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—314 THE GAEL December, 187S.Welsh is cneiLen, plur. owh, and theBr. kraoun.183. Rotli or ratli and rote.Roth or rath (Avheol) -- W. rhòd(wheel) and corresponds to Lat. rota(wheel), from Avhich Eng. rote (awheel or round of words) is derived.1 84. Loch and lake.Loch (lake) == W. Ihcch and cori-espondsto Lat. Incus, from which Eng.ktke is derived. Loch and lovgh —Gael. loch.185. (rabhal ox (jobh nl {iovk) maybe compared with LiSit. gabalus (fork),Dan. g((ffel (fork), Gev. gahel (fork),W. ('lafl. Gohhlag (a small fork) andrjohhkm (a small fork) are fromgohhal.186. CowmeaZ (candle; in MiddleGael, coindeal) = Lat. candela (fi-omcandeo to shine), Fr. chaiidelle, A.S.candel, Eng'. candle.187. Dair, da/ire, daracJi, andtree.Dair (oak-tree; gen. dara^h)~W.derw, and is cognate with Gr. drys(oak), dory (a tree), Sansk. dàru(timber), Goth, triii (tree), A.S. treowand tryio (tree), Eng. tree. Cf.Stokes' Ir. Glosses,- jj. 79. Daire(grove; now doire) und darach (oak)ai'e from dair. Gaelic and Greek d- Gothic, Anglo-Saxon, and Eng. t.188. Ctaon and lean.Claon (incline; anc. claea) is cognatewith Gr. klvno (to make to l)end),Lat. cVmo (to bend, incline), Old H.Ger. hlinèm (to lean), A.S. hlynian(to lean), Gei'. lehnen (to lean), Dan.knue (to lean), Eng. lean. Gaelic,^reek, and Latin c- German andAnglo-Saxon h.(I'o he contiimcd.)THK HiOIILANKEK'S PrAYEI! at SliERirF-MuiR.—The following was found in amemorandum book l>elonging to Burns:"O Lord, be Thou with us; but, if Tlioube not with us, be not against us; butleave it between the red coats and us !" THETheter fromMackenzieDecemberin thestabledents"sa^'sdependentI cancavse.youngerCrownWhenbeat thembattlefitureproperty,peopleat suchI lamentso deepauthenticalwaysauthority,be tiedof thethatfromwhichdei)endentfor fullduce.Blai--na-pairc,encounter,and theof thesomewife,the Isles,had returnedinsultinglyand aonlyMACKENZIES AND THEMACDOXALDS.following- is a portion of a let-the late Hon. Mrs. StewartofSeaforth, dated 15th1816, and jnst publishedvolume " Archibald Con-and his Literaiy Correspon-:— "The Quarterly lieviorthe Mackenzies were once ;iclan on the Macdonalds.assure you such never was theWe were certainly a nniehclan, and fostered by theto be a thorn in their side.we had grown into power weout of Ross shire, and thewhich completed their discom-was fougiit on their verythe battle of Park. Manyhere liave been quite shockeda libel on Clan Kenneth, andit the more as that article,L\ Highland lore, and soin every other point, willbe quoted as infallibleand the poor Mackenziesfor ever to the chariot-wheeiaMacdonalds. 1 am assuredour family never had a charterany one of the Macdonalds,is a proof we were neveron them. I have chartersfour hundred years to pro-The battle hei-e referred to,Avas a tierce and bloodybetween the MackenziesMacdonalds, in consequencechief of Clan Kenneth, forslight cause, repudiating hiswho was a sister of the Lord ofand blind of an eye. Hethe lady to her kindred,accompanied by a manhorse, each, like herself, withone eye.