[85] Those who wish further details may refer to the following pamphlets:--_The Glengarry Evictions_, by Donald Ross; _Hist. of the Hebrides_, by E. O. Tregelles; _Twelve Days in Skye_, by Lady M’Caskill; _Exterminations of the Scottish Peasantry_, and other works, by Mr Robertson of Dundonnachie; _Highland Clearances_, by the Rev. E. J. Findlater; _Sutherland as it was and is_; and the pamphlet in last note. On the other side, see Selkirk on Emigration; Sir J. M’Neill’s report and article in _Edin. Review_ for Oct. 1857. [86] _The Depopulation System in the Highlands_, by an Eye-Witness. Pamphlet. 1849. [87] Tregelles’ _Hints on the Hebrides_. [88] _Sir John M’Neill’s Report_, pp. xxxiv.-xxxv. [89] _Sir John M’Neill’s Report_, pp. xxii., xxiii. [90] _Sir John M’Neill’s Report_, xxvi. xxvii. [91] See _Edin. Rev._ for Oct. 1857. [92] _Sir John M’Neill’s Report_, xxxviii. xxxix. [93] The American Gazetteer. Lond. 1762. Art. _Inverness, New_. [94] Selkirk on _Emigration_, p. 212. [95] Dr M’Lauchlan’s paper in Social Science Transactions for 1863. CHAPTER XLV. GAELIC LITERATURE, LANGUAGE, AND MUSIC. BY THE REV. THOMAS MACLAUCHLAN, LL.D., F.S.A.S. Extent of Gaelic literature--Claims of Ireland--Circumstances adverse to preservation of Gaelic literature--“The Lament of Deirdre”--“The Children of Usnoth”--“The Book of Deer”--The Legend of Deer--The memoranda of grants--The “Albanic Duan” --“Muireadhach Albannach”--Gaelic charter of 1408--Manuscripts of the 15th century--“The Dean of Lismore’s Book”--Macgregor, Dean of Lismore--“Ursgeul”--“Bas Dhiarmaid”--Ossian’s Eulogy on Fingal--Macpherson’s Ossian--“Fingal”--Cuchullin’s chariot--“Temora” --Smith’s “Sean Dana”--Ossianic collections--Fingal’s address to Oscar--Ossian’s address to the setting sun--John Knox’s Liturgy --Kirk’s Gaelic Psalter--Irish Bible--Shorter Catechism--Confession of Faith--Gaelic Bible--Translations from the English--Original prose writings--Campbell’s Ancient Highland Tales--“Maol A Chliobain”--“The man in the tuft of wool”--Alexander Macdonald --Macintyre--Modern poetry--School-books--The Gaelic language --Gaelic music. The literature of the Highlands, although not extensive, is varied, and has excited not a little interest in the world of letters. The existing remains are of various ages, carrying us back, in the estimation of some writers, to the second century, while contributions are making to it still, and are likely to be made for several generations.