[62] "The Rough-bounds (Garbhcrioch) and the Western Isles" is the expression used. The former term denoted that portion of the mainland between Loch Linnhe and Glenelg. Whether the Island of Skye ought to be included as one of the "Western Isles" is not quite clear.
[63] Dr. Skene, p. lxiv of his Introduction to "The Dean of Lismore's Book." (Here, as elsewhere, I take the liberty of substituting Feens for the Gaelic plural Feinne.)
[64] Op. cit., Introduction, p. lxxviii.
[65] Op. cit., Intro., pp. lxxiii-lxxiv.
[66] Op. cit., p. 36.
[67] For the above references, see pp. 36, 37, and 40 of "The Dean of Lismore's Book."
[68] Just as modern India is British India, although it is almost exclusively occupied by native races. (In this instance, of course, the position of native and alien is precisely the reverse from that which this "Feen" empire seems to denote.)
[69] "Dean of Lismore's Book," p. lxxv. The spelling is here slightly modified.
[70] Op. cit., p. 8, note 1.
[71] Op. cit., p. 49, note.