25. the big black man who wants the story.
26. The big giant of the one eye, brother of 25, and slain by 24.
| 27. The stepmother | enchanters belonging to 24. |
| 28. The Harper |
29. Art nan Casan Connallach (a king of whom I have not heard till now), who only appears to be slain.
30.[1] Druapach, who is an ally; a kind of bard and henchman, herald, guide, pilot, and master-of-arms to Calpach.
Abstract of Story.
1. Heroine, as hare, jumps up behind hero; they marry; forthwith the landscape, from a barren waste, becomes fertile land. The King is invited against the wife’s advice. O’Cein, the Treasurer, insults the wife. The country at once changes back to its former condition, and O’Cein’s leg is broken into twenty-four bits.
2. Story of the Captain about an island which cures hurts. O’Cein is put there; after being dragged round it, is left[2] A man comes to heal him,
3. who tells of a church, and how his mother and sister were carried off,
4. of the pursuit after them, how Sunbright was rescued from a rock in the middle of the sea, and how the narrator slew the knight of the red shield.
5. Of the carrying off of Sunbright, and how, after seven years, the narrator pursues with his two sons. They part at three roads, and
6. a third son is born to narrator. For eighteen years the narrator and the two elder sons dwell at the cross-roads. The third son then comes, overcomes his two half-brothers, nearly overcomes his father, is recognised, and all four set off to rescue Sunbright, the youngest son slaying the giant who had carried her off.
7. Adventures of the youngest son; he games against a black man and wins maiden, horse, and dog on three successive days.
