Then Cuculain stood up in the chariot, and surveyed the land on
all sides, and said--
"What is that great, firm-based, indestructible mountain upon our
left hand, one of a noble range which, rising from the green
plain, runs eastward. The last peak there is the mountain of which
I speak, whose foot is in the Ictian sea and whose head neighbours
the firmament."
And Laeg said, "Men call it Slieve Modurn, after a giant of the
elder time, when men were mightier and greater than they are now.
He was of the children of Brogan, uncle of Milesius, and his
brothers were Fuad and Eadar and Breagh, and all these being very
great men are commemorated in the names of noble mountains and
sea-dividing promontories."
"Guide thither the horses," said Cuculain. "It is right that those
who take the road against an enemy should first spy out the land,
choosing judiciously their point of onset, and Slieve Modurn
yonder commands a most brave prospect."
Laeg did so. There, in a green valley, they unharnessed the horses
and tethered them to graze, and they themselves climbed the
mountain and stood upon the top in the most clear air.
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