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Donald, and against Brian, son of thesou of Murdoch: And agaiust Gille-'156 THE GAELisdir eog-an mac suibhiie minisdir callum Mac Pherson: And this isdhiiiiriniiisi agus domhiiall mac pail the stock which John, son of the sonduil)li agus eoiii mac colg-an minisdir of Kenjieth put in possession of thebracadiiil agus toirdealbhach ouiurglieasaanos an tochdamh la doctober and other four which Mac Leod putchild Norman, namely, four mares,aois an tigeama mile 6. c. a 4 x. in his possession, along with threeS R Macleoid. which he promised to him when heJo" m" colgan w'nes took him to his bosom; and theDonald mak quien witnes charge and keeping of these sevenToirdelbliach omurg-easamares which Mac Leod gave to themar fiaghnaisichild shall be with Johi», son of Kenneth,in order to put them to increaseMr ewin m*" quein ^dtnesfor his foster-son ; and the care andkeeping of the four mares whichEnglish Tkanslation. John, son of Kenneth gave to hisBi/ the Rev. Thos. Maclauchlan, LLD.^ foster-son shall be with Mac Leod toEdinburgh.put them to increase for him in likeThis is the coudition and agreementon which Mac Leod is giving to this, namely, Mr. Ewen M'Queen,manner; and these are the witnesseshis son, namely, Norman, to John the minister of Diurinish, Donald, son ofson of the son of Kenneth, and this black Paul, and John M'Colgan,is the condition on which he is with minister of Bracadale, and TurloughJohn, namely, if so be it that John O'Morissy, now the eighth day ofdie first, the child to be with his October in the 3'ear of our Lord, onewife until she get a husband for herself,but the guardianship of theS. R. MACLEOD.thousand six hundred and fourteen.child to belong to Angus, sou of theJohn M'Colgan, witness.son of Kenneth, so long as she isDonald M'Quein, witness.without a husband, and so soon as aTurlough O'Morissyman marries her, the child to beas witness.with Angus himself from that timeMr. Ewin M -Quein, witness.forward during his life, and if hisbrother, namely, Donald the sou ofthe son of Kenneth be the louger CELTIC TOPOGRAPHY.lived after Angus, the child shall be( Continued from page 123.)with Donald in like manner; and A chchalaclair = ' ' oakfield. 'the Aclia means "field," Latin ager, Greekfujros, 0. H. D. acca, achic. Compare Gaelicacalr, Welsh egr, Irish acra, Gothicakrs, originally, I suppose, pasture landfor cattle, sheep walk, from Latjnago.Caladalr, I take to mean " oakwood."C'o(7/e, Irish Co /7/, "wood," Arm.rail, Covnish kelU, Latin cefo, "conceal,"Mac Leod has a son's share ofstock during the lifetime of three,namely, himself, and his son theheir, John, the son of Mac Leod,and Norman, this foster-child of John,the son of the son of Kenneth, andagainst Donald son of the son ofKenneth, and against the two sonsof Donald the son of Muixloch,namely, Roderick and Mui-doch, andagainst the two sons of Duncan, theson of Donald, namely, John and"hide," CJreek kaltjpto, German hehlen," hide," as a covert or place of concealment.Dair is the only vocable employedin Gaelic for "oak," in the form darach,as craobh dharakh, "oak tree." A. S.tre, "tree," Gothic triu, Greek drus,drute, droite, drumos, Sanscrit dru,