190 THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



pay a fine of ,£4,000 to the king, as a pledge that 

 they would keep the peace, but the penalties were 

 shortly forgotten, and a year later the Macdonalds 

 and their neighbours, the Macleods, fought a desperate 

 battle on the hill of Benquillin, when the latter clan 

 was nearly cut to pieces. The Macdonalds joined 

 Montrose, and were "out" in both 1715 and 1 745 ; 

 and the then chief was the first to commence the 

 battle of Sherrifmuir ; they likewise did much to 

 protect and shelter Prince Charlie, when he arrived 

 at Mugstot, in the north of Skye, the residence 

 of Sir Alexander Macdonald, after a perilous voyage 

 from Benbecula, disguised as Betty Burke, the Irish 

 maid-servant of the celebrated Flora Macdonald. 



FOREST OF MAMORE, OR KINLOCHMORE, BY 0NICH. 



A forest celebrated for the size of the horns and 

 weight of its deer, belonging to Mrs. Cameron 

 Campbell of Monzie, by whom it is let to Sir 

 Charles Mordaunt, the previous tenant for many 

 years having been the late Mr. A. F. Thistle- 



