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!Treas ÌIios au t-Samhraidh, 1873. AN GAIDHEAL. 133AM MARAICHE TAINGEIL.Tlia fios aig gach neach a tliaeolach air na maraichean gvi 'm bheiliad truacanta, fialaidh. Air dhoiblifein a bhi buailteacli do ghabhadh 'sdo challdach, tha iad ullanih ashineadh na lamli chum coinlinadh adheanamh do 'n iiii-easbliuidheacli.Mar eiseimpleir air a so, chuala miair son an siiairceis.An uair a rainig e am baile-puirtgus an robh e 'dol ghabh e air bordhiinge a bha gu seoladh do na h-Innsean. Thug i mu thuaiream dabhliadhna aii- a cuairt. An uair athill iad, bha companach dha aginnseadh nach bu chuimhne leis gu'n do leig e seachad latha d' an ninesin gun iomradh a thoirt air a'chaoimhneas a fhuair e ami an tighan tuathanaich.Cha luaith' a rainig iad cala nathug e a chompanach leis agus ghabhe carbad g'a ghreasad a chum an tigheamis an deachaidh buntainn chocaoimhneil ris. Cha d' fhuair e antigh idii- mar a dh' fhag e roimhe e.Bha liean-an-tighe nis 'n a bantraichagus air a' cheai-t latha sin bha i gudubhach, deurach a' faicinn a cuidairneis 'g a reic a dhioladh a fiachan.Cha robh na seoladairean a'tuigsinnna cuise—ball an deigli buill d'a h-ah-neis 'g a thoirt a mach gun a ceadn' a coinhaii-le. Mu dheireadh thainigam fear a bha'freasdal do 'n fhearreic,a thogail leis na creathaill amisan robh an leanabh aig an àm'n achadal. Cha b' urrainn d' an t-seoladaii-an gnothuch a sheasamh n' a b'fhaide, ' 'Ail- d' athais" ars' e agus e 'dunadha dhuirn, "cha'n'eil mi a'tuigsinnciod tha sibh a' ciallachadh—chuir mian sgeul beag a leanas air 'aitluis leministear a bha bitheanta am measg suas leis a so tuilleadh 's fada. Beanslieoladairean.do 'n chreathaill agus cha 'n fhag miBha seoladair araidh a' gabhail an bior slan aim am iiodhrach-tai-suinnrathaid eadar da bhaile-piiii-t a bha do chuirp " An uair a thuig e gurastar o cheile. Thuit an oidhche ann a phaigheadh a tìachan a bha aBha e aineolach air an t-slighe, cuid 'g a chur gu margadh, tharruingail-.ach ghabh e air aghart gus am facaidh e a sporan anns an robh aige, 'n ae solus a bha 'teachd o thigh tuathanaich.bhuinn oil-, tuarasdal na da bhliadh-Rainig e an tigh agus air na agus thuh-t e 's e 'g a thaomadhdha bhi ro sgith, dh' iarr e cead air an lar, " So, togaibh as a sin nasuidhe taobh an teine gu maduinn. dhiolas a fiachan, agus cuiribh a stighBhuin na daoine ris gu ro chaoimhneil.Thug iad da a shuipeir, a fein."aii-neis na mnatlia coire 'n a li-aiteleaba agus greim-ciithaig m' an d'J. W.fhalbh e 's a' mhaduinn, agus cha Lag-na-h -abhunn,ghabhadli iad ni ach a mhile taLng An Siorramachd Pheairt, 1873.SEANN SGEULACHDANGAIDHEALACH.TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAEL.SiE,—The study of folk-lore hasbecome au important branch of literature.Books on the subject wouldfill a small library, and students needto be linguists and m^'thologists. Asall early history was tradition at first,the study of f(jlk-lore manifestly isimportant, though it may seem to befrivolous at first sight. In 1860-1862I contributed to the coinmon stockof knowledge four volumes of Gaelictraditions, orally collected in theWest Highlands by myself and bymy assistants. I have been gatheringever since. In 1872 I printed avolume of heroic Gaelic Ballads,which you noticed as Leabhar naFeinne, p. 302, Vol. I., Gaidheal.My collection of foolscap manuscript,