_The Herald._
"Here comes a single champion towards us, O _Cuchulain_," said _Laegh_
(Cuchulain's charioteer). "What sort of a champion is he?" said
_Cuchulain_. "A brown-haired, broad faced, beautiful youth; a splendid
brown cloak on him; a bright bronze spear-like brooch fastening his
cloak. A full and well-fitting shirt to his skin. Two firm shoes
between his two feet and the ground. A hand-staff of white hazel in
one hand of his; a single-edged sword with a sea-horse hilt in his
other hand." "Good, my lad," said _Cuchulain_; "these are the tokens
of a herald."--Description of the herald _MacRoath_ in the story of
the Tain bo Chuailgne.--O'Curry's "Manners and Customs of the Ancient
Irish," Vol. II., p. 301.