54 ON THE GRAMPIAN HILLS. 



escaped without difficulty from his enemies. But to 

 resume the account of the battle : The men being 

 drawn up within four hundred yards of each other, the 

 fight began ; the caterans and men of Glen Isla, 

 making true aim, the men of Glen Shee fell fast, and 

 showed a disposition to retreat. All this while, 

 Cam-rhoua was lying in a secluded spot, having made 

 a vow not to engage in the strife until the sun had 

 passed over him ; but, on hearing that the men of Glen 

 Shee were falling fast and needed support, he caused 

 himself to be carried to a cave over which the sun 

 shone sooner than on his late resting-place. Then 

 calling to the captain of the caterans, " man for man/' 

 he advanced, and laid him low with his first arrow, 

 shooting all the pick of the enemy, and finally gaining 

 a grand victory for the men of Glen Shee. The bodies 

 of sixty caterans were borne away, and others remained 

 unclaimed, the dead of the victorious side being 

 buried where they fell, in the cave which was pointed 

 out to me, and which may be readily seen by those 

 travelling between the Spital and Braemar; the site 

 being close to the "Queen's Well." Such was the 

 story I listened to, as I rested on a piece of rough 

 rock. 



I cannot tell how the truth may be, 

 I tell the tale as 'twas told to me. 



Before concluding it may be as well to give a few 

 words of information to those unacquainted with the 

 Highlands of Scotland and the way in which sport is 

 to be obtained. The price of a moor commences at 

 the diminutive figure of 5Z. ; whilst the cost of a deer 

 forest reaches to the large rental of 7000Z. per annum. 



