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Excerpt from An Outline of Irish History: From the Earliest Times to the Present Day
The sons of Turenn were much daunted by this ter rible' eric, 'but they were bound to fulfil it. They set sail in an enchanted canoe, the Wave Sweeper, to the garden'of Hisberna, and succeeded, by turning them selves into hawks, in carrying off the apples. They then visited Greece in the guise of learned poets from Erin, and after a desperate fight overcame the King of Greece and his champions, and carried off the pig-skin. Leav ing the shores of Greece and all its blue streams, ' they sailed to Persia, where they had to fight another battle with the king before they could carry off the blazing weapon in triumph. They then voyaged to Sicily, over came its monarch, and drove Off the famous chariot and horses. Next came the turn of Asal, King of the G01 den Pillars, but their fame had gone before them, and Asal gave up his seven pigs without a contest. He even accompanied them to Iroda, and aided them to obtain the hound-whelp.
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