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the hill, told him he would surely die with his 

 head immediately above it. To make certain of 

 defeating this prophecy, which McCombie regarded 

 as indicating a violent death, he took up the stone 

 and built it into his cottage wall. Some years later 

 McCombie fell ill, and his couch being moved from 

 one room to another, he died in his bed, with his 

 head over the very stone, as predicted by the captured 

 mermaid ! 



FOREST OF GLENCALLEY BY GLENISLA. 



This small but good little forest of 3,000 acres, 

 formed in 1872, belongs to Sir John Kinloch of Kin- 

 loch, and at present is rented by Mr. C. B. Lambert. 

 It marches with Caenlochan and Glendoll, and on 

 it are the high hills of Final ty (3,000 ft), and Bywalps 

 (2,900 ft.). It carries one rifle nicely, whose average 

 kill should be 27 stags of 15 stone each, without heart 

 or liver. A royal head or two is usually got each 

 season, and, in addition to the cleared ground, there 

 is 5,000 acres of good grouse shooting. 



