Yesterday and To-day 



when the party was attacked by a ferocious Wolf. The 

 woman escaped, and made her way to Moy Hall, the 

 stately residence of The Mackintosh, where she related 

 her terrible experience. The chief immediately con- 

 vened his clansmen and vassals, and at dawn set out in 

 pursuit of the Wolf. Macqueen had been ordered to 

 attend, but it seems he delayed his coming out. When 

 he did appear The Mackintosh reproved him for his 

 dilatoriness. Macqueen questioned the hurried char- 

 acter of the gathering, when the disappointed and 

 impatient chief shouted, "The Wolf, man, the Wolf!" 

 evidently desirous that the mighty hunter should 

 recognize the importance of the event. " Oh, the 

 Wolf," retorted Macqueen; " I think I've come soon 

 enough for all that's to do," meanwhile drawing the 

 animal's head from under his plaid and tossing it at 

 his chieftain's feet. 



The narrative further proceeds that Macqueen, as he 

 crossed the ravine, had encountered the Wolf, which 

 was at once attacked by his hound and despatched by 

 his strong man's dirk. So pleased was The Mackintosh 

 at this fortunate turn of events that he rewarded the 

 hunter by bestowing upon him a ten-acre field beside 

 Pollochaig. This was in the year 1743, renowned in 

 traditional lore as the closing scene of the W^olf as an 

 indigenous animal in the British Isles. Macqueen 

 himself departed this life 1797. Moy Hall, as named 

 in this chapter, is situated at the head of Loch Moy, a 



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