OF THE COMMITTEE OF THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY OF SCOTLAND, APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE NATURE AND AUTHENTICITY OF THE POEMS OF OSSIAN. DRAWN UP, ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE, BY HENRY MACKENZIE, Esq. ITS CONVENER OR CHAIRMAN. WITH A COPIOUS APPENDIX, CONTAINING SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL DOCUMENTS ON WHICH THE EDINBURGH: Painted at the University Press; FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH, CONTENTS OF THE APPENDIX. Letters to Dr Blair. Pages 1. Letter from Sir John Macpherson to Dr Blair,......... 1 2. Letter from Sir James Macdonald to ditto,........ No. II. Pages 1. Original of the testimony or declaration of Hugh M‘Donald of Killpheder, in the Isle of South Uist,... 38 2. Translation of the foregoing testimony,.................. 44 No. III. Letter from Mr Pope, minister of Rea, to Mr Nicholson, minister of Thurso,...... No. IV: Letters to Henry Mackenzie Esq. 1. From Dr Blair, minister in Edinburgh,... 2. From Dr Adam Fergusson,.................... 56 .... 62 3. From the Reverend Dr Carlyle to William Macdonald Esq. secretary to the Highland Society,... 66 4. Note from John Home, Esq............... 68 No VI. 1. Malcom Macpherson's affidavit,........... 2. Ewan Macpherson's declaration,.................. Pages 93 94 No. VII. 1. Original, according to Jerome Stone of Bas Fhraoich, 99 2. Translation,...... 3. Literal translation,........... ....... 105 112 No. VIII. Specimen of the poems collected by Mr Hill, and of his |