and always as they went the sea divided before them, showing a clean dry path ahead, but rolled its foaming waves behind them, and both horse and men vanished from the Fians' sight.
Fionn was greatly concerned that so many of his men were taken away from him in such a manner, though Conan had put him under promise to recover them.
"What are we to do now?" asked Oisin.
"What shall we do," Fionn answered, "except follow them to wherever the Fomorian has taken them, and by some means or other contrive to set them free?"
"But we have neither ship nor boat," said Oisin, "and even if we had, how could we trace them across the shifting water?"
"I remember," said Fionn, " hat the Tuatha de Danann at one time gave to the Gael a faery ship, that would carry all who used it wherever they wished to journey. We will go straight to Ben Edar, where we shall find this ship."
The Fians turned to go, but as Fionn gave a last look over the sea he saw, coming
