Produced by Mary Glenn Krause, MFR, University of Toronto - Robarts Library and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) THE PROPHECIES OF THE BRAHAN SEER (COINNEACH ODHAR FIOSAICHE). BY ALEXANDER MACKENZIE, F.S.A. SCOT., EDITOR OF THE “CELTIC MAGAZINE”; AUTHOR OF “THE HISTORY OF THE MACKENZIES,” “THE HISTORY OF THE MACDONALDS AND LORDS OF THE ISLES,” ETC., ETC. Fourth Edition—Much Enlarged. WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE SUPERSTITION OF THE HIGHLANDERS, BY THE REV. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, M.A. INVERNESS: A. & W. MACKENZIE, “CELTIC MAGAZINE” OFFICE. 1888. THE ABERDEEN UNIVERSITY PRESS: JOHN THOMSON AND J. F. THOMSON, M.A. DEDICATION TO FIRST EDITION. [Illustration] TO MY REVERED FRIEND, THE REV. ALEXANDER MACGREGOR, M.A., Of the West Church, Inverness, as a humble tribute of my admiration of his many virtues, his genial nature, and his manly Celtic spirit. He has kept alive the smouldering embers of our Celtic Literature for half a century by his contributions, under the signature of “Sgiathanach,” “Alastair Ruadh,” and others, to the _Teachdaire Gaidhealach_, _Cuairtear nan Gleann_, _Fear Tathaich nan Beann_, _An Gaidheal_, _The Highlander_; and, latterly, his varied and interesting articles in the _Celtic Magazine_ have done much to secure to that Periodical its present, and rapidly increasing, popularity. He has now the pleasing satisfaction, in his ripe and mellow old age, of seeing the embers, which he so long and so carefully fostered, shining forth in the full blaze of a general admiration of the long despised and ignored Literature of his countrymen; and to him no small share of the honour is due. That he may yet live many years in the enjoyment of health and honour, is the sincere desire of many a Highlander, and of none more so, than of his sincere friend, ALEXANDER MACKENZIE. INVERNESS, _May, 1877_. PREFACE. [Illustration] The Second Edition of the “Prophecies” has long been out of print, stray copies of it selling at more than double the published price. We now place another edition, considerably extended, and much improved in every respect, at the disposal of the public, at a lower price.