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much larger force of raiders. All the caterans but 

 one fell before the sword of Mudie, and the solitary 

 rascal that escaped fled, vowing vengeance ; he was 

 as good as his word, for a short time afterwards 

 three of the Grewar brothers were surprised by the 

 relations of the vanquished men ; they immediately 

 fled, and separated for greater security ; one fleet- 

 footed brother saved his life by hiding in the rocks 

 of the Dhu Loch, near Loch-na-gar ; a second, 

 equally active, secured his retreat by leaping the 

 Altoetch Burn, swollen on that day by heavy rain 

 to an impossible size, and the spot still goes by the 

 name of " Grewar's Leap " ; the third brother had 

 nearly made good his escape when he trod on a 

 patch of frozen snow, near the top of Monega, and 

 slipping, he fell right down to the very feet of his 

 pursuers, who quickly killed him, and that spot in 

 the forest is yet called " Grewar's Gutter." At one 

 period there was a good deal of poaching in this 

 forest, carried on by otherwise quite respectable 

 people, and when any of them were caught in the 



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