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i6o THE GENUINE HISTORY OF<br />

chain <strong>of</strong> reafoning. What <strong>Mr</strong>. Macpherfon has<br />

faid, difproves <strong>the</strong> Spanifh and Scandinavian de-<br />

fcent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Irifli. And fo far it is ufeful.<br />

But it <strong>the</strong>n contends for ano<strong>the</strong>r, which is juft<br />

as imaginary as <strong>the</strong> fyflem <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Fileas or <strong>the</strong><br />

Hypo<strong>the</strong>fis <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Jefuit. And, in <strong>the</strong> love <strong>of</strong><br />

innovation and <strong>the</strong> prevalence <strong>of</strong> prejudice, he<br />

has overlooked <strong>the</strong> obvious tendency <strong>of</strong> his own<br />

arguments, and fubllituted Caledonia for Britain,<br />

P. 92. <strong>Mr</strong>. Macpherfon now proceeds regu-<br />

larly to overthrow <strong>the</strong> Irlfli defcent <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scots,<br />

and to eflablifti <strong>the</strong> Caledonian. And I ihall at-<br />

tend him regularly in his progrefs.<br />

P. 92. " <strong>The</strong> credit <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Milefian tale is<br />

*' already deftroyed, and it is perhaps fuper-<br />

** fluous to refute <strong>the</strong> pretended Hibernian ex-<br />

** tradlion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scots. Both flories depend<br />

" upon <strong>the</strong> fame authority, and <strong>the</strong>y muft both<br />

** fall by <strong>the</strong> fame argument."<br />

This Is certainly not true. <strong>The</strong> Milefian ftory<br />

concerning <strong>the</strong> firft population <strong>of</strong> Ireland, and<br />

<strong>the</strong> account <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> migration <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Scots from<br />

Ireland into Britain, are two incidents that are<br />

founded

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