the Vicinity of Selma, the River Connel, and the Valley of Ete, by the Rev. Ludovick Grant 527 6. Description of Morven and its Antiquities, by the Rev. Norman Mac Leod

531

7. Probable Conjectures respecting Fingal and Ossian's burial Places

8. A Specimen of Ossiamic Music

534

541

Notices of Books which treat of the Celtic Language, Customs, Manners, and Antiquities

543

Gaelic Books published in the 16th, 17th, and 18th Centuries 562 Gaelic and Irish Manuscripts existing in Great Britain and Ireland

566

DIRECTIONS TO THE BINDER.

The Specimen of Ossianic Music to face page 541.

A Map of Selma and part of the Fingalian Territories in Argyleshire, to face the blank page at the end of Topographic Accounts,

TEMORA

CARMEN TERTIUM.

TOM. III.

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