ON THE

ORIGIN AND DESCENT

OF THE

GA EL:

WITH

AN ACCOUNT OF THE PICTS, CALEDONIANS,

AND SCOTS;

AND

OBSERVATIONS
RELATIVE TO THE AUTHENTICITY

OF THE
POEMS OF OSSIAN.

BY JAMES GRANT, Esq. ADVOCATE.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED BY WALKER AND GREIG;
FOR ARCHIBALD CONSTABLE AND CO. EDINBURGH;
LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN, LONDON;

AND

JOHN YOUNG AND CO. INVERNESS.

CONTENTS.

INTRODUCTION,

Page 1

The Gael, whence sprung,

Original Condition of Man,

Ratis, Scapha, Navis,

Marriage, . .

Rota, Cuneus,

Arithmetic,

Paper, Carta,

Carmen, Cantus,

133

Ulna, Cubitus,

135

Multa, Pena,

141

The ancient Britons were Gael, and descended from the

Gauls, - - - - 152

Proof of Identity,

-

182

Identity of people inferred from the use of warlike

weapons, , .

201

.

Albion,

Picts, Caledonians, Scots,

266

Observations respecting the authenticity of the Poems of

Ossian, . . . . . 379

259