CHILDREN LOST ON A MOOR. Ill 



life, for he fell into a fever, and it was many weeks before 

 he recovered. 



" This Macpherson of Braekaely was commonly called 

 Callurn Beg, or little Malcolm ; and there is reason to 

 believe that he was one of those who fought in the famous 

 battle of the Inch of Perth, in the reign of Robert the 

 Third. 



" An affecting circumstance happened in this district 

 many years ago. Two children of tender age wandered 

 from a neighbouring shieling in search of berries and wild 

 flowers, and such pastime as innocent and happy souls 

 delight in : they never returned to their lonely dwelling ; 

 but after an anxious search, and a lapse of many days, 

 were found dead, and locked in each other's arms. The 

 place is still called Laggan-na-cloine-a-Caouch, or the 

 Hollow of the affectionate Children. 



" To recur to the deer, I must tell you, that it is confi- 

 dently asserted that a white hind continued to be seen in 

 Benalder for two hundred years ; and there is at this 

 present time a hind which was marked twenty years ago : 

 she is well known to the shepherds, from the circumstance 

 of both ears being cut off, which gives her an appearance 

 too remarkable to be mistaken. 



" ' White she was as lily of June, 

 And beauteous as the silver moon, 

 When out of sight the clouds are driven, 

 And she is left alone in heaven.' 



There was also a large hart, well known in the forest for 

 a period of thirty years ; he was said to carry eighteen 

 branches. He has disappeared, however, during the last 

 three years; but it has not been ascertained what has 



