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(Táin bó Dartada, Egerton 1782, Yellow Book of Lecan. Trans. A. H. Leahy)
This tale is given by Windisch (Irische Texte, II. pp. 185-205), from two versions; one, whose ...
CHAPTER XXIX: THE ISLE OF INTOXICATING WINE-FRUITS
THEY were now a long time tossed about on the great billows, when at length they came in view of ...
CHAPTER XXXI: THE ISLE OF LAUGHING
THEY next came to an island with a great plain extending over its whole surface. They saw a vast ...
CHAPTER XXXII: THE ISLE OF THE BLEST
THEY came now to a small island with a high wall of fire all round it, and there was a large open...
CHAPTER XXXIV: SIGNS OF HOME
SOON after they saw a beautiful verdant island, with herds of oxen, cows, and sheep browsing all ...
CHAPTER XXXV: MAILDUN MEETS HIS ENEMY, AND ARRIVES HOME
ON a near approach, they found it was a small island; and now they recognised it as the very same...
CHAPTER XVIII: THE PALACE OF THE CRYSTAL BRIDGE
THEY came now to a small island, with a palace on it, having a copper chain in front, hung all ov...
CHAPTER XVI: THE ISLE OF WEEPING
AFTER leaving this, they had not been long sailing when they discovered another large island, wit...
CHAPTER XVII: THE ISLE OF THE FOUR PRECIOUS WALLS
THE next was a high island, divided into four parts by four walls meeting in the centre. The firs...
CHAPTER XIX: THE ISLE OF SPEAKING BIRDS
ONE night, soon after leaving this, they heard in the distance, towards the north-east, a confuse...
CHAPTER XX: THE AGED HERMIT, AND THE HUMAN SOULS
AT a little distance from this they found another small island, with many trees on it, some stand...
CHAPTER XXI: THE ISLAND OF THE BIG BLACKSMITHS
WHEN they had been for a long time tossed about on the waters, they saw land in the distance. On ...
CHAPTER XXII: THE CRYSTAL SEA
AFTER a time, they came to a sea like green crystal. It was so calm and transparent that they cou...
CHAPTER XXIII: A LOVELY COUNTRY BENEATH THE WAVES
AFTER leaving this they entered on another sea, which seemed like a clear, thin cloud; and it was...
CHAPTER XXIV: AN ISLAND GUARDED BY A WALL OF WATER
WHEN they came to the next island, they observed with astonishment that the sea rose up over it o...
CHAPTER XXV: A WATER-ARCH IN THE AIR
ON the next island they saw a very wonderful thing, namely, a great stream of water which, gushin...
CHAPTER XXVI: THE SILVER PILLAR OF THE SEA
THE next thing they found after this was an immense silver pillar standing in the sea. It had eig...
CHAPTER XXVII: AN ISLAND STANDING ON ONE PILLAR
THE island they saw after this was named Encos; and it was so called because it was supported by ...
CHAPTER VIII: THE ISLAND OF THE WONDERFUL APPLE TREE
AFTER leaving this, they suffered again from hunger, till they came to an island with a high hill...
CHAPTER IX: THE ISLAND OF BLOODTHIRSTY QUADRUPEDS
A BEAUTIFUL island next came in view, in which they saw, at a distance, multitudes of large anima...