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deer, so, creeping close up to him, Finlay called out : 

 " Well, Donald, the sport has been yours, but the deer 

 must be mine ! " Donald sprang to his feet, grasped 

 the knife already in his hand, while answering : "It 

 will just be the best man who will get it!" Finlay 

 also having drawn his knife, the two closed and were 

 instantly locked in a struggle for life, which resulted 

 in Big Donald being left dead on the hill. Finlay at 

 once returned home, and fearing the revenge of 

 Kennedy's relations, who were powerful and numerous, 

 he, his wife, child, and father started off that night 

 for Glen Strathfarrar, which they reached in safety by 

 dint of carefully hiding all day and travelling only 

 in the dark, and then choosing a convenient place, 

 they built themselves a hut at the foot of Sgur-na- 

 Lappich, in which they hoped to pass the time till the 

 excitement caused among Big Donald's relations had 

 subsided. Some months later, when Finlay was out 

 stalking, five of the Kennedys suddenly appeared at 

 his hut and killed Finlay's father and child while they 

 were at work in a field near by. When Finlay 



