Latha dhomh air Sgurr a’ Ghreadaidh,na mo sheasamh air an roinn aird eagaich,ag amharc sìos air Coire ’n Uaigneistroimh bharcadh a’ cheò mun cuairt orm,530He looks back up to the north in the direction of Sgurr nan Gillean, where he was previouslystanding and he views the beauty of the island:Thionndaidh mi, ’s tuath ’s an iarthuathbha Minginis ’na bòidhche shiantaagus Bràcadal uaine;Diùirinis is Tròndairnis bhuaipe.531On another evening MacLean is standing on Sgurr na Banachdaich, which means he has‘travelled’ only a short distance from Sgurr a’ Ghreadaidh. His previous position on Sgurr a’Ghreadaidh is still in his mind as well as in his physical vision since from Sgurr naBanachdaich he witnesses a vision of the lords of Dunvegan on that same peak:Feasgar dhomh air Sgurra na Banachdaichdh’éirich samhlaidhean san anamoch;air gach baideal dhen Chuilithionnbha riochd fear-spùillidh a’ tulgadh.Gobhlach air Sgurr a’ Ghreadaidhbha triùir de thriathan Dhun-Bheagain,532By the end of Part I MacLean appears to have continued east to Sgurr Alasdair, the highestpoint of the Cuillin at 3,257ft:533 supplement
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