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OF THE

COMMITTEE OF THE HIGHLAND SOCIETY

OF

SCOTLAND,

APPOINTED TO INQUIRE INTO THE NATURE AND
AUTHENTICITY OF THE

POEMS OF OSSIAN.

DRAWN UP, ACCORDING TO THE DIRECTIONS OF THE COMMITTEE,

BY

HENRY MACKENZIE, Esq,

ITS CONVENER OR CHAIRMAN,

WITH A

COPIOUS APPENDIX,

CONTAINING SOME OF THE PRINCIPAL DOCUMENTS ON WHICH THE
REPORT IS FOUNDED.

EDINBURGH;

Printed at the University Pæls;

FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE & CO. EDINBURGH,
AND LONGMAN, HURST, REES & ORME, LONDON.

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ADVERTISEMENT.

THE HE Committee takes this opportunity of returning its thanks to the various gentlemen who have com tributed information, manufcripts, or other docu ments, with regard to the object of its inquiries.

It hopes it may, without offence to others, par ticularly mention the names of the Reverend M Anderfon of Kinguffie, the Reverend Mr M Laggan of Blair, the Reverend Mr M'Diarmed of Weem the Reverend Dr Smith of Campbelton, the Reve rend Mr McDonald of Anftruther, the Reverend Mr Irvine of Rannoch, Captain Morrifon of Grec nock, Mr George Chalmers of London, Major M'Lachlan of Kilbride, the Reverend Mr Stuart of Craignifh, and the Reverend Mr M'Leod of Harries, as thofe from whom the moft important materials were obtained. Several members of the Commit tee itself had opportunities of affording MSS. and

other

*The late learned Mr M'Farlane of London, and Mr Gallie minifter of Kincardine, in Rofsfhire, are not now alive to receive the acknowledgments of the Committee,

other materials of importance, particularly Lord Bannatyne, Sir George M'Kenzie, Sir John Sinclair, and Mr M'Donald of Staffa. To Dr Donald Smith, late furgeon to the Breadalbane Fencibles, one of the best Celtic scholars of the prefent time, the Committee would endeavour to exprefs its obli. gation, were not its thanks rendered unneceffary by thofe of the Society itself, voted to that gentleman, in a manner most juftly due to the ability and unwearied attention with which he has affifted the Committee in the progrefs of this bufinefs; an af fiftance; without which, its Report could never have been compleated.

The Committee, unwilling to lengthen the Appendix to this Report, which it fears will to moft of its readers appear already too long, has given only specimens or extracts of fuch documents as it appeared to the Committee might fairly be judged of by fuch fpecimens or extracts; but the papers themTelves are open to the inspection of any person wishing to examine them more thoroughly, who will take the trouble of applying to the Committee for hat purpose.

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