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«3o THE GENUINE HISTORY GF<br />

againft him. It relates only to TJ flier. And it<br />

has no more tendency ^' to deftroy <strong>the</strong> tale <strong>of</strong><br />

" Bede and <strong>the</strong> ftory <strong>of</strong> Reuda," than it has to<br />

difprove <strong>the</strong> do£irhie <strong>of</strong> gravitation or <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>ory<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> comets. Uilier's etymon <strong>of</strong> Dalriada<br />

mav be unjuH: : and yet <strong>the</strong> account <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Dal-<br />

reudian colony in Bede would be nnlmpeached.<br />

And, what is ftill more ftrange in <strong>the</strong> formation<br />

<strong>of</strong> this argument, Uiher may have really " found<br />

*' out that a dlRricl in <strong>the</strong> county <strong>of</strong> Antrim,<br />

" which has for m.anyages been diftinguilhed by<br />

** <strong>the</strong> name <strong>of</strong> Route, is <strong>the</strong> Dalriada '<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong><br />

^' Irifli :' and yet his derivation <strong>of</strong> Dalriada<br />

from Cairbre-Riada may be falfe. In <strong>the</strong> firfl cafe,<br />

<strong>Mr</strong>. Macpherfon's reafoning is not pointed<br />

againft <strong>the</strong> hiilorical fatfi: in Bede, though it<br />

pretends to deflroy it. And, in <strong>the</strong> fecond,<br />

it is not levelled againft <strong>the</strong> geographical<br />

fact in Ulher, though it is defigned" to over-<br />

thro'.v ito<br />

Having thus eafily {hewn <strong>the</strong> ftrange incom-<br />

petency <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> argument in general, we fliall<br />

have m.ore leifjrc to point out <strong>Mr</strong>, Macpherfon's<br />

o<strong>the</strong>r mi [lakes in <strong>the</strong> courfe <strong>of</strong> it. <strong>The</strong>fe are<br />

That <strong>the</strong> Route in Antrim was fo called from<br />

Pvute a R.am ; That Dah'iada figpifies literally<br />

<strong>the</strong> valley <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Ram ;<br />

That Rachrin means <strong>the</strong><br />

IlaiTi's Fromp.iitory ; and. That " Dalriada itfelf

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