Encouraged by Home and others, he produced a number of pieces translated from the Scottish Gaelic, which he reportedly spoke, which he was induced to publish at Edinburgh in 1760 as Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland.
Animado por Home e outros, escribiu certas obras traducidas do gaélico de Escocia, que se lle suxeriu publicar en Edimburgo, o que fixo en 1760 como Fragments of Ancient Poetry collected in the Highlands of Scotland (Fragmentos de antiga poesía das Terras Altas de Escocia).