GORE'S "J.M." AGAIN TO THE FORE.
:'.•.,,?■• ■■.:■ •-■ -''-.- .v ,TO THE 3BDITOB. ■?^'JBjL.ft*.«B ( sl8 1 M won^iM hl-rk 1 5 ;4iwd:keai^r|tlff6^g^ W titoei ; .ti^ll ■:*rs; :. c tkt BMWt of it goe« beyond my comprehension, r viiit fbrtnnately-for-roe' ft great many more : ►^%TCT.l« : <lJftfcithj...Qnlj/«kir,t-,Bhe r . «ver wore kilt; an* \ ■ f r :>:: inpt^, lam if he (T will ': '■'■;■ ;IliKe*C^rain Dalgety ot immortal fame, an *;>[, /jjtlnmnTis , of Mariuchal College, Aberdeen, : c >:^^>jdbM^^|ieTej'litai^yetvSo,6aelic chaic 7 .1 will " :X . '^-laiaSk tatt-hi TallaV" Hft'll.'^ etc. l suppose >;^r^r#S#TOa^:ilal^^p«rh'aps he is not . VV^ f^e thai; :^Zfrt.ii;fh» Gaelic for hall. Then ;■ -^e.iip^jrs,: *' lit qnJy the cordon could, be got to .!itciude -^ffttaur* r"the ''authority ' there fs he w> pos- ■;« »ftSßse3 of all the lore of Lochaber and the' . r^3iction«ry. in Hataura to my knowledge, »nd :lhat to irtJameron, but he is not: a •■-/ ■■•- ' Ldchaber hJdwi l ßfid ■ invert was there. He 1 happen* too hail from Loch Rannoch, Perth- ;] •.'-#i»#P *Hrf«««ct^iM^i*''tb« 'tKere' is- no. lire .ft very poor opinion of^the. language, »s = -poor as hi? knowledge of it,"! think; "I will .^ve him.ibur, tojbegin;with, and if that doe^ ,"••* noWwrtisfy him I can give him aa many^ / §^qT^^atkenMbht^f*r-I^iHi* f fedt-guSKail, ".: ; f^nr'OOmK^nidh.^Xh^p'TfSTb is mitich, lam -. ; "ifraid he wan, Kk'e" " JM., Otamp," taught ' . bii daelic by his-mother. Next he accuses - v ; both the ti J.Ms." of, being egotiatical. But ■ :: -:oWmiW'W t^ t l } ttS^oViroMWioT aliStle^ ' '; on t^^ead : ..^Thii should silence b»th« A "^ 'Kcribes." ,Th«n, -again, ho explains in the ; >. , i; v"bojl!y : 'of his letter that he will give Awver■''''}J aionj »%A^raa^. injt.poftßcript. iJ. always ■r^ postscript meant an afterthought. ;> lelega]^ Arnvicar^ almost the V-; vi-prinioipal^.pttrt pf K .tae argument, to a post- > «tiic»;) Iwilliw*«a6t«Jilie whole of it. I flwill 'feitrict mf&irtb the Gaelic. He saysV/^iand^aie tke^Mime. Well, 1 will quote, - v^ttie^l»thQritita«tag»ui tTf and'l find, that 0d?t« , t^i^teSg&h&s*Mcinl<li >- ; The''rigm < 'iiole- .'.-., 'i^JO|y|^&ef i Jeigalj^ h*l^blooif f ip ;rubbish. ; il "'-'■*: Jaii v irt % yßOnilffl^m)veTer, 'thai his v.ersion is S»pe?trtdtionß. >Jlb®pe:)lJ39P<»tel3& M bat^ - ao in Hindoo and Hebrew than he is in r* <^tm*mm.s. • : ' V :y= 'J^U*»~^^»^ - ■— "• ■■ :—~ J.M.i Qpre. . . ••^-'.;«ayl,1881 r -v--- , / , ■ .
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Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 353, 2 May 1884, Page 3
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335GORE'S "J.M." AGAIN TO THE FORE. Mataura Ensign, Volume 6, Issue 353, 2 May 1884, Page 3
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