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Poolewe to lok for the arrival of a ship in which 

 he expected t» escape ; this messenger tradition 

 states was killd on his road, after passing a night 

 at a house in Gairloch, where he rashly opened 

 his sporran to )ay for his entertainment, displaying 

 thereby several nieces of gold ; the man of the house, 

 McLean by naie, saw them, and resolving to make 

 them his own, >ursued the scout and shot him dead. 

 It was in tryiq; to get tidings of this messenger 

 that Prince Chrlie came to Bendronaig, where he 

 passed the nightin a deep burn at the south-west end 

 of the hill. Tfe murdered man was wearing a suit 

 of yellow cloth at the time of his death, and for 

 many years aftrwards it was remarked in Gairloch 

 that McLean anl his family were to be seen wearing 

 pieces of the sare material. There can, however, be 

 no doubt that MLean did not know he was murdering 

 a messenger of Pince Charlie, for such an office would 

 have secured fre pass to anyone all over the High- 

 lands, no mattei how much gold the messenger had 

 carried about win him. The proprietor of this estate 



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