178 FATAL ACCIDENT. 



every time. It is still a bye-word in the country that " It 

 is not every day M'Intosh can hold his court." 



A fatal accident happened at Craigantsuidh, near Poll 

 Tarf, about sixty or seventy years ago : and here follow 

 the particulars, as I have received them : 



Alexander Macgregor, a resident in Glen Tilt, was 

 travelling with two companions on the face of Craigan- 

 tsuidh, which is very rugged and precipitous. It was at 

 that time covered with snow, and sheets of ice were found 

 in various places, which frequently conducted to the ledge 

 of a precipice. In an evil hour Macgregor, unconscious 

 of the danger, placed his foot on one of these perilous spots, 

 which conveyed his body over a deep precipice, and his soul 

 to eternity. 



His two companions took his corpse into a shepherd's 

 hut, where they proposed leaving it that night, until they 

 procured assistance. 



The one said to the other, " Will you go to Felaar for 

 assistance, or remain all night with the body ? " He re- 

 plied he would go to Felaar for assistance. The Camerons 

 were there at this time in the capacity of foresters. He 

 was scarcely gone, ere the man, who remained with the 

 body, was pelted with stones and turf, and other missiles, 

 till he was provoked to go out and see from what direction 

 they were thrown. On his going out they ceased ; but 

 the moment he re-entered, they began again with such in- 

 creased violence that he would have been stoned to death 

 had he not left the house. 



The country people attributed this attack to the omis- 

 sion of leaving the door of the hut open to give a free 

 passage to the departing spirit. People will form their 



