2oS THE DEER FORESTS OF SCOTLAND. 



servant apiece, was so pleased with the matter that he 

 presented each of them with small lands in heritage. 



In 1689 the Atholl men fought for Dundee, per- 

 forming prodigies of valour at Killiecrankie, although 

 not with their chief at their head, as he did not 

 join the Viscount. An Atholl laird, Stewart of 

 Ballechin, pursued the enemy so hotly, while wielding 

 a tremendous broadsword, that at the end of the fight 

 his hand had become so swollen that it could only 

 be released from the basket hilt by sawing away 

 the fret-work. Some traditions state that on Dundee's 

 being mortally wounded he was carried to Blair Castle, 

 and died there ; but the best authenticated records say 

 that he was watering his horse, close to Urrard House, 

 when a bullet, fired from one of the windows, laid 

 low the gallant soldier, who, on receiving the wound, 

 was carried to the inn at Blair to expire there ; but 

 be that as it may, one of the most treasured relics 

 in Blair Castle is the breast-plate, pierced by the 

 fatal ball, just as Dundee wore it when he fell. 



I regret I am unable to give my readers the 



