The Scottish Celtic review

184 Fin Mac Coid.d'rainig iad cala Beinn Eudainn.Dh'fhoighneacbd e de 'n Fhiosaiche'd e a bha'n triuir Fliear Mora a' deanamh. " Tha iad,"ars' e-san, an ddigh an suipeireach, agus a' deanamh deas air sona dhol a laighe."Dh'fhoighneachd e 'u dara uair.''Tha iad," ars' e-san, " andyigh a dhol a laighe ; agus tha'n k'intean air an sgaoileadh airciilchaithrichean."An ceann treis, dh'fhoighneachd Fionn dheth a rls, "'De ris anrobh na Fir Mhora a nis ? " " Tha iad," ars' am Fiosaiche, " 'nantrom shuain." " Bu mhath," arsa Fionn, " am meirleach a nis arachadh agus a ghoideadh na l(^intean." " Dheanainu-sa sin,"tliuirt am meirleach, " ach gu bheil na dorsan air an glasadh, aguscha 'n fhaigh mi a staigh." " Trobhad," ars' an streapadair, " airmo mhuin-sa, agus cuiridh mise a staigh thu." Thog e suas air amhuin e gu muUach an t-simileir, agus leig e nuas e; agus ghoide na leintean.Chaidh Fionn far an robh an Fh^inn' ; agus anns a' mhadainnthainig iad thun an taighe anns an robh an triuir Fhear Mora.Bhuail iad beum-sg^ithe, agus dh'iarr iad orra tighiu a mach gucomhrag.Thainig iad a mach. " Is iomadh la," thuirt iadsan, " a bhasiuno ni 'b'fhearr gu comhrag na 'tha sinn an diu;" agus dh'aidichiad do Fhionn a h-uile ni mar a bha." Bha sibh," arsa Fionn," nii-mhodhail ; " agus thug e orra mionnachadh gu'm biodli iaddilcas da fhdin am feasda tuilleadh, agus deas anns gach cas achuireadh e mu'n coinneimh.(From very full notes taken of the tale as told by MurdochM'Intyre, Kilkenneth, Tiree, in January, 1869.J. G. C).HOW FIN WENT TO THE KINGDOM OF THEBIG MEN.Fin and his men were in the Harbour of the Hill of Howth ona hillock, behind the wind, and in fi-ont of the sun, where theycould see every person, and nobody could see them, when theysaw a speck coming from the west. They thought at first it wasthe blackness of a .shower ; but when it came nearer, they saw itwas a boat. It did not lower sail till it entered the harbour.