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his "hardy brogues," he thus presented an appearance 

 at which we had many a hearty laugh. 



The celebrated hunter-bard already quoted was one 

 Donal MacFinlay, who lived in Fersit, on the very 

 spot now occupied by the shepherd's house ; he passed 

 his days on the hills of Loch Treig and tells how 

 in Corrie Chreagaich and Dhulochan he killed 

 wolves as well as deer with his arrows, for no 

 other weapon did Donal ever use. He died at 

 a very old age at Inverlair, not far from Fersit, 

 and in accordance with his last request he was 

 buried, wrapped in a deer hide, on the brow of 

 a hill overlooking Loch Treig, where, as he said, 

 " the deer could couch on his bed and the little 

 calves rest by his side " ; and to this day where 

 breathes the deer-stalker who could wish for a more 

 suitable or pleasanter resting-place ? 



At the east end of Corrour, and now, I believe, in 

 view of the railway, is the celebrated Loch-an-Chlaid- 

 hamh, or Sword Loch. The story of how it won this 

 name is so interesting and so well authenticated that 



