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the half-viewlefs fhell. The roof of his dreadful hall is marked with nightly fires.

The race of Cruth- loda advance, a ridge of formlefs fhades. He reaches the founding fhell, to those who fhone in war; but, between him and the feeble, his fhield rifes, a cruft of darkness. He is a fetting meteor to the weak in arms. Bright, as a rain-bow on ftreams, came white armed Conban-carglas.

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Fingal returning, with day, devolves the command of the army on Duth - maruno, who engages the enemy, and drives them over the ftream of Turthor. Fingal, after recalling his people, congratulates Duth - maruno on his fuccefs; but discovers, that that hero was mortally wounded in the engagement. Duth-ma

runo dies. Ullin, the bard, in honour of the dead, introduces the epifode of Colgorm and Strina dona, with which the duän concludes.

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here art thou, fon of the king? faid dark-haired Duth-maruno. Where haft

thou failed, young beam of Selma?

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returns not from the bofom of night! Morning is fpread on U-thorno, in his mift is the fun on his hill. Warriors, lift the fhields, in my prefence. He must not fall, like a fire from heaven, whofe place is not marked on the ground. He comes like an eagle, from the fkirt of his fqually wind! In his hand are the fpoils of foes. King of Selina, our

fouls were fad.

Near us are the foes, Duth-maruno. They come forward, like waves in mift, when their

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foamy tops are feen, at times, above the low. failing vapour. The traveller fhrinks on his journey, and knows not whither to fly. No trembling travellers, are we! Sons of heroes, call forth the fteel. Shall the fword of Fingal arife, or fhall a warrior lead?

*) The deeds of old, faid- Duth- maruno, are like paths to our eyes, o Fingal. Broadfhielded

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*) In this fhort epifode we have a very probable ac count given us, of the origin of monarchy in Caledonia. The Caël, or Gauls, who posfeffed the countries to the north of the Firth of Edinburgh, were, originally, a number of diftin& tribes, or clans, each fubject to its own chief, who was free and independent of any other pow er. When the Romans invaded then, the com mon danger might, perhaps, have induced thofe reguli, to join together; but, as they were un willing to yield to the command of one of their own number, their battles were ill-conducted, and, confequently, unfuccefsful. Trenmor was the firft who reprefented to the chiefs, the bad confequences of carrying on their wars in this irregular inanner, and advised, that they themselves fhould alternately lead in battle. They

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