[18] I have adopted here, as more euphonious, the name given to the eldest of the sons of Usna (Uisneach) by Macpherson in “Darthula.” The old spelling is _Naoise_. _Ainnle_ (Ailne, Ailthos) means “beautiful,” and _Ardan_, “pride.” [19] The Cruithne, or Picts, had their chief stronghold at Beregonium, overlooking the Bay of Selma, not far from the mouth of Loch Etive, below the Falls of Lora, in West Argyll. [20] To this day, the Highlander of Western Argyll and of Inverness-shire is familiar with the Fort of the Sons of Usna, above one of the lochs which constitute what is now known as the Caledonian Canal. [21] Western India. [22] This is a free paraphrase of the original as given by Dr. Cameron in the _Reliquiæ Celticæ_. The original consists of nine short quatrains. In the second, the names mentioned are Dun Fiodha, Dun Fionn, Innis Droighin, and Dun Suibhne. In the following quatrains the old and modern names are practically identical. The modern Glendaruel was formerly Glendaruay (Gleann da Ruadh), the Glen of the Two Roes, or Glennaruay (Gleann na Ruadh), the Glen of the Roes. Innis Droighin is again alluded to in the last verse. It is now called Innis Draighneach, meaning the Island of Thorns, and is situate in Loch Awe. [23] Literally “O d’chuala Feargus sin, do rinneadh rothnuall corcra dhe O bhonn go bathas.” (When Fergus heard this, he became a crimson mass from the foot-sole to the face.) [24] This sentence is literal after the old Gaelic as translated by Dr. Cameron. Apropos of the mention of the chessboard in the next sentence (as once before), it may be added that the ancient Celtic kings and lords had a passion for chess. [25] _Agus d’ibh deoch, agus tainigh amach aris_, etc., “and he drank a drink,” etc. [26] Scandinavia. TRANSCRIBER NOTES: There are a number of blank pages in the original text of this book. To conserve space, especially for handheld devices, blank pages have been left out of this ebook. This book contains Scoto-Gaelic variants. To retain the intended flavor of the book, spelling and punctuation in dialect text have not been altered. Spelling of non-dialect wording in the text was made consistent when a predominant preference was found in this book; if no predominant preference was found, or if there is only one occurrence of the word, spelling was not changed, unless noted below. Single, oddly spelled words that could not be confirmed as typographical errors were left unchanged. On page 159, “slao” was considered to be a typographical error and changed to “slay”, which fits the context. Original punctuation has been retained. Variations in hyphenation and compound words have been preserved with the following exception: Page 247 -- chess-board was changed to chessboard. All seven other occurrences of the word chessboard that were not end-of-line hyphens did not have a hyphen.