FOOTNOTES:
[1] We are indebted for these observations on the Highland Muse to the learned friend who has supplied the greater number of the translations from the Gaelic poets, which appear in the present work.
[2] Highland Society's Report on Ossian, pp. 16-20.
[3] Genealogists or Antiquaries.
[4] Letter from Sir James Macdonald to Dr Blair.
[5] M'Callum's "Collection," p. 207. See also Smith's "Sean Dana, or Gaelic Antiquities;" Gillies' "Collection" and Clark's "Caledonian Bards."
[6] Highland Society's Report on Ossian, pp. 99, 105, 112.
[7] Boswell's "Life of Johnson," p. 320, Croker's edition, 1847.
[8] "Poems by Mrs Grant of Laggan," p. 395, Edinburgh, 1803, 8vo. The original is to be found in the Gaelic collections.
[9] Mrs Grant's Poems, p. 371; Mackenzie's "Gaelic Poets," p. 1.