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ind of him, for which he only paid the rent of a bonnet 

 early ; and he always got his master's bonnet back again, 

 rhis man was the first who entered the castle after the 

 mrder, and casting his eyes round on the scene of death, 

 ^rtunately discovered an infant sleeping in its cradle, 

 le carried away the child to its nearest relative, Campbell 

 f Achnabreck, in Argyleshire, and there the boy was 

 urtured, unconscious of the melancholy story of his 

 arents. It was judged prudent to conceal his birth for 

 ome time, as the Cumyns were a powerful race, whom it 

 ras perilous to offend. The boy grew, and became an 

 xcellent bowman ; his aged conductor used to go occa- 

 ionally to see him, and perceiving his dexterity in hitting 

 lie mark, said one day, ' The grey breast of the man who 

 illed your father is broader than that target.' This led 

 3 a recital of the whole transaction. Even the young 

 jaird burned for revenge ; and he succeeded in obtaining 



select band of clansmen to share in his feelings. They 

 rent to Cumyn's castle, and assailed him with a shower of 

 rrows. His followers were scattered, and the guilty 

 hief fled to Loch Rannoch, Glen Firnat, and thence to 

 rlen Tilt, hotly pursued by his injured adversary. At 

 ;ngth, as he raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his 

 >rehead, he was struck with an arrow, and fell by the side 

 f a small lake at the foot of Ben-y-gloe, where a cairn 

 r as raised to perpetuate his crime and its punishment. 



The above story is yet current in the country, and the 

 3mains of M'Intosh's castle may still be seen. There is 

 rock in the Tilt called M'Intosh's Chair, where he held 

 is court, his people standing round him ; happily he could 

 nly do so when the water was very low, as he hung a man 



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