12. A long duodecimo parchment MS. consisting of hymns and maxims. It is a very beautiful MS., and may be as old as the time of St Columba.
13. A duodecimo parchment MS. much damaged and illegible.
14. A duodecimo parchment MS. consisting of poetry, but not Ossianic. Hardly legible.
15. A duodecimo parchment MS. much injured by vermin. It consists of a miscellaneous collection of history and poetry.
16. A duodecimo parchment MS. in large beautiful letter, very old and difficult to be understood.
17. A folio parchment MS. consisting of the genealogies of the Macdonalds, Macniels, Macdougals, Maclauchlans, &c.
All these MSS. are written in the old Gaelic character, and, with the exception of No. 2, have neither date nor name attached to them.
Besides those enumerated, there are, it is believed, many ancient Gaelic MSS. existing in private libraries. The following are known:—
A Deed of Fosterage between Sir Norman Macleod of Bernera, and John Mackenzie, executed in the year 1640. This circumstance shows that the Gaelic language was in use in legal obligations at that period in the Highlands. This MS. was in the possession of the late Lord Bannatyne.