i84 NETHER LOCHABER. 



still to be seen in Glen Etive, and has ever since been called An 

 Sitliean Samhach — the Quiet or Deserted Fairy Knoll. On parting 

 with her lover at their last interview, Brianag presented him with 

 a silver horn, whose blast could be heard, loud and clear, over the 

 Seven Hills and across the Seven Glens ; and knowing that it was 

 his ambition to excel all others in the chase, she instructed him as 

 to the best kind of dog to have and hunt withal as follows : — 



Cuilean bus-dubh, buidhe, 



Ceud mhac na saidhe, 



Air ^rach air meog 's air bainne ghabhar, 



Cha deach' air sliabb air nach beireadh. 



"Which may stand in English thus : — 



Get a yellow brindled dog, 

 Pirst-born of his dam's first litter. 

 With a muzzle black as jet, 

 Reared on whey and milk of goats ; 

 No stag in forest can escape him. 



Those who rear deer-hounds, et juvenes qui gaudent eanibus, might 

 do worse than experiment a little according to the fairy's receipt ; 

 we shouldn't wonder at all if a splendid dog was the result, for 

 these old rhymes are rarely devoid of reason. There is no reason 

 at all events why such a dog might not turn out well. 



