THE HIGHLANDERS AND THE STARS.

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1 THE HGHLANDERS AND THE STARS. [Conrbued] PART. would no be reasonable o expec very much evdence of asronomcal precson among a people so placed and condoned as he Hghlanders of Scoland were. Tre, ley had he advanage of he counry and a clear sky, and hey had, as we know, good naural powers of observaon. Ther deep valleys and her h gh su r r ou nd ng mo unans w on d ceranly preven a full and unmpeded vew of he evenng sky. Ther prospec a any me mus herefore have been lmed and paral, bu hs, hough no favourable o a comprehensve grasp of he heavens, was no whou s advanages. They could locae he poson and fx he mes of consellaons and of ndvdual sars over he fxed ops of her mounans wh much greaer precson from hour o hour and from ngh c ngh, han people lvng on grea plan or upon he open sea could s no clear, however, ha hey gave much aenon o he sars. They seem o have been by consuon more nrospecve han keenly observan of hngs ourde her own lves. They were he clay ha he phlosophers come of, raher1 han nauralss. W e mgh wonder also wheher her own old conceps of Creaon, n he early me, and he Bblcal cofcmogony of her l'aer daya may no have been a cause n gvng hem! hs ben of mnd. Le us, however, see wha hey dd know, so far as we cam gaher. s hoped ha any even sma^ fac or name or dea or pernen ^ra- dkm of any knd whch our readers may 1 possess shall be communcaed. s a maer for all, raher han for any one person. THER KNOWLEDGE OF THE SUN. There can be no doub ha he Kelc people, n all her long hsory, were very famlar wh he Sun. They suded course and conduc closely. They were, whou doub, sun worshppers, as her language even now clearly shows. Ther names for he u ars are conclusve upon hs pon. They call he Eas A n àrd an ear, or, as he older language has, an-or, he edge or he drecon owards whch he face was urned n her worshp. The Wes was and s, he Ard an ar, or he behnd, he same aa he preposon ar and modern ar, meanng afer, a we have n every-day sposch, and n such words as armad, wha s lef behnd, earball, he al or he hnd member, and so on. The Souh waa Deas, or dexer, exacly as we say of he rgh hand, an lamh deas, or he hand owards he souh, and he lef hand was Tuah, or Norh. Ths has come down o us abundanly n her superson, or, ae we should raher s*ay,, n her heredary relgon. To go o he rgh was always he correc hng o do, bu o go o he lef, cl, or fcuaha.1, was wh hem always wrong and n&us- pcous. A u uahal s even now a useless man., on he lef hand course, or gong norh. Such, as go souh are always safe! They are n he rgh way. The old pagan fesvals were always fxed wh exac reference o he cardnal pons of he sun's course. s very unforunae ha we have nearly los hem all. W e have only a few lef lke Lunas- dan- and Beal an. The ohers, whch would have doubless been mos neresng, have been overlan by he Church name, whch were superposed accordng o a seled polcy, amng no so much, a uproong he old pagan; cusoms, aa +o approprae hem, and cover hem down P.) he new erms of he new fah. Ths s ho> od fesval of he frs-offerng's o he Ox Kelc god Lug, upon Lugnas- dan (he of Augus), became he Lammas or Xlaf-mas, he loaf-nuas, of he Church, ra^ferrng pagan gf's o Chrsan servce. The Bealadn, or fesval of he sun-god, Bel, remans merely n he name now, alhough has a sold place n he radonal memory. _.We have que los he nanw o* he grea sun fesvals. The reurn from he far Souh Ul SCa Warmer, as he word Gran moans, waa wh all norhern naons, l*e grea even of he year. was he promse of hea and healh and husbandry, as Donnacha, Bàn splendly pu. W e have los he me-nane que, unless be Yule, whch we may have n ol-ach or oy, o hs presen day. W e have * also los he name a he oher end of he sun s ravel he summer solsces. W e have Lady Day here now, or he feas of he Annuncaon/., AN T-UCHAR THE DOG DAYS, Ths word s clearly anoher survval, and, o my mnd, one of he mos ner- esng peces of flosam n he language. Afer hnkng of hrough he bes par of a lfeme, canno even now offer a clear explanaon of. ha been acceped as meanng he Dog-days, whch old people fxed as from 3rd July o 11h \ Augus. The Hghlanders dvded' he perod no wo pare an -uchar samhradh agus an -uchar foghar - ' The Dog-days n Summer and n 1 Auumn. Ths can be undersood. n [ he Roman me, when he expresson Canculara had orgn wh hem, here can hardly be any doub waa because he smaller Dog-Sar, called Procyon, or he fore dog, rose a l<e same me 1 as he sun. Ths sar, a fne one, of more han frs magnude, can be aeen on any _ evenng us now, away o he lef of Oron s rgh shoulder, and down below n a lne wh Oron s Bel, he grea Dog» Sar Srus. They had he dea ha he smulaneous rsng* of one or oher of. n hese sars, Srus beng by far he bgges n. he whole frmamen, along wh he sun, caused exceponal bea, and gave he k e y " o he harves prospecs of he year. Ths so far s rue a radon, bu no aa fac, because he sars can add nohng sensbly o he hea. Dare we, can we, sugges ha afer all our Xuchar s he key o he year's hope? know all he dffcules, a-s well as beleve anyone can pon hem ou, bu have hazarded he suggeson. No one can be more pleased han myself o know ha here s a beer soluon o a mos, neresng problem. c J *

2 h e h g h l a n d e r s a n d h e STARS. [C o n rb u e d ] U U T n. # d ^ - * ' ** AN C R A N N -T H E GREAT BEAR. TUc Grea Boar was one of her favoure consellaons. They knew! well and famlarly. They saw ngh v afer ngh, and y e a r afer year, gong round he Pole Sar, whou ever seng o hem. They dd no call he Bear, 1as almos all naons of he earh dd ha s, all naons who could see he norhern sky. They called An Crann, he plough, one of he bes names ever gven o he group. The Amercans are fond of callng he Dpper.' The French call he Casserole or sauce-pan; he Germans he Wan or W aggon/ and he Englsh, Charles Wan and he Cleaver. ' Of course, here s nohng n hese names bu lle fancy. The Greeks called by a mc&l- neresng name, Cynosura," or he Dog s Tal." They looked upon he consellaon as a dog raher han a bear, for s really no a good bear, wh so long a al. was her navgang consellaon. We should say now, ha ough- o be he Smaller Bear, whch has he Pole Sar n he p of s al, bu s almos ceran ha hs was no he Pole- Sar or he Cynosure n her day. a Everyone looked a he Bear or he Dog, parcularly salors. mark n he sky. was he mos mporan Ths s how he word cynosure * has s modern, very pecular ransferred meanng of anyhng ha- everybody s keenly anxous o look a, he cynosure of all eyes. Tle grea servce of he Plough o he old Hghlander was as he recorder of mes and seasons. A he me of he new year, and for he wo wner monhs onwards, he saw almos on even keel down below he pole, and he saw creepng slowly round o he rgh as he ngh wen on. For sx hours was up on he rgh, and n he lae mornng was urned pole. upsde down, above he Ths s why was sad of a gues who pu n a. very long vs ha he urned he Plough upsde down (chur e car sa, chrann). He had sayed he be par of welve hours. known even longer han ha! We have They knew perfecly weu ha came along o à ceran pon, usually some hll op, every ngh four mnues earler han he ngh before, and ha here was a dfference of an hour n s poson every foureen days. They Vvew ha a Brghde (1s February) was dowa below, n s naural even, poson as a plough, bu ha a-s Fell Mhchael (29h Sepember) was a he same hour of ngh, rgh up above and upsde down. Thev knew also how o fnd he Pole Sar. «y 1 by a lne hrough he soc or share of he Plough, n 'whaever poson was. have no remembrance, nor have me wh any evdence n our language or l- eraure, ha hey knew he old names, or eave hemselves anv names o he n- dvdua- sars of he Plough. They ceran-. * ly knew one, and ha a very small sar, whch ss on he mddle sar of he Handle. Ths mddle sar was named " Mzar " by he Arabans, and - keeps ha name now. Rdng on s back s a very small sar, whch needs good sgh al'd a clear ngh o make ou. The Arabs called Alcor, or he es, for good eyesgh. The Hghlanders called he Bodachan or Bodachan a' Chronn " (he old man of he Plough). - The. Germans have a ale regardng hs same sna sar. They call - Hans Dumken, or Hans he Thumbkn. v/a:1 a waggoner. Hans One day he overook Chrs on a weary ourney and gave Hm f a lf. Hans was offered a place n heaven, bu ho chose raher o drve he ^aefgon, as hey call he Plough ; so> le was/ se o drve he eam of hree horses (he.handle), and he was se upon Mzar, he mddle horse, for ever. The Englsh* call he sar Jack on he Mddle Horse/' The old Easern names of he sars n ' he Plough are so neresng ha had! beer gve and explan hem. The Arabs looked upon he consellaon as a bear, and he Hebrews as a ber carryng he body of a dead man, wh hree mournng daughers followng he hree sars n he Handle of he Plough. The names remanng o us are a mxure of he wo deas. Merak " and Dubhe n he share, and Phecda and Megrez near- y parallel wh hem, are Bear names, meanng respecvely he lon,j of he l bear, he Bear self and he hgh and he roo of he al. The oher names belong o Ber, Aloh," Mzar, and Benenasch, n order. The las, somemes called A1 Kad, or he chef mourner/' s a mos neresng name. means he Daugher of he B er or nsh. Ths naasl s he word rendered as Arcurus n he older verson of he r -Bble, Arcurus wh hs sons (Job 38), whch n he revsed verson s perhaps. more correcly gven as The Bear wh her ran, bu whch ceranly should be The Ber wh s daughers, for * Naash s he Ber, and he ran are he daughers, accordng o he old magnng. Of he Smaller Bear hey dd no know anyhng, so far as am aware. They, of course, knew he Pole Sar well. They knew was fxed, and always o be found n he same place. They called he Roul-ùl, or he Gudng Sar, of he same sgnfcaon as he old Eng- 1 lsh Lode Sar," whch smply means he leadng sar. The Small Bear never heard called he Small Plough, alhough by s shape mgh be can 1)6 caslv raced on a clear ngh sarng from he Pole Sar, and followng he Tal owards he drecon of he Handle of he Plough. The Tal, wh he excepon of he Pole Sar, s made up of small ones of only ffh magnude, and so are he frs wo nex he Tal n he body or square. The wo n he fron, correspondng o he so c of he bg Plough. have heard called NaLaogh or he Calves. These are larger, and can easly be been when he smaller ones may no be vsble. he Guardans of he Pole. They a.re usually They ar half way from he Pole o he Plough.

3 THE HGHLANDERS AND THE STARS. [Conrbued] PAKT. ] A CHATHAR--CASSOPCEA. f wo Jook from he mddle sar n he 1 Handle of he Plough n a lne acroes he Polo Sar, wll brng us o a. group of.sars whch have he shape of an nd'f- ) feren M owards he Pole, or an equally ] rregular W as hey are looked a he oher way. Ths s he consellaon Cassopoea. was called " A Chahar " (he char) J by he old people. mus be looked a n he W way, n order o make he char J ] ou. s dffcul even hen, unless we f can &ee a very small sar whch s nearer \ le Pole han he mddle and larges sar of he group. Ths small sar, whch s a J he op of he fron leg, forms wh he! mddle sar he very uncomforable sea.! The wo sars formng he back are _ C smaller by a magnude han he oher ; promnen hree. On a clear ngh s Ì a very neresng consellaon, and A Chahar s no alogeher a bad magn- ng. n fac, oher people also saw he ' ' char, and hey sa n, even f upsde down, he grea Ehopan Queen! Cassopoea, placed here by he ealousy of somo of he Greek goddesses, as he J \sory s. Cepheus, her husband, les, beween her and he Pole. Perseus, her sàwn-law, and hs wfe, Andromeda, are J nex o her away from he Pole, and wh a lle asssance can be easly pcked ou. None of hese, so. far as know, had a Gaelc name. The Easern name for he J, sars n he group are Schedaar, or he breas of he queen (a he end of he hnd leg); Kapb, he hand (a he end of he fore leg); he Grdle (he mddle sar of he group); and he nex \ o s Rukbah, he knee. Ths, consellaon, lke he Bears, never ses n our norhern lands. goes round and round he Pole, and always on* he oppose ] sde of he Pole from he Plough. ] AN SEALGAR MOR -ORON. Ths s he mos magnfcen consella- on n he frmamen. The Gaelc people * knew nmaely, and hey heaped * magnaon upon. They clohed he grea fgure n her own Hghland dress, n kl and plad, n Croa, n Bodag and sporran. The Englsh even, f \\relucanly, are also compelled o do so. 1 Oron n rousers s mpossble, an- ^ pers-alc, as Carlyle would say; bu n s he Hghland garb he s a really splendd Ì fellow. He s no dffcul o fnd. Mdway down he easern sky, from egh o'clock onwards-, he may be seen n all hs!= glory on a clear ngh. Wh hs grea 4 renue of Dogs and he bg game round y abou, he sgh s perhaps he fnes upon l whch he human eve can ever res. All naons have looked upon hm as a mghy huner, and some have hough and for wonderfully good reasons ha J he s he Nmrod of he Bble. no ha, or no he many ales concernng hm, J canno, of course, ener. Le v.s look a he fgure on a clear, crsp ngh. W e can a once pck ou he maesc body, formed of four con- spouous sars, and dvded a he was by he fne sudded b e l of hree J sars, close ogeher n a shor sragh lne. Over he shoulders s he Head, J made up of one good sar, Has n he 5 crown, and wo small ones'. The rgh shoulder s he fne sar Beelguese, \\ meanng he Gan's armp, of good frs magnude u sze. A he lef ) shoulder s approprae enough Bella- r x / or he Hunress, for Oron had J a love affar wh he goddess Dana-. n! rgh leg s Sap h or he Sword, a name ha has evdenly co ou of s ' rgh place, for s no n he Sword. Rgel, a splendd sar of dsncly more han frs magnude, s he lef leg of ( he Gan. An Chos, he Bel, s made < up of hree sars of a good second magnude. These are Job s Bands of Oron. ( Ther names are, from above downwards, ] or from lef o rgh, Mn-aka, 1 Alnlam, Alnak, meanng he bel, he srng of beads, and he grdle all, n a sense, meanng he whole bel, bu now fxed names for he \ several sars. A Bhodag, or he Drk, s slung from he laer wo. shows as J hree small sars, wh a. bggsh one a 1 he end of he scabbard or sheah. The! sporrau s suspended from he frs*, ; Mnaka. The grea Breacan guale s blowng away on he breeze o he lef. There are oher deals, bu hese mus suffce. A dweller under he hck and leaden amosphere of a grea- cy almos enves he oy wh whch hose more favourable placed may sudy he deals of Grea Oron he Sealgar M òr. ' )* ì \ ROUND ABOUT ORON. No only s he Sealgar Mòr he : fnes consellaon of he sky, bu s n \ ho rches feld of sars n he whole heavens. One can see more Grea sars J a one glance when lookng a Oron han ' here s n all he res of he sky alo- geher. The Gobhar bheag, whch we J already know, s rgh up above n he sky. we look down from Capella o he rgh, we come upon he famlar Groglachan, he Pleads. A lle o he lef, half-way owards he shoulders- J of he Sealgar, may be &een a fne red sar, Aldebaran, or he follower of J J he Pleads. s he ype-sar of Frs magnude for he norhern sky. Some, lke Capella, are much brgher han ; ypcal frs magnude; ohers, lk e! * Regu J us n he Corran," and Deneb n f he Cros-ara, are no so brgh; ; alhough near enough o be usually classed! as of frs magnude. f we ake a lne! from Aldebaran hrough he Cros of { he Sealgar, we come o he grea Dog l Sar, Srus, away down on he. lef. V. [1 canno be mssed, for s by far he mos brllan sar n. all he skes. s nearly as brgh as he plane Juper us now, \ and nne or en mes as brgh as he sandard Aldebaran. canno magne ' ha had no a Gaelc name, bu do no know. Up above, almos n alne : wh he shoulders of Oron, o he lef, s anoher fne sar, he Smaller Dog Sar, wh a Greek name, Pro-cyon," or he fore dog. The leashes on whch hese bg Dog Sars are, have been called he consellaons of Cans Maor and Can s Mnor. see no reason why we should no call hem An Cì Mòr agus An C beag." They are, of course, he J hunng dogs of he Sealgar Mòr. Up farher, above Procyon, we readly fnd he Twns Casor and Pollux Na Bràhrean, as my old frend1 used o call hem. n no par- of he heavens can so many Grea sars be seen a once. There are only weny sars of frs magnude n all he skes, norh and souh.! An Groglachan conans nne named sars, bu o-nlv sx are vsble o *r he naked eye, and fve of hese are as : small as he Bodaclan, Hans, he \ < drver of he Waggon, near he Pole. The ' group belongs o he consellaon Taurus, he Bull, and he flamng Aldebaran! s Oculus T aur, or he Eye of he (wld) Bull, a whch he grea huner Oron s-! amnsr a blow of he bludgeon whch he holds on hgh n hs rgh hand. * W hy r

4 THE HGHLANDERS AND THE STARS. [Conrbued] PA R T V. CONCLUSON. ARC TU RU S-A M BUACHALLE. feelng passes away, and we come o realse have pu he Greek name hero frs, ha * n he sars we mee wh he mos perfec order n all he grea Creaon. A! see smaller deals, say, of he Grogbecause we axe famlar -wh he name, 1 lachan, he Small Bear, ec., bu he especally from he grea drama, of Job. na.k,ed * eye s bes of all. W e should always ake our frs poson facng A cauon s, however, nec-essary. The he Arcurus of he magnfcen- nnh Pole Sar, and, lookng around as far as ] chaper s perhaps no, and ha of he we ^ can, locae he sars of he far Norh. These wll keep us rgh as regards he 1 hry-eghh s ceranly no, Arcurus, ^ posons of he oher sars. The bes J Am Buachalle. H e s mghy n ] poson o look a sars or groups s srengh whch makeh Arcurus, Oron, shorly afer hey have rsen n he Eas. 1 and Plcades, and he chambers of he *! Those ] around he Pole, of course, neher : Souh s a splendd sweep of he heavens rse s nor se. > he closed chambers of he Souh/ ^ wsh o say agan how gladly should whch we do no here see, beng exceedngly welcome he leas furher knowledge of a purely Gaelc knd, and also any cr- \ graphc and grand. Can-s hou gude cal observaons. [ Arcurus wh hs/ sons? ' of he old verson 1 of he Bble, s now Cans hou lead Snco hs was wren he sars' nr>. farher on n her apparen course. A monh he Bear wh her ran?'7 n he new makes a- dfference of wo hours. Tho^e ha verson. The change s almos ceranly wore low down and lae, lko Aeums, ;u 1 [correc. The Bear and her ran7 s now well up and early, and hoso hgh and early are now perhaps gone under n n1 Ursa Maor, he Plough, and no wos lke Oron. Arcurus, he sngle Grea- Sar, Am * ' Buachalle. Srangely enough, he name* ^ vyarcurus means he Bear Guard, for L. Vwas supposed c be here wachng he r3ears n he Norh, and s he leadng sar n he consellaon Booes or he Cow-herd. Th> mghy sar, one of he mos supendous bodes n +he unverse, mllons of mes bgger han grea sun, s no us now well up. however, we wach abou en o'clock, g beer f laer, we may see rsng from J he easern horzon, on a curved lne'* followng ha of he handle of he ) Plough. We canno msake ; here s nohng here so grea. s by some hough more brllan han Ca-pella, Ghobhar bheag. f our Sun were as ar away as.arcurus, could no be seen wh he naked eye. C Y G N U S -A CHROS-TARA. The Cros-ara, or he Hghland Fery-Cross, s par of he consellaon! Cygaus^ The Swan. forms really ^ he mam body of he group, and s \ called Cros-ara because, lookng - a n s bes poson, s a very good Cross, or, f he prncpal sars are lned n, makes a boy s ke beer han anyhng. When s looked upon as he Swan, H mus be n he oppose way o ^ 105s anc^ Ke, he shaf of he Cross and he al of he Ke becomng he neck of he Swan.. s whn a rfle 1 as far norh and as near he Pole as he 4 Gobhar bheag, Capella, s, and a nearly he same dsance from he Pole, bu on oppose sde of he sky. A A lne from Capella, passng no far below he " Ca har,' Cassopoea, wll fech across he sky o he Cros-ara. Of course, when Capella. s far up on he sky, he Cros s low down, and may no- be vsble, bu early a ngh, even a presen, may be caugh before ges down oo low. s only four hours of he weny-four under he horzon a any me. s brghes sar s Deneb n he, al, or a he op of he Cros." The word means he al, as we see n Deneb-ola, he lon's al. do no gve he names of he oher sars n he Cros,'' for wsh no o crowd1hese noes by oo many names. f here should be a desre o know, may do so agan. J They are no o be found n any Englsh *wc*k. 5 AN CORRAN -LEO. The Gaelc s no here- he equvalen }o he Lan Leo, he Lon. The consellaon of he Lon s a large one, land he Corran, or sckle, s only a par of. s mos dffcul o see anyhng lke a lon n he group, bu he Corran s so very well marked as o be easly found. s one of he bes smludes n he whole sky, and s a very good sarng place o fnd oher sa<r9 and groups. A frs magnude sar s a he end of he Handle, and s easy o race he whole Corran upwards from hs. s n he pah of he full moon us now, and can hardly be seen when he moon s passng hrough. There s a bg compensaon, however, n he plane Juper, a presen shnng splenddly down below nearer he horzon on he Easern sky, from seven or egh o clock onwards. Juper should no be mssed. A good sgh of s far bgger han any neghbourng sar, so J may be a once recognsed. The sar Regulus or he lle Kng s also called Cor Looms, he lon s hear; and hs 4 may be a gude o such as may wsh o make ou he shape of he Lon. The Corran forms he breas, neck, and head, and he sar Denebola, or he lon s al, Ì3 some dsance away from he J back of he sckle, owards he lof. s a second magnude sar, easly found.! A GHOBHAR BHEAG CAPELLA. Ths s no he name of a group, bu of \ a very fne sngle sar, he second fnes n he whole norhern sky. J was usually pu frs. Unl laely, s easly found when he Plough s on even keel down below, by carryng a lne wh he eye away o he rgh from Phecda (he la& ] n he keel of he Plough), half-way be- \ ween he Poners, or he sars n he Soc, * on o he easern sky. s J so splenddly brgh ha canno be ms&ed or msaken, for here s nohng so brllan- n ha neghbourhood. s he neares o he Pole of all he grea sars, s no, however, far enough norh o go round s course from eas o wes whou seng, as he Plough and Cassopcea do. s crcu s, however, so grea ha s on he face of he sky vsble o us for weny hours ou of he weny-four, whch gves a specal neres o all norhern peoples. Ths grea sar s he prncpal one of he con- sellaon Aurga, he Charoeer, or, as we should say, An Carbadar, alhough have never heard he name. wsh here o make a useful f dgresson. Some years ago offered a, paper o he Mod a Perh, whch, f remember well, ook he frs place. The subec was How bes o preserve he Gaelc language. Mvprncpal argumen was la- he language was dyng of arophy, lke every oher organsm, from he exremes nwards, and f was o be a all saved, mus be hrough brng- J ng more lfe no s ousde or borders or lmbs ha were decayng, or o encour- age a new lfe n hese remoe pars by hrowng a new blood and valy no hem. W e are oo prone o accep nohng no he language bu wha a here or has been here whn our own me and knowledge. W hy n he world, may be asked, no srech he language * ou so as o ncorporae new erms and { new knowledge ha can easly assm-. lae whou ouchng s essenal char- acer n he leas degree. W hy no absorb e old asronomncal, erms for nsance? ' They have come down o us from peoples as prmve n hough and as smple as ourselves.'. Oher people have aken hem, why no we, who are very poor n hem of ourselves? Tha s all need now sày. may menon ha several of he names have used came from an old man who was a specal frend of he lae John Murdoch, who ofen expressed o me hs delgh and good forune n dscoverng hm A Ghobhar Bheag, for nsance, s one of hs, and alhough looks lke J a. ranslaon of Capella, don' beleve ha was such for a momen. canno ; remember ha he man could even read. - am ceran ha he knew no Lan and!. less Greek or Arabc. hope wll do no harm o recall my suggeson o he : Clomunu Gadhealach; wo. may. gve a useful hn of A frs he sars may seem confusng, bu a lle perseverance and he glass, even an opera glass, s a help o.

5 1 TRADTONS OF ARDTORNSH CASTLE. [CONTRBUTED.] a Rome, from whch he Romans were n he hab of hrowng down her condem ned crmnals. Old Ardornsh House, suaed a lle up he hll, was once a resdence of some Boh shores of he Souacl of Mull a>re noe. Bul by one of he Macleans of hckly sudded wh old casles, chefly suaed on hgh clffs, overhangng he sea. There are Dunolly Casle and. Duar Ca.s.lo, Ardornsl Casle and Knlochalne Casle, and Aros Casle and Duar n he 18h cenury, was occuped successvely by several of he Ardornsh lards. Sherff Gregorson enlarged hs house, when he marred a lady belongng o he famly of Lochbuy was sll furher enlarged by Mr Mnc;au'ry Casle. The casle of Ardor- Parck Sellar, who purchased he A r d -. nsh, owng o s hsory and radons, nsh propery from he Sherff. n hs s possessed of pecular neres. dwellng Sherff Gregorson lved he m os, enoys a suaon unequalled for beauy, for Ardornsh pon, on whch he for s bul, s one one of he fnes on he of ha days, and flled a grea- saon, h', he eye of he publc, beng one of he bes known men n he Wes Hghlands. He kep a large boa, a cross beween a Wes Coas of Scoland. The scene of smack and a modern salng yach, amd; n he frs wo canos of Sr Waler Sco s hs galley he would pu o sea n every Lord of he sles s lad n he casle sor of weaher. The vessel was known of Ardornsh and n. a noe a he end of he poem, Sco does full usce o ho fne naural suaon of hs old for n he followng! words: The runs of Ardornsh Casle are sua ed uppn a promonory 011 he Morven, or manland, sde -f he Sound of Mull, a. name gven o he deop arm o: he sea whch dvdes ha sland from he connen. The suaon s wld and romanc n he hghes degree, havng on he one hand a hgh and precpous chan of rocks overhangng he sea, and on he oher he narrow enrance o ls beauful sal-waer lake called Lochalne, whch s n many places fnely frnged wh copse-wood. n- old H ghland radon hree pons or prom onores were reckoned fner for suaon W es Coas. han any of he res on he O f hese Ardornah Pon, was ome, and A rdlam on P on anoher. The h rd wae on he coas o f Ro:ss S u h erlan d; he wrer s memory. or bu he nam e has escaped The runs of hs old keen are no now very consderable; bu ho for was bul far and: wde as Ba an -Sorram, - or he Sherff s boa. Bu mgh halve been called more appropraely re Poneer, for was he forerunner of he many yachs ha now frequen he Sound of Mull. On one occason, n crossng he Sound o Mull marke, whch was hen held' a Phsnch, a sad accden ook place. The yach collded wh a small boa and s passengers were hrown no he waer. Several were rescued, bu unforunaely hree were drowned. Sherff The lved a very useful and a very happy lfe a Ardornsh, bu he ral of he serpen reached even hs paradse. When annoyed and worred, as he bes of men wll somemes be, s sad ha hs man of law wofuld somemes go' o a small hllock n he park below he house, called An Cnoc Bodheach, and here samp hs foo ll hs anger had me o cool. WThen he Sellars lved a Ardornsh hey eneraned some very dsngushed vsors, among ohers, Tennyson, Herber 1 Spencer, Benamn Jowe, and Professor Fawce, he blnd Posmaser General n, \, by he Lords of he sle, and lurng he Gladsone's Cabne of Mrs E. MV Mddle Ages was a place of grea consequence, beng one of her prncpal Sellar, n her neresng book, Recollecons and mpress.'ns, gves some racy aores abou Tenuyson, who v sed srongholds on he manland of Argyllshre. The wads ha reman are of Ardornsh n cyclopa 11' masonry, and he casle was When a Ardornsh le nended o vs Skye, bu was praccally mpregnable before he use of arllery and gun powder. The poenaes known as Lords of he sles possessed n early mes well ngh ndependen power, and were very ambous and very urbulen. Somemes hey were found akng sde,9 wh he Scosh kng, bu ofen hey opposed hm, and ook par wh he Kng of England agans her nave prevened by he weaher. Bu nsead of breakng hs hear over hs dsapponmen, as a poe mgh naurally do, he ook he maer very phlosophcally, and records hs experences n he followng 1 ne s : f le dd no see Loch Corusk, He ough o be forgven; For hough he mssed a day n Skye, He spen a day n heaven. prnce.. ll HM «A The represenave of hs ndependen* prncpaly durng he me of Rober he Bruce was Angus Og, or, as Sr Waler Sco calls hm, Ronald of he sles, who espoused he sde of he paro kng agans Ballol and he Englsh neres. n he sprng of 1307, when Bruce, who had been drven ou of Scoland by he Englsh, and he Scosh Barons who adhered o ha neres, reurned from reland, Sco makes Bruce a<nd Ronald of he sles sal do wn he Sound of Mull. A he me Macdouga.ll of Lorn, he ferce enemy of Bruce, was a Ardornsh Caslfe wh many of ls followers. A errfc sorm encouner ed Bruce and Ronald n he Sound. They were mos unwllng o make for Ardornsh, bu hey faled o pass, for he gale ncreased n severy. And louder sung he wesern blas, On rocks of nnemorc ; Ken- was he sal, and sraned he mas, \ And many a leak was gapng fas, And he pale seersman sood aghas, ' And gave he conflc o er. \ Ardornsh Casle was wness of wld \ soen.es on hab m em orable occason, for ; when Macdougall of Lorn dscovered ha Bruce was one of he shpwrecked guess he vowed o slay hm. Up, all who love me, blow for blow, And lay he oulawed fellows low. Then up sprang many a manland lord, Obeden o her chefan s word. Barcaldne s arm «hgh n ar, And Knlochalne s blade s bare, Black Murhok s drk has lef s sheah, And clenched s Dermd s hand n deah. No a momen oo soon he Abbo of ona arrves on he scene, and succeeds Seven- years laer Ronald and hs sk- men are found sde by sde wh Bruce a Bannockburn, and, f radon can be veled on, helped much o decde he forune?! of he day n favour of Bruce. When he engagemen had lased for some me, Bruce made a. new movemen, and addressed he Lord of he sles n words whch have been used as a moo, by some of hs descendans My rus s consan, n hee/ To hs Sco refers, n he followng lnes: n One effor more, and Scoland s free; Lord of he sles, my rus n hee s frm as Alsa Rock ; Rush on wh Hghland sword and arge,, wh my Garrck spearsmen, charge; Now, forward o he shock. W e are wllng o forgve and o forge much ambon, much urbulence, much fckleness, and much yranny on he par of he Lords of he sles, when we remember ha Ronald, he represenave of hs race of poenaes, was found supporng Scoland s paro kng on he memorable feld of Bannockburn. n he year 1461 a reay was concluded a Ardornsh Casle beween Edward V. of England and John Earl of Ross, he Lord of he sles a ha dae. A few weeks afer he deah f James. of Scoland, Edward V. <f England made overures o he Lord of he sles for an offensve and1 defensve league wh England. The wr o rea wh he Lord of he sles was ssued on he 22nd June, The Englsh envoys) came o Ardornsh Casle o lay her proposals before he Lord of ho sles and hs Prvy Councl; and he Lord of he sles and hs Councl me and delberaed a he same place as o he proposals o be submed o he Englsh envoys.. Then he Commssoners! from he sles wen o Wesmnser o delb- erae furher here. Ths league beween England and he Lord of he sles s known 1 r* as he Treay of Ardornsh. The Treay was orgnally wren n Lan, and was publshed for he frs me, we beleve, n Mr Andrew Lang s Hsory of Scoland. Mr Andrew Lang lve-1 some me a Ardornsh n h:; early days, and would have a specal neres and pleasure n publshng for he frs me he words of he famous Treay. Varous obecs of neres are found >n he neghbourhood of hs, old casle. The glory of he whole scene s, n.o doub, 1he Sound of Mull. dvdes Mull from 'lorven. and s abou wo mles broad, ' and s feep enough o bear vessels of he? greaes burhen. On he one sde here Mo he mounanous hlls of Mull, and 011 he oher he beauful shore of Mor- ve, ofen ndened by#deep sal waer lochy SOME OLD LOCHABER WORTHES. LECTURE BY DR. MLLER. A a meeng of he For Wllam Lerary Assocaon held las week, a paper of consderable local neres was read by Dr. ' Mller, For Wllam. Mr A. Mackay, M.A., he presden, occuped he char, and here - vas a large aendance. Dr. Mller sad ha n hs boyhood n Lochaber here was que a guld of men,,vho gave hemselves up o llegal hunng m d fshng. Among hem Alexander Macn- yre was pre-emnenly he chef. He was, le beleved, a nave of nvergarry, and hs noher was a daugher of Alean Dal, he ard of Mac e Alasar, and he lecurer remembered well how Flora srred hs youhful fancy wh almos frs-hand remnscences of he 45. To llusrae he gallanry! 3 f he Prnce when n hdng, she loved o bell he sory of a peasan woman, her frend And nforman, wlo on reurnng from he mlkng n he fores, was asssed by none :>her han he young Chevaler n seppng Dver he sones of a urbulen sream. was a curous lle lnk, of whch here were many n h days h a ev«n he could recollec. Perhaps was no unnaural ha a son nurured n an amosphere bnged wh he Aferglow o f a Romanc Perod should devoe hmself o he roamng lfe o L guerlla huner, despsng he sedae ways of he modern crafsman, and preferrng o level n he freshness and freedom of he moors. For days Sandy lved ou on he hllsde, subssng on he chance hospaly af a shepherd s or crofer s co, or a need a cu from he flesh of a slan deer hasly cooked over moorland faggos. Sandy was a grea favoure, and hospaly was exended o hm n every glen, and even he mansons of he grea were no mmune o hs persuasve navee. On one occason Sandy was apprehended as he lay quely n hs bed a home by wo salwar offcers of he law. He accompaned hem peaceably n he drecon of he al, bu when he processon reached Pres s Square, a frendly onlooker succeeded n dverng he aenon of he consable by means of a rflng mssle, and wh a cry of Tarrunn, Alasdar, Sandy dsappeared lke lghnng owards he uplands of he vllage. No a race of Sandy could bo dscovered. A scheme was concoced o ge rd of Sandy. The local propreors combned o offer a sum of money o he Elusve and Popular Poacher on condon ha he would emgrae o Canada, where opporunes of shoong bgger game han were avalable n Lochaber would be open o hm. The poacher closed wh he proposal, and dsappeared no he grea Wld Wes. He soon ded here from ì broken hear and n penury, regreng he gnoble fae ha nduced hm, chld of spor and chld of naure, o par from he land { 3Ì he mounan and flood, of he red deer and he roe. Dr. Mller gave neresng [ remnscences of wo oher poachers, frends f Df Sandy, whom he respecvely desgnaed L'oln and Sr Harry. A ype of poacher * dfferng from Sandy was Parne, or Peer. Sandy was slenderly formed, an agle, wry f creaure, wh a slgh soop. Peer was a - large man physcally, and he suffered from slgh lameness owng: o an accden susaned n hs youh, and hs dsably accouned for hs peregrnaons beng more lmed n L-ange han hose of hs aler and agle com- seer. Peer was nellgen, well read be- pond he average, and a capable radesman, ( DU hs ben was o follow he sporng chances Ì f gun, and rod, and ne. Born a Achna- ; carry, hs moher was a Cameron. Peer wel by hmself n a room adonng Sr Barry,,J and hs domesc wans were a- :ended o by Sr Harry s wfe. Tle parmen wans Quan and neresng. bed, a able, a couple of chars, a seee, heap of coals, an earhen floor. n one corner sood a fowlng pece, n anoher shng rods of varous kncls and szes sued for eher rver or loch. From he rafers' lng ndscrmnaely olskns, nes, ropes, red porons of venson, rabb skns^ smoked herrngs, sah, and rou, whls almos angbly pervadng he amosphere was a perssen redolence of Archangel ar. On he wndow sll was an assormen of fly books, fshng ackle, cass, reels, n boxes,, conanng fles, hooks, percusson caps, and an u omnum gaherum. Peer s house be came he nghly rendezvous of all he char* acers n he pl-^ce, who evnced a leanng owards he llegal pleasures of rod and gun. An exper wh he gun, Peer s am on he wng and on foo was unerrng. He was no less exper wh he rod, and on he Nevs he had he nuon of an saac Walon. n due me Peer was gahered o hs fahers, and he hunng-ground, almos rendered as hs haun, s no longer sacred o he sealhy salk of he poacher. Dr. Mller s paper evoked he keenes enoymen and neres. COMUNN NAN ALBANNACH. ' m n n g far up no he neror. On! he souh-eas s he merhv B?n Cruacban, d * o ' on ho norh-eas ho rugged* range - Ardnarnurchan hlls. On he souh : sde of Ardornsh Casle here s- a hgh and J precpous: chan of basalc rocks. 0VC1 pangng he sea. n he- wner, when ho ^wa'er falls and cascades are hrown : ^>ac k by he wnd n shoos of whe spray, he sgh s very pcuresque and ram an- - c. l Overhangng Ardornsh Ba.y here s w10 famous Creag-nan-clo^aohroan, or b ^lff of he carcases. Hghland chefs had yyha wa-s echncally callcd he power and gallows. A rsocrac crmnals w c r o beheaded, and oìeban crmnals v/ere hanged. Bu a A rdornsh, seems offer (ders were dspached n a dfferen fa.sh on. T hey were hrow n o-ver Crea g-navclosachean, and aferwards re r bodes were hrow n no h e sea. T'h,; remnds one of he Tarpean R ock Comunn man Alba-nnach held s frs socal gaherng for he presen year on he 13h ns. (An -seahn Cballunn), when a very successful celdh was held. n addon o lancng, here were several songs, buh m Caelc and Englsh.. The Comunn wshes o drec he aenon of.all London Scos o he classes for. he sudy of he Gaelc language. Those For begnners, and also ho.se for nave * speakers desrng o learn o read and wre L Gaelc, are held.a S. Mary's School, Char- ng Cross Road, on Thursday evenngs from 3.30 o A conversaon class s held on Mondays from 7 p.m. o 8 p.m. n Newon ' Hall, Fleur de Ls Cour, Feer Lane. T;e < Saelc Chor, anoher branch of he Comunn* mees on Tuesdays from 7 p.m. o 9.30 p.n. f n S. Mary s School. All hose neresed n Gaelc song wll be hearly welcomed. ndvdual nsrucon n Gaelc musc bo gven o hose desrng. Any furher nformaon can be obaned from he lon, secreary, 15 Berber Road, New Wands- \ worh. > r

6 THE OBAN TMES, SATURDAY, M A Y 20, NVERARAY HONOURS MR :n e l m u n r o, l l.d. PRESENTATON OF TH E FREEDOM OF TH E BURGH. freedom of he Royal Burgh of nver- ky, hs nave own, w as. conferred upon Nel Munro. LL.D., on Frday las. The ncou was offered Mr Munro n reoog- on o f h emnence as a man of leers as ;a oken of he hgh esmaon hs Q personal quales have won for hm n - place o f hs brh. n hus honourng own son, he auhor of The Los roch, of John Splendd, of The f Days, and hose oher books n whch people, s enemens> s hlls and s ns, play so val and movng a par, nver- y was honourng self. The **freedom he burgh s a gf ha s never Jghly owed, and s ono ha s usly przed men o f fame n every walk of lfe. n he lease o f he ancen capal of Argyll has only been presened upon a few occasons n he space o f sxy years. was receved by Prnce -Alber when he vsed nveraray wh Queen Vcora n 1847; by he presen Duke o f Argyll when he came o f age as Marqus 1 of L om e; by he Rev. James Chalmers, he heroc New Gunea mssonary-explorer and maryr n 1895; and, more recenly, by Mr D. Fsher, solcor, anoher worhy nave. Mr Nel Munro, afer recevng hs educa- on a Church Square Publc School, v^d servng a perod n he law offce /*Nhe lae M r Douglas, lef nveraray n T'J 1 m " e n e rn g upon h a ou r- pa ls* career wlch, leadng on o he hgher rfca lf /of leraure, has become so dsn- *g y ^ d. Mr Munro has always reaned a lcl<#> connecon wh ho own, n sum- V n^r occupyng a house n s Man Sree, «<na ceremony gave keen pleasure e w «omnmn^y n whose srees.'e Jf. am ar and n whose hears hf holds a warm place. The day was one such as Nel Munro hm- * lf would have loved o wre of. was day charged wh he spr of dreams. The ^ su n sho s rays ou of a cloudless sky. J f There was no breah of wnd, and he flags M lay dead n her folds a he op of he long whe shafs. Tb glorous woods of > nveraray embowerng he Casle and spreadng lavshly o he hgh ops of Dunchuach ' wore ye n he frs ender ns of sprng. The calm surface of he loch hrew up every oulne of ho hlls around. To move he r eye from pon o pon was bu o urn from one unforgeable scene o anoher. The proceedngs of he afernoon flled he burgh wh a que busle. As he hour approached he Cour-hous crowded self ou, he company ncludng a pary of Mr Munro s personal frends from Glasgow, who have played a brllan and nfluenal par n he cvc and publc lfe o f he grea cy. The proper prelmnares over, he esm- «J ale Provos proceeded wh que dgny B q he work of he day, dong hs par & J he admraon of everyone. The speech H of he younges burgess was awaed eagerly R a d wh expecaons ha were sasfed o» b e full- Mr Munro played lghly wh hs R ea rly remnscences, srrng hs audors o laugher wh he humour of hem, ouchng B also deeper chords, and movng on o words 3 of wegh and dgny. B' n a memorable day no a noe was awan- V ng; o round off s harmony and compleely ness., ] THE PRESENTATON CEREMONY. The presenaon ceremony ook place n he Burgh Cour-house a fve o clock. Provos MacVoar, wearng hs gold chan, > of offce, presded, and he ceremony was aended by all he oher members of he : Town Councl, as follows: Bale Glmour, - * Bale Macnyre, Dean of Guld Maland, f A! Treasurer Sewar, Councllor Peer Macn- < ryve, Councllor Charles Maland, Councl- H lhlll Sewar. Councllor J- L. Malcolm, Councllor John Macnaugbon, and Councllor John A. +Y "n 'l,^ r R * S- Corrgall, solcor, JP rof he Bnrgh, and Mr J. Thomson, Town C,h There was also a crowded.+ ndanoe 0f he publc, among whom were Sr <)r -gre Prmrose, Bar., Glasgow, and Laay rose; Mr Rober Crawford, LL.D., gow ; Mr J. Murray Smh, J.P., Glasguw ;, Mr A. E. Lows, Chamberlan of A rgyll; J Mr D. Munro Fraser, H.M..S.; Mr G. Houson, A.R.S.A.; Capan Macpherson, shpowner, Gourock; Maser Hugh Munro, _ Gourock (h eldes son of Dr. Munro), ex-! Provos Guhre; ex-provos MacLean, Rev. J. F. Dawson, Rev. P. N. Mackchan, Rev. D. C. Sewar, Rev. K. MacLean, Ardrsh-. u g ; Rev. A. MacCallum, Srachur; Maor Wrgh, Y.D.; Leu. Roberson, Srachur; ex-bale Dck, Glasgow, and Mrs Dck; Mr Waler Malcolm, J.P.: Mr Wn. Roberson, J.P.: Bale J. Macmaser Campbell and Councllor Rankn, Oban; Mr Wm. Dssel- duff, sen., Cowal Dsrc Clerk; Dr. and] Mrs Sewar, Mr F. R. Somervlle, Edn- burgh; Mr and Mrs E. J. Sm, Mrs Mac- 1 Arhur of Barbreck, Mr James Lndsay, sol- eor; Mr Alaser MacArhur, hank agen; Mr Hugh Buchanan, Glasgow; Mr Duncan ^MacGregor, solcor, Oban; Mr Arhur Guhre, Gourock; Mr A. Kerr Bruce, Gourock; Mr and Mrs R. Fraser; Mr E. B. Flemng, The Ohan Tmes ; Mr J. Dsselduff, Sherff-Clerk Depue, O ban; Nurse Wlson, Msses Hally, Mrs and Mss Mackchan, Mrs and Mss Sewar, TJ.F. Manse; Mr John H. Rose, posmaser, and Mrs Rose; Mss Malcolm, Mss Guhre, Mr and Mrs James Clark; Mr and Mrs Rob. Clark ; M r H. D. Smh, M.A.; Mr Wm. Chalmers, M.A.; Msses Glmour, Mrs John Dewar and Mss MacCallum, Mrs Charles Maland, Mss Thomson; Mr Spa d- ng, Maam; Mr Archbald Glmour; M r D. MacArhur, Tho School- house, S. Caherne s ; Mr John Rhnd, Srachur; Mr Wm. Campbell, Benbue; Ppe-Maor Ross, H.L.., Hamlon; Mr and ***» Duncan M acnosh: Mr Orr, Unon B ank; Mr Mason, Pos Offce; Mss H. Mac nyre, Mss MacLachlan, Mr and Ms Wm. Rose. may be worhy of menon ha ex- Provosb Guhre, who s n hs 88h v^ar, pas presen as a member of nveraray Tow n Councl when he freedom of he Burgh was < besowed upon Prnce Alber n A ouch of old-world dgny and colour N was len by he burgh halberder n scarle coa and cocked ha. The Rev. P. N. Mackchan havng offered prayer, he Town Clerk announced apologes from he Duke of Argyll, Lord Archbald Campbell, Mr Nall D. Campbell, Lord John- son, Mr Paen MacDougall of Gallanach, C.B.; Sherff M'Cluro, K.C.; Couny Councllor Red, Dunoon; ec. 1 Tho Duke of Argyll wred from Sensng- 1 o n : Grealy admre Nel Munro s work, and regre canno be wh my fellow-burgesses when hey honour hm. A r g y l l. Lord Archbald Campbell wroe regreng much ha he was unable o aend he cere- mony of he presenaon of he freedom of he burgh {ko he famous auhor, an old nveraray boy, Dr. Nel Munro. Sherff M'Clure. n conveyng hs regre and dsapponmen o he Provos, Mags- raes, and Councl a hs nably o be presen, wroe from Ednburgh as follow s: s a very fng reurn hey propose o make o a son of he own who has re- Seaed so nnh dsncon hs brh- place; and bu for prohbve engagemens here, would ceranly have been presen on he occason. hope he funcon may have he success whch fne weaher wll make cer- an, for every oher elemen n a grea even s already conrbued.1 The Burgess Tcke. Tho Town Clerk hen read he burgess cke bearng he resoluon o f h Councl ^ o confer he freedom of he burgh upon Dr. Nel Munro. s n h followng erms: A nveraray he 21s day of May, One housand Nne hundred and nne years; The whch day Dr. Nel Munro, of Man Sree, nveraray, and Carnus, Gourock, s wh he unanmous advce and consen of he Provos, Magsraes, and remanen Members of he Councl of he Royal Burgh of nveraray, Receved, Creaed, and Admed a Burgess Freeman and Guld Broher of he same, wh power o hm o bruck and enoy he lberes, prvleges, and mmunes belongng o a Burgess Freeman and Guld Broher hereof. The Councl besow hs, ho hghes honour hey can gve, upon Dr. Munro n recognon o f hs personal worh and o f he fame and honour whch he has brough o h place of hs brh by bs achevemens as an auhor. Sgned n name and by apponmen of he Magsraes and Councl and ho Seal o f A Burgh mpressed. D o n a ld M a c V c a r, Provos-. J o h n Gluour, Bale. A l e x a n d e r M a c n y r e, Bale. J o h n A l e x a n d e r S n c l a r, C. J a m e s L e g g e M a l c o l m, C. J o h n M a cn a u g h o n, C. R. S. C o r r g a l l, Town Clerk. J TH E CASKET. Th slver case o hold he burgess cke s cylndrcal n form, 12 nches long by 2$ nches n dameer, and s rchly and appro- praely decoraed wh Celc work. The arms o f ho burgh (a ne wh fsh and he 1 moo, Semper Tb Penden H alec ) are chased on one end, and a vew of nveraray from he loch on he oher. On a sheld n he cenre s he followng nscrpon: Presened by he Royal Burgh of nveraray o Dr. Nol Munro, wh burgess cke con- ferrng on hm he freedom of he burgh. The case s mouned on a plan oak sand, and ress on suppors bearng Mr Munroe monogram, N. M.. and he year The caske s he work of Messrs Murhead & Arhur, Glasgow. T H E PROVOST S SPEECH. The Provos, on rsng o presen he caske and parchmen o Dr. Munro, was oordal'y receved. He sad hey would undersand from wha had us been read by her learned Town Clerk wha he busness was for whch hey were gahered here. (Ap- plause.) And o hm, however unworhy, happened o belong he honour o f beng he nsrumen of conveyng o Dr. Munro he vsble oken of he feelng o f prde and affecon runnng hrough he whole com- muny, whch had been usly nerpreed by he Councl. (Applause.) Th Docor s work had had a vared range, and had gven plea- sure o many classes of people,and hs success mgh be ruly sad o be h fru of hs own genus and energy. (Applause.) Need- less o say, here were bs whch hey par- ^ ularly enoyed who wer able o apprecae. local colour. (Hear, hear.) n makl"s hs presenaon, hey wshed 1 o add o recognon of he servces of her own burgess n he pas and her bes wshes v ms uw ro. (Applause) Of one hng -ney were confden. however far Dr. Munro mgh go and hey beleved he would go far here would always reman n hs hear a warm corner for old nveraray and he scenes of hs early days. (Applause.) gave hm (h Provos) grea pleasure ha hs presenaon was made durng he me he was n offce, and ha he had h honour he grea honour of handng hs caske wh documen o Dr. Munro. On recevng h caske from he Provos, Dr. Munro was loudly applauded. The Provos shook hands wh he new burgess. DR. M UNRO S SPEECH. Dr. Munro, on rsng o delver hs speech of acknowledgmen was receved wh heary. pad prolonged applause. H sad, Provos MacVcar, Magsraes and Town Councllors of nveraray, Lades and Genlemen, When came no hs Cour-room o-day and saw agan hs bench, hs bar, and hose seas whch have no been so well occuped a a day meeng snce h poor fellow was red here las Augus, fel a curous snkng of he hear, whch was no o be wholly accouned for by my unconquerable dsase for publc appearances. had brough o my recollec- on all of a sudden h frs occason on whch sood on hs floor. mus be over hry years ago. Ther had been a grea wner sorm ; a bg beech ree was blown down a ngh n h avenue behnd he sohoolhouse, and n h mornng every boy n he burgh was ou a h beech ree for frewood. was here myself wh an axe he possesson of an axe was ho only par - cular n whch ever resembled George Washngon (laugher) was here wh 1 an. a x o r a n d n*for«* b rg a k f^ & -fflo h a d sored n he grand-maernal coal cfeflar a mos grafyng ple of he Duke s blown mber. Shameful, wasn? (Laugher.) Dreadfully low. (Laugher.) hope such hngs don happen ll nveraray nowadays. Tho mmedae resul was ha on he follow- ng mornng ho Duke s foreser, very naurally ncensed Such D el erae G reen y had a dozen of he more zealous and success- ful sck-gaherers aken before a magsrae n hs very room, and hope my respecable and dsngushed frends wll no cu my acquanance hereafer when confess ha was among he culprs n ha gnomnous poson. (Laugher.) hnk pleaded no guly; one of he older offenders assured me ha ha was he proper hng o do. And was n hese days so seraphc and guleless-lookng a youh ha mus have appeared he very paern of nnocence. was no, suppose, a serous prosecuon; was mean merely o scare us, and so far as was concerned fully served s pur- 1 pose. had never been so scared from ha day ll hs. And remember he las words he Magsrae sad n dsmssng us wh an admonon w ere: Now, see ha you never come back here agan. Menally made a frm resoluon ha ceranly should never be back here agan, and hen wen bomb o saw he wood. (Laugher.) was excellen wood. made up my mnd ha should never be hauled up before he nveraray Magsraes agan, bu you never can ell. Here X am n he old predcamen, wh my hear n my mouh, as was hry years ago. (Laugher.) m afrad he look of seraphc nnooenoe has dsappeared; generally comes off wh shavng. (Laugh- er.) You see began badly when sared ou wh ha lle hache, and have never been able o ge over my fondness for he Duke s rees. have, n a way, been akng lberes wh hs Grace s woods ever snce 1 subsued a pen for he hache, and suppose was only o be expeced ha should bo hauled up for sooner or laer. canno plead guly o all ha Provos MacVcar has charged me wh, bu mus adm sona pars o f hs ndcnen, and hrow nyself on h lenency of he Cour, (Applause.) The only plea can offer n exenuaon of my wckedness as a poacher on hese beauful polces, as an unscrupu- 1 J lous collecor of all sors of scks necessary o my busness he descrpons, effecs, m- l preesons, and memores whch abound round 1 nveraray s ha No Oher Person seemed o be makng any mmedae use of hem. Those of you who know nveraray and s neghbourhood, and may have read Jsome of, my sores, wll have seen ha. have boldly used he landscape round here as f were my very own. have dvered [ rvers, and pu hem runnng where waned 5 f h em ; pu walls round Dunchuach, recon- sruced Dunderave on a much more romanc > plan han Sr Andrew Noble s, and f a pne p planng or a hll dd no please me n one 1 suaon shfed o anoher. Quo a smple hng, and doesn cos much us a flck of he pen. (Laugher.) m so glad - n hose days of deah dues and axes on 5 unearned ncremen ha m no a real land- ownwr. You wouldn beleve he lberes 5 have aken n ha way wh nveraray. Why, many a ngh afer you had aken your s 1 glass of ho mlk and gone o bed, and were a sound sleepng, and mgh be hough e o be far away, came wh ghosly horse- men claerng hrough he dark and slen srees of nveraray, rapped a famlar doors, keeked n a your wndows a very rude hng o do and have even peneraed o Ì he Casle of Argyll, and held parley here ' s n qu a respecful way, of course wh ] Gllesbeag Gruamach, he noble genleman whose porra s on h wall behnd me. Such gongs-on could no be permed for ever, and so am no surprsed o be hauled, e agan before he Magsracy. (Applause.) Don come back agan sad he Bale, n bu have come back; s he one hng :, you can always calculae on an nveraray man dong. (Applause.) Perhaps he mos angushed hour ever spen n my lfe was l one day when seemed no unlkely ha, mgh never be back. Egh and weny n years ago sood on he 1s of June on he h deck of he frs Lord of he sles and Baw e all ha was precous o me a h momen fall rapdly asern. My old companons l sood on he quay, and waved Good-bye? n ha perfuncory, casual way w have of con- oealng our feelngs n nveraray; saw he 3 que sree wh famlar fgures on les-. r sen; he fores never before looked so beauful, and for he frs me realsed ha! was hopelessly n love wh These Hlls and Glens ha had looked a every day wh ndfference from my nfancy. An nveraray man who s her o-day was a fellow-passenger wh m on h seamer, and when wo were roundng Ken more Pon he urned o me and sad, Have anoher look a he old place; may be h las me you ll see for a- long me. was a panful hough, bu urned asde, and engaged my magnaon wh plans for comng back as soon as could ge enough money o pay my fare. As happened, was o be back soon, and back ofen ; doub f any oher man who lef nveraray o earn hs lvng elsewhere ever came back so ofen as h ^ e done, bu a no me have come back wh so much repdaon as on hs occason. There are people so happly consued ha hey can ake all he honours he world has o gv hem wh calmness and grace, bu unforunaely m no one of hem, and ell you he ruh when say ha should be a much happer man a hs momen f your worhy Provos, nsead of presenng m wh ho freedom of he own n hs ceremonous fashon, had quely aken me for a walk round John Turner s Corner, and slpped he caske unosenaously n my opcoa pocke. (Laugher.) Tha s no o say ha do no enormously value hs manfesaon of he good-wll of he people of my nave own. They are somewha crcal; no oo easly sasfed, as you may guess from he fac ha n my lfeme hey have apparenly found only wo oher men whom ney consdered worhy o f h hgh honour hey confer on m now. wsh oould hnk deserved half so well as poor James Chalmers, ha heroc Chrsan soul. The freedom of nveraray! s delghful o have parcularly n so fn a caske bu you wll pardon me sayng ha really go he freedom of nveraray fve and fory years ago, and have never ceased o exercse. Wha, he Prvleges of a Burgess may be nowadays canno dscover wh any cerany undersand am qualfed now o open a shop n he burgh f lke (laugher) -bu know hey wer very subsanal prvleges go fory-fve years ago n rgh of beng a nave of hs place. go he key of he sree and he freedom of he seashore and h fores, and hough m bea o remember a sngle hrllng advenure ha ever happened o me n eher excep on one occason when saw a ghos a ngh n Essachosan was able o gaher n hem a sock of emoons and remnscences on whch have lved more or less ever snce. wsh oould say of myself ha was a dlgen youh, a lad o padr6, and a shnng example for succeedng generaons of nveraray boys, bu canno preend o have been anyhng of ho knd, parcularly n he presence of my old schoolmaser, Mr Henry Dunn Smh, whom am clad o cee her o-dav. (Applause.) He knows a hng or wo, and remember a hng or wo, whch on hs occason, wh your knd consen, we ll keep a secre beween ourselves. Ah! hese were lovely, unperplexed and smple days, when delberaely reflfeed o learn anyhng, and ye n some myserous way was learnng all ha was o be of any use o me n aler lfe. A he me, and for years aler, dd no seem so. When began o wr sores frs, nveraray seemed he one localy o avod. s memores were oo personal, and oo dear. was lke ho ordnary lover who s ready o alk freely abou all women excep he one n whom he s mos parcularly neresed, and have sll such a shy recence abou my nave place ha you wll no fnd menoned by s name n any of my books. The furhes have gone n on has been o ndcae s deny n Gaelc.! s curous ha should have hs dffdence abou namng nveraray, because ever snce began o wre serously a all, have never wren anyhng ha came whn measurable dsance of pleasng me abo any place else. Once, many years ago, fred by he genus and success of Mr Rudyard Kplng, red my hand a A Sory abou nda, a, land whch had never seen, and knew lle abou, excep hanks o Mr Smh la Moun Everes s 29,000 fee, or s 92,000 fee, hgh? (Laugher.) wroe ha sory wh grea enhusasm, and ye when J was fnshed here seemed o be somehng wrong. My ndan landscape looked confoundedly lke nveraray, my orenal deodar rees wer all frs and beeches, my pcure of Calcua suggesed a place wh one quay, wo shppug-^boxes, and a boa called he Mary -od. o he pawls* whle my ndan warrors Skhs, Pahans, and Dacos were planly Campbells accusomed o wear ho kl. (Laugher.) N o; never could keep nveraray ou of any sory of mne, and never wll. (Applause.) ll no even ry, hough may manage cunnngly o conceal he fac from you. A very small feld o, may be sad by hose *vjk> ms undersand he scope and prncples of ar; bu know beer. know ha f wroe abou he scenes and characers of my nave place for ff-v years should no exhaus s possbles, however mgh msapply hem. For h lngs w lov nensely are he only hngs worh wrng abou n poery or romance, and hs parsh, hough you may no hnk, s a mnauro of ne world. (Applause.) Well, lades and geulemen. 'm ashamed o fnd myself alkng away lke he radonal sweee-wfe all abou nyself and my own affars; s no, assure you, habual, and my excuse for owhs occason s ha he ex for my dscorse s srcly prescrbed by he crcumsances under whch am here, and by Provos MacVcaJs knd personal allusons o myself and my work. The freedom of nveraray n bye-pas generaons was presened far more frequenly han now. read recenly n a book by he lae Sr James Marwck ha nveraray n 1660 go no rouble before he Convenon of Royal Burghs bv makng he burgesses of Greenock burgesses of nveraray en bloc. They dd so o exend he commercal relaons of nveraray, whch n hose days were, as n oher royal burghs, srcly confned beween freemen burgesses, and he Convenon of Royal Burghs had o enac ha one condon of hurgess-shp n nveraray mus be resdence here. n more recen years, he Freedom of hs Burgh was graned only o he really grea ones of he earh and n he 18h cenury here s a long roll of nobles, law lords, and dsngushed solders who go ha honour con- > ferred on hem whch you confer on me o-! day. don' beleve hey could all have go so fne a caske, and flaer myself ha he people of nveraray of ha perod dd no know hem so well as you know me, and ha, afer all, s he grea and pleasan hng for me n our proceedngs o-day ha am here a horn among my own folk and ha my own folk are pleased wh me! (Ayplaua.) Provos MacVcar, Magsraes and Town Councl of nveraray, hank you for he hgh honour you have done me n enrollng me among; h freemen burgesses of our venerable and hsorcal own. (Prolonged applause.) On he concluson of Dr. Munro s speech Dr. Sewar formally proposed a voe of hanks o he Provos or presdng The Provos havng acknowledged fle complmen he proceedngs ermnaed. THE CORPORATON DNNER. n he evenng Dr. Munro was eneraned o a publc duner by he Corporaon of nveraray. The dnner ook place n he Argyll Arms Hoel, and was aended by a company of sxy. Provos MacVcar occupe# he char, and had on hs rgh D. Munro, Mr Murray Smh, Capan Macpherson, Mr H. P. Buchanan, Mr Houson, A.R.S.A.; Dr. Sewar, Hon. Sherff-Snbsuo of Argyll; Mr Arhur Guhre, and Mr PlugJ Munro, Gourock. On he lof sa ox-provoss Guhre and Maclean, nveraray; Sr John Tre Prmrose, Bar.; ex-bale Dck and ex- Bale Dr. Crawford, all of Glasgow; Rev. P. N. Mackchan, Mr Munro Fraser, H.M..S.; Mr H. D. Smh, Mr A. K. Bruce, Gourock; and Mr Somervlle, Ednbu r*h. Ohers presen- were Bahes Glmour and Macnyre (croupers), Dean of Guld Maland, Treasurer Sewar, Councllors Maland, Macnyre, Sco, Sewar-, and Mac- Naughon; Messrs John Thomson, Burgh Chamberlan; R. S. Corrgall, Town Clerk; Duncan Macnosh, Depue Town Clerk; John Lndsay, Burgh Prosecuor; and P. C. Maland, surveyor; Messrs A. E. Lows, Wllam Roberson, W. W. Chalmers, John Rose, Wllam Rose. Rober Fraser, Rober Clark, James Clark, Archbald Glmour. John MacDougall, J. Spaldng, E. J. Sm, and Wm. Campbell; Maor Wrgh, Mr blaser Mac Arhur, banker; Revs. D. C. Sewar and J. F. Dawson, nveraray; A. MacCallum, Srachur; and Kenneh Maclean, Ardrsh- ag; Messrs J. Macmaser Campbell, Dun. MacGregor, W. Rankn, E. B. Flemng, Oban; Mr Wllam Dseelduff, sen., (D u n oon; Mr MacA-hur, eachcr, S. Caherne s; Mr Roberson, eacher, Sra- chur; and Ppe-Maor Ross. The Rev. P. N. Mackchau sad grace. A sumpuous dnner was served, and durng s courso selecons were played n fne syle by he nveraray Ppe Band, whch bv specal nsrucon of Lord Archbald Campbell urned ou n full unform under Ppe-Maor C. Maland. Afer dnner he oas, ls was proceeded wh. Th Provos gave The Kng, whch was hearly honoured, a verse of h Naonal Anhem beng sung. Some nveraray Mlary Hsory. Councllor P. Macnyre submed he oas of The mperal Forces. Afer remarkng upon he fghng quales of our salors and solders, h expressed he hope ha n fuure hsory would repea self, and ha our mperal forces would emerge vcorous from any sruggle ha les before hem. (Applause.) Havng expressed a dsbelef n compulsory mlary servce, he alluded o h heroc sory of he snkng of he roopshp Brkenhead, he greaer number of he solders on board whch were of he 91s Argyllshre Hghlanders. H e wen on o recall ha durng he wars o f he French Revoluon nveraray conrbued many offcers and men o he Brsh forces. Several of hese were dsngushed solders of he me. General Turner, C.B., led he sormng pary a he Capure of Elvas, a suburb of Badaoz, and hs paved he way o he capure of hs forress. Colonel Coln Campbell, C.B., led he Royal Scos a he Bale of Vora, carred he heghs of Abechuco, drove n he French rgh, and so opened he way o vcory. Colonel Coln Campbell was he hero of Gran s Romance of War. Leu. James Johns, R.N., led he boardng-pary from he Shannon a he capure of l Chesapeake, and receved he Capan s sword, whch weapon was presened o Leu. Johns. Ths sword has been much enqured afer, bu where s he (Councllor Maclnyrc) dd no know. The mlary skll and bravery of hese dsngushed solders refleced honour on nveraray, ye her names and her deeds were well-ngh forgoen. The genus of Nel Munro placed hm on a hgher pnnacle of fame, -ana hs name was beer known by Brsh people han were he names of any of hose dsngushed offcers. Though hose nveraray offcers won dsngushed honours n war, and her mlary careers shed honour on he Burgh, he fac ha nveraray wa6 he brhplace of Nel Munro makes nveraray bulk larger n he eyes of he world, and sheds more honour upon he ancen Burgh han all he glory of war and all he maral honours showered upon her old heroes. (Loud applause.) Maor Wrgh repled. The Terroral movemen, o whch he and several ohers presen had he honour o belong, would, he beleved, evenually exercse a powerful nfluence n he counry, and become a error o enemes abroad and a source of relance a home. (Applause.) He hough was he duy of every young man o on he ranks of he Terroral Army. (Hear, hoar.) Personally, he 'beleved ha hs counry would never be rgh ll we had compulson n some form or anoher. (Hear, hoar.) eouwl no be expeced ha he Terroral Solders, who wen no camp for only a for- ngl n he year, could be properly raned. n hs opnuu, hey were no raned as hey ough o be. Jf Je. woro gong o be solders, don le hem play a- \f rs. +,^n-» be solders n realy. (Applause.; The Younges Burgess, Tho Provos hen proposed he oa6 of he evenng, The Healh of our Younges Burgess, he announcemen of whch was repeved wh prolonged applause. The Provos sad hey were pleased ha Dr. Munro had acceped ha oken of her respec and goodwll, and hey hoped ha, beng now a. freeman, le would feel an added measure of prde n h own of hs brh, and feel also ha conaned for hm hs ndeals o f home, of czenshp, of broherhood (applause) and ha he mus proec s rghs and defend s neress. (Applause.) Tha Dr. Munro was well able o do so by hs energy and genus hey had no doub. For hs energy and genus ha he possessed accordng o her defnon f hey mgh venure on a defnon was hs naural or orgnal hough nvesed wh passon, ^ nd expressed n he language of magnaon. (Applause.) They wshed a long and prosperous career o her dsngushed younges burgess. And mgh he more and more rse o hgher emnence as he years wen on. (Cheers.) The oas was followed wh h sngng of He s a olly good fellow and rounds of cheerng, wh an added cheer for Mrs Munro. Dr. Munro s Reply. Dr. Munro was hearly applauded on rsng o reply. He sad Je was occupyng ha ngh a eoa whch lad some hsorcal assocaons. He rraa Jed o mderuund -hafc ha<. char ha evenng was he char of he^ Paymaser one of hose dsngushed and gallan veerans o whom Mr Macnyre had referred. He was ceran ha n he days of ho Paymaser, when he go no a char lke ha, and had had a good dnner and a drnk besde hm, hc would no rse excep wh grea relucance. He fel lke *he Paymaser n ha respec le go up wh grea relucance. Afer he proceedngs o f he afernoon, he fel ha, lke he urymen afer a long ral, h be releved from servce for anoher welve monhs. (Laugher.) was he cusom o oas ho younges burgees, and no one oould have done more effecvely han Provos MacVcar had done. (Hear, hear.) H was delghed o be here ha evenng, and ha he Provos Provos MacVcar parcularly should be n he char. He was glad ha was Provos MacVcar who had nvesed hm ha afernoon wh h ancen and dsngushed dgny ha had been besowed upon hm, for he (he Provos) was_ a ypcal nveraray man, and a ypcal Hghlander. (Applause.) n he afernoon he (Dr. Munro} had spoken of he scenery of nveraray, ana how lo was affeced by. He hough he owed as much o he people of nveraray, who were pecular n many respecs. (Laugher and applause.) Search he whole of Scoland and you would no fnd a communy lke ha. They wer he shrewdes udges of characer n he whole of hs naon. (Laugher and applause.) Whenever you saw wo nveraray men sandng ogeher you mgh be sure hey were dscussne a hrd pary no unkndly, bu always wh shrewd observaon. (Laugher.) He learned ha hmself, and he dd que naurally. (Much laugher.) He hanked hem very much for he heary way n whch hey had receved he oas. He was very proud o 4be a freeman of nveraray, and he hoped he would never dsgrace he plaoe le loved nensely. (Loud applause.) le hanked hem also on behalf of hs wfe, who loved nveraray as much as he dd, (Applause.) The Royal Burgh of nveraray. The Royal Burgh of nveraray was gven by Mr Rober Crawford, LL.D., of Glasgow. Dr. Crawford sad hs knowledge of nveraray sared wh Mr Munro, and was mos assocaed wh he comforable hoselry conduced so ably by he presen senor magsrae, Bale Glmour. (Applause.) Tha day seemed o hm o have been a mos delghful and unque day. There hey had gahered n ha lovely old Cour of Jusce * and nellec of nveraray and hey had a,ud f ron> he ousde^ Unversy of hond e*? Pe of he her sgn manual he genus of lpwed wh son. (Applause.) They had sad Her we have somehng of whch we arc proud, somehng ha all he world admres, a man we all love shall we no say so, and say so n he bes manner we can? (Applause.) They had sad so ha day. He had been a he presenaon of he freedom o saesmen, premers, solders, all knds and condons of men, and le had never lsened o or admred so much anywhere any ceremony of such absolue beauy as h proceedngs of la day formed. (Applause.) was a perfecly unque and beauful pcure of human naure human naur n one of s bes forms, and expressng self boh on behalf of he people of nveraray and s worhy son n exqusely lovely syle. (Applause.) n dong ls hey were _expressng he hear s desre and he admraon and approval no only of he people of Scoland for ha was easy o say bu of many of he people of England, of Canada, of Amerca; m fac, hey were sampng ha day her approval upon a lne of genus and ably and worhness, whch would crcle lke a rng round he world. (Applause.) Dr. Crawford concluded wh some complmenary references o he muncpal admnsraon of nveraray, commenng humorously on he fac la he burgh bad an ample Common Good, and ye no deb! (Laugher and applause.) Bale Macnyre, n respondng, sad n - veraray Town Councl was a good workng Councl. So far as fnances were concerned hey were n a sasfacory sae. They had a balance of 168 on h rgh sde, wh everyhng pad. (Applause.) was neresng ha he Councl was composed almos enrely of naves of he burgh, and be hough refleced grea cred on nven*: ray ha was able o manage s own busness, and manage well. (Applause.) As o conferrng he freedom of he burgh on Dr. Munro, nveraray Town Councl had had hs n vew for many years. They were pleased o place hs honour on her dear old frend, Dr. Munro, who came ou and n among hem. (Applausfc.) Forune had. [ made no change on Dr. Munro; he was he same o peer and peasan. (Applause.) * Every member o f he Town Councl had been enhusasc n makng he preparaons for he oeremodv and he dnner, and hey were > very pleased o see ha h day had been such a success. (Applause.), The Guess. Bale* Glmour proposed he oas o f Our Guess. gave hm groa pleasure o wel- come so many dsngushed genlemen o 1 he old'burgh, and o hank hem for helpng o make he memorable occason such a suc- cess. Re would assocae wh he oas he name lrs o f Sr John Ur Prmrose (ap- plause)f-on o f Glasgow s brllan sons, whom he Second Cy had honoured by placng hm n he, hghes cvc poson, and whose personal frendshp wh he new burgess had mduced hm n spe of hs nnumerable pub- le engagemens n he Sou., o be presen wh hem ha ngh. (Applause.) Secondly, he assocaed wh he oas he name <? Capan Duncan Macphereon of Gourock and Tghnabruach, whom hey wer proud o acknowledge as a son of nveraray. (Ap-. plause.) Sr John Ure Prmrose, n respondng, sad ha was wh grea grafcaon, along wh one or wo colleagues, ha he acceped he Corporaon s gracous nva- on o be presen wh hem when dong honour o one born n her ancen and royal burgh, and who had shed lusre and dsncon upon hs brhplace. (Applause.) was- a grafcaon ha hey, amd he hurly-burly and urmol of he grea com- mercal cy had by happy accden been >u no consan, almos perpeual, ouch wh. ha human quany denomnaed Nel Munror* (Applause.) When n her old Cour-house na day Mr Munro s fellow- and ownswomen gahered o see he Vrporaon pu he supreme noe of cvc apprecaon and recognon upon hs career. on could magn no more smple and mpressve ceremony. Sr John wen on o speak n glowng erms o f he scenes and characers of Mr Mnro s wrngs, remarkng ha h hanked God ha Jolr Splendd had been emboded as a ype o f humany. To dwell upon Mr M unn/s books was o en- gender some o f he feelngs ha made he pc6on of a gues here ha day parh u- larly aracve and desrable. He and lus colleagues, who had known Nel Munro n he dark cy o f he Wes, would reurn o Gas- Row feelng ha hey had parcpaed n a hgh fesval, where nave worh had been acknowledged, where sncery, smplcy, and ably had been alled wh a hgh m non. (Loud applause.) He predced ha hey would ly long enough o see hs man hey called Nel Munro furher asser and esab- 1 lsl a clam o be placed upon a pedesal» ha should be no nconspcuous among Sco- land s worhes eons. (Applause.).. Capan Macpherson, Gourock,. 8 \*\a - knowledgod he oas. H e sad +J y rt Dr. Munro n Gourock us as e*' * *C n nveraray. There -, {, bu sad when he sepped u'jng },.?.?. ' There s Ned Munro. One grea aracon ha Gourock had for Mr f Munro was ha when h go up o he back of hs house he could look across o he s Argyllshre hlls and say, There s Ben 3 Bue! H e was proud o be here ha ngh: gave hm grea oy o parcpae * n honourng Dr. Nel Munro. (Loud ap- " plause.) " Mr Wllam Dseeldnff proposed h healh of he Provos, and psd a cordal rbue o he manner n whch le Chef Magsrae 5 had performed h varous dues o f he day. " He sad ha Provos MacVcar had don hs k par wh a smpleness and an effecveness ) ha he had seldom seen excelled. (Armlause.) n addng a sou o he carn n honour of. Dr. Nel Munro, Mr Dsselduff eneraned he company o some lvely remnscences of ; ^ he days n whch he and Mr Munro were * assocaed n ho law offce of he lae Mr Douglas a nveraray.. A nervals durng: he evenng songs were exoellenly sung by Mr J- H. Rose, nveraray, / and Councllor Rankn, Oban. u The sngng o f Auld Lang S yn e and God save he Kng brough he procecd- ngs o a close. s f>.r-

7 OLD MEMORES OF LOCH AWE.?S faca p;laodh <> Loehodha, 's fada cobhar o Chhum Duhhne. Ts a far crv o Loch * Awe, and a dsan* help o he Campbells. Nearly fory years ago he dae of hese remme ences when as ye -le alway lad no- peneraed farher wesward51 -han Callander, aad Ardrshacr was he neares approach by sea, he sayng1 quoed above appled wh a,1mos as much force o Lo-l Awe as on ha, dsasrous day of Ocober, 1594, when he Ha l of 11 unly and bs horsemen me he Campbells n Glen Lve, and scaered hem as he mdday sun scaers he n.s on- he mounan. To reach from he Lowlands mean more han a. day s ourney by ral or seamer and coach, so ha mgh well be sad o be a. far cry o- Loch Awe o such as eleced o seek an a.neler'.- holday n re counry of Clan Dubhne and h s happly served o preven beng over-run and ever-fshed, snce me, fague, and expense are poen facors n causng he sream of ravellers o O dwndle as flows onward, and spor*- men's vss o ou of he way nns end o resemble fchose of he angels n ha hey are few and far beween. Hence may be sad ha re enerprsng few have he place o hemselves; and hs means much o he angler. The landlord akes hm o hs bosom, and reas hm as a frend of he famly; he glles and boamen wach over hm wh as lovng* cn.r as f he were* he pearl of grea prce; and he fsh, no havng learned o fear he face of man, come o receve her food from hs hand as fearlessly as from he hand of S. Francs hmself. [Conrbued.] P A R T. When he rapdl^ lenghenng cla.ys and brgher skes of md-aml summon he O w * 1 swallow norhward, and when he domesc repose of he dweller n own s roughly ;:vvep away by he sprng-cleanng broom, he angler, should he be a, rue son of he rod, feels whn hm he call of he wld ' o from a haunng suspcon ha here nw^lu be som ehng n he sory afer all, lu was naurally schng away wh all lm m gh, when, precsely a he hour m dngh, a large fla sone began slowk o heave self upwards, and from beneah appeared a grnnng skull, whch addressed he alor as follows, n he mos hollow and dsmal one aan- a b le : A m fa.- hu an ceann m òr lah so, a hàllear (Dos hou see hs grea J grsly head, O alor?). To whch he alor gave answer as he hreaded' hs needle afresh Ch m sn s fuaghdh m so " ( see ha, b u 'll sew hs). Then, a each succeedng hour, a fresh poron of s anaom y came o keep he res com pany, alwavs w h a. saluaon approprae o he par n queson, unl n m ore blood-curcllng O ones han ever, wound up w h A m fac hu an làmh m hòr, so, a lnllear V' (D os hou see hs grea hand, O alor?), a he same me- m akng a swoop a hm us as he fnshng sch was beng pu o he breeches. B u, duckng nm bly under s arm, he boled hrough he doorway a.nd down he hll, hm bles an a \ To hs day, s sad, he m ark of he specre s knuckles can be seen on he am b of he door n corroboraon o f he legend. W ere ha no suffcen- esm ony n self, h" fac ha anyone n he H ghlands whose aenon s dsraced from w ha le s busy wh nvarably remarks n Gaelc see ha, bu 1 11 sew h s," w ould, furnsh conclusve rnoof of he ruh of he sory. F or some mles he oppose shor; shows no sgn of habaon, save a sna ^ desered bobv, named for some lov^ v * forgoen reason, Ardlr Neaclan, a afer one of our early Pcsh kngs. hereabous, on he s esae of nverlvev, ha he presen Governm en recenly *..' 4 purchased ground for he purpose of afforesaon, whch, udgng b y he aur'e aaned by spruce and larch elsewhere on Lochawesde, promses well reprove n me an exrem ely profable nvesm en. was no far from hs ha on a subsequen occason we saw lve waer bull. and sraghway packs up hs raps o hurry off o he mounans. Far beyond BLADHNA MHATH UR! he smoke of Glasgow le sees he snow O lyng whe n he corres of Cruacha. and s' agged peaks cung he deep blue of he sky, whle, n fancy, he echoes of he boamen's chorus lnger ye n hs ears: Tla. gh n fodlam, fodlam, fodlmn, Tlu gl fodlam erdh whch, by he way, was wha hey sang o Dr. Samuel Johnson as hey ferred hn over o Rnasvay n Sepember of he year of grace, ] 773. So n he fresh, clear mornng ar, wh an occasonal whff of he pea' reek remnd us ha we are agan n he.hghlands, we skr he wde expanse *A Crnan Moss wh he rough low hlls cf Knap dale o he souh of, along whose b o Hladhna mhah ù r! " he old famlal* greeng: K ngs ou oco move n w ords of hope and ch eer! W h erever H ghland hears n love arc m eeng! T o hal he daw n n g of anoher year. ' Hladhna mhah r!" and hands arc clasped oge her A s sgn and prom se for ( he years o he For lves m ay change, bu, loyal frendshps never,! T hough frends be pared by he w de deep sea. A cross he pea! here's m any a m oher keepng A bravely sm lng face on N ew Y ea rs D ay; W hose hear las never ceased, n slen weepng, f s rbue o he loved ones far away. So far aw ay! ye love m ay sll enfold hem, For Prayer can brdge across 1le w des sea : () F ah er! n Thy srong proecon hold hem Tll years are ended n Kerny. uuam m m mmmmmmmmmm a mm J. W. THE GAELC SOCETY OF base he red funnel of some chance seamer on s*' passage from Loch Fyne ' LONDON. o Loch Crnan berays he whereabous: of- he canal, and before us o he we, where he opposng hlls creep down o he loch, he* wooded heghs of Call.cn Mòr, and beyond hem, by he sea, he old ower of Dunroon, wh s sorv cf he pper once held capve whn s walls, who longed for hree hands-, wo for he ppes and one for he broad sword, as. le played up a warnng o hs fellow- <a ns nen of -he a mbu sh ha was -,e for hem, wh he resul ha hs rgh hand was sum m arly sruck off by order of he lady of he casle, whch fnshed hs ppn g for ever. Or ha song of he fares, ben on some plferng errand, and reared away b^ he cry ha D unvulg was burnng, who*, fled hom ewards shrekng Dunbhulg r hene, M òrd s m nnean, Mo ch.se mhòr mne, Mo chlann beag,»s mo dlaoho rnùra Agus La cl r hene. (Dunvulg s on fre; My hammer and 1 anvl; My bg ks of meal; my men uul my chldren ; They are all on fre). Whch poves a al evens ha fares were neresed n he ars of mealworkng and husbandry, f n- no oher useful occupaon. Then by Klmaru an-d he woods of Creag-an-Tarbh, pac he runed Casle of Carnassary, where once dwel Carswell, ha Bshop of he sles, who ranslaed K nox s Prayer Book no Gaelc; An Carsalach Mòr b n. Carnasaradh ha< na- cg* car n J The annnal busness m een g o f he G aelc Socey o f L on d on wa.s held on T hursday?velng; las AVeek n h e S cos (o p o r n o Hall, C rane C ou r, F lee S ree. T he P resd en, All* an M a ck en ze, o ccu ped he char, and am ongs ho;',e presen were Dr. John M ahe.son. D r. Farchar M acrae, M r J.. MaCpherson, M.A., L L.B. : M r R a n a ld M a ck m on, M r D u n can M a c- * O onnache, M r T. L. M aclean, M r John M a c-. kerchar, M r J. F orbes, M r J. A. C hsholm, M r C eorge ('. M a cm llan, M r J a me*s! f.y'^ b ell (K n g s pper), M r G eo. R. S m h, 1 * Llles, M- R o d. M ach 'od, M r P 11^ P ^ 0-^ v,. M acken ze M ack av, M rs -TOTU[a 7 M a cd on a ld, ec. 1 funpapn 9l% o p '* Repor. \.s^rfojc U3UHUT anro. G a chasan (bg* Carswell of Carnassary, whose Leg s were fve quarers long), and whoso greed and rapacy, accordng o he rhyme, were proporonae o he lengh of l s shanks; ll w'e reach he Q f-'ouhern end of he loch, where he boa, wh s couple of oarsmen, was o carry us he en-mle low o our desnaon. Loch Awe, as possbly may no be known o every reader, les for he mos par of s lengh of weny-sx mles, among low, grassy or heahery lulls, wh her neher slopes generally clohed by copse-wood or by foress of larch and.spruce. wnds n such a manner ha rarely oaa lnore han a few mles be seen ;u> a srech, hus endng o open up a. fresh combnaon of naural feaures o he eye of he raveller. Rocky promon cres dversfy s shores, close o whch slands appear now and agan, capped wh he runs of some medaeval srong- hold or ecclesascal remans, all of whch could ell a sory of her own, *n whch s o be feared srfe and blood- shed, a leas n he case of he casles, would be found o play a promnen par. J As you arrve a s norhern end, -he surroundng landscape loses he open characer whch has hhero characersed, and lofer emnences close n he vew, lendng o s shores a sern and gloomy ruggedness hhero wanng. Unlke he bulk of Hghland' lochs whch receve a rver a one end and par wh a he oher, Loch Awe dscharges s wae'd close o where s feeder eners, from, a narrow arm skrng; he base of ( Ben Cruachan, ou of whch drans self seawards owards Loch E-ve. Soon we are off on our way up he loch, wh rollng rods ou n he hope <. f pckng up a sray pke or sal mo ferox, abou whch laer fsh a srong deluson was long and fondly chershed ha hey formed a dsnc speces n spe of he * ^ fac ha no obvous; ouward or srucural dfference dsngushed hem from her smaller brehren, bu whch have now been auhoravely deermned o be nohng else han common rou of pararchal age and proporonae1growh. Across he loch a Klneuar could be seen he runs of a chapel on he hllsdo, whch remnded an of he sory of he bold alor a.nd he ogho-s. seems ha he place had a one me he repuaon of beng hauned; and on a wner even- ng, years ago, n he local change-hous?, he alk fell on he ghos., O / and wha a. f fearful and awful hng, was for anv O «.< one o have he msforune o behold. Amongs he company was a decrep lle alor, who had aken u s s u ffc e n whsky o make hm recklessly express a. profound dsbelef n he supernaural n general, and a lvely scorn of hs manfesaon n parcular. Bes 'were a once offered ha he would no dare o pafs a ngh among he runs, whch he no only acceped, wh alacry, bu underook, n addon, o sew a par of rews durng hs vgl. Accordngly, furnshed wh he mf erals necessary for he osk, he was solemnly escored o he chapel, and lef here n solude o commence hs labours. Anmaed bv he desre of wnnng he be, a.ud, a he same me, of geng he ob off hs hands a* quckly as possble J

8 » OLD MEMORES OF LOCH [Conrbued.] Ì ( ; V A llt Ì V -C onclaso!. Duncan Ban owed bs apponmc ho Ednburgh Town Guard o he : ccc of ho 1'.]a r 1 or Breadalbane, wl hm know lla le wshed o befrend and was a axom, o procure hm : «sualon ha mgh pu hm com1 vvcy a hs eco. Poor Duncan re hs hanks, axel asked hs Lords!, neres :o ec hm no he Ednbur.-, ^ Vl ] Town Guard, where he pay vacs.sxpenc a. day! n, Englsh, he le., of. hs: four mos popular peces are My Far Young M ary/' The Corre of ho Ms, Ben Dova.n, and The Song of he F^xes, u w hch he calls upon he foxes o worry ('-very grey-faced sheep ha has crossed 1 he. H ghland border. M acnvre J 3 resembles Homer n so far ha he could neher read nor wre, beng oally llerae ae we undersand, bu n. hs * days he Hghlander s educaon ook an oral form, and he ar of composon was- nslled no he mnd by recaons rf 1ho bes of Gaelc prose a.nd verse. One who had he poec gf mgh hus be ; horoughly mbued wh hc bes rad- on,' of hs nave ongue, and la.ve boh O ^ ear rad manner auned' o perfec' rhyhm. Hs work bears hus no only ho mpress of personal genus, bu s! fashoned on he pures models of Celc ve-c, a.nd Ì3 free, moreover, lough hs : gnorance of Englsh, from any ncure of ha nfluence, havng hs advanage over Burns;, whose- work was ofen on- fecbled by srvng o mae he EnghVn manner. n Ben Doran and The C onc of he Ms, he pours forh hs soul n wrase of hs nave mounans ^ and ho red deer ha frequen hem. ' H s presence m ay be sad o permeae )rmnalba.n as ha of Burns he banks J ; o f D o o n, and o hose famlar wh hs verse Glen Orchy and Glen Evo sll -end back he echoes of Core cheahach and Bcnn Do ran. From hs same monumen o Duncan Ba;n. cue looks down on as far and vared J a counry of mounan and Hood as one could wsh o see. Upon Loch Awe, healng on s broad bosom green or J wooded slands backng n he brllan Aprl sunshne, slands; whose runed casles oll of he fghng days of old ; :-;la.lda on whch he crumblng remans of some monasc house recall he holy men and women who n roublous mes sough a sheler here from he srfe uou'd hem wheren o- pass her lves J (n prayer and good deeds, ll he lleermaon cam awl eas hem forh, vud made her abdng places desolae ; r'andfj where he cluserng' headsones pnark ne graves of he clansmen, o whch cven ye ho dead and he mourners pass over n boas n pcuresque processon; (whle, over a-.ll, Ben Cruachan and Ben Laedh sand lke wn sennels guardng 'ho heahery hlls and neslng woods of Xorn, frownng down also, on he walls ^ b ud balemens: of ancen Klchurn, he 1 eronghokl of.ha ough old warror, " Dom-chadh clubh na Cnrachd (Black Duncan- of he Cowl), he ancesor and / * progenor of all he Breaclalbauey. And, almos a our fee, le he church, manse, hoel, and houses of Dalmal ly, ho C!a<c;lan Dysar of former day?; whle : acros* he loch s he Pass of Bra r der, 1wlero Kno' Rober he Bruce defeaed ho Maedougalls of Lorn, and where, a he presen day, amd he woods whch 'lohe he slopes of Cvuachan, sand he bg hoel and saon of he Callander and Oban Ralway, o remnd us. ha J hs s he weneh cenury, and1 how ] much more- cvlsed we are han over was Black Duncan of he Cowl, and how we Hve, upon our neghbours n que a. dffer-! ou way. Though, mus be allowed! ha Bla.(.'k Duncan, whaever hs own \msdeeds may have been, had he repu- J aon of encouragng well-dong n ohers, snce s wren n he Black Book of Ta-ymouh ha he was a,n groa Juscar all hs. yrne, and quha oaus love cu o he deah mony noable.lymars, or was some oher Duncan of ho Breadalba.no lne whose characer waa hus epomsed? Le our Duncan ]a-v-o h-e benef of he doub. The ua.r- ow, gloomy glen on he easern sde?,f Cruaoha.u s Glen Srae, he quondam ca.lf*couury of he Grogarach, as he MacGregors are syled n he Hghlands, from whch, as- from many anoher corner of Scoland, hey were huned ou n ho clay:; of-old.! Oher clans -han he Clan Gregor have 'also seen he fre:-;, on her learhsor.es B ' exngushed for ever, and her roofrees lad baae o he wnds of heaven snce 'hose far-off days, and hemselves: drven from her nave glens, ha sheep mgh graze' where warrors had rod he heaher, ' K * and whero nough s lef o mark he "place* of her abode bu a greener u rf on he- hllsde, or perchance he scarle- ; berred rowan, whch a smple and con- dng us-fa n s m ysc power of vwardng off he evl ha lurked around 1 H ad ;ecl hem o plan bv he sde of her 11 -! lowly dwellngs. The rver Orchy, noed for s salmon, {flows from he Black Moun on s way fro Loch Awo hrough a- glen whch has } he'honour of bavn," enrched Scosh f ' dance musc wh a famous- reel, known he Braes of Glencrchv, he name vhsh.> of self enough o make yon ' 4-0 4

9 T H E M O llv E N W S N G -S T O N E. and L ncoln; le funeral sermons c Massllon and Bossue; publc monumen l [CONTRBUTED.] On he Morven sde of he Sound of of all sors; a resng place n Wesmn J ser A b b ey ; funeral rea of every knd ; he memoral ables and sones of our. Mull, on ho Kllundne esae, here s \ a very curous sone, wh a large open- ng n a few fee from he ground. s locally known a*» ho Wshng Sone, churchyards., as well as he lonely carn on he hllsde are all only dverse wa.ys of showng respec o he dead. Hence he' Gaelc proverb Curdh m clach r d! charn, meanng wll add a sone o from an old belef ha wshes ndulged n on hy carn, and keep he remembrance of passng hrough he hole of he sone had lee alve. lonce also he Lan adage, 1 a favourable ssue. The sone s a huge De morus. has been always reck- J ; fragmen of rap-rock called a geologcal dke from s wall-lke or dke-lke form. Such dkes are common on boh sde of he Sound. n salng, says Hugh oned nfamous o speak ll abou he dead. J Homer says ha s unholy over dead [ men o boas; and Solon passed a law o! preven anvone from spreadng evl of ; Mller, along he wes coas of Scoland he dead. Probably hs respec for he u a clear sunny day, ha gves o each ; proecng crag s deep pach of shadow,! hese fragmens of walls, of vasly more ; ancen dae han he oldes and mos.! venerable of our Scosh runs, may be seen rsng from he beach along he faces dead arose parly from he noon ha { he ghos of he depared had power o [ hur he lvng by haunng hem. Hence s. Queen Ddo hreaens Aeneas, When r am dead my ghos wll haun hee n every * place. Wrech, hou shal have duel of grassy banks or rounded uff-formed precpces and communcang o he punshmen. r < general scenery one of s mos characersc feaures. To he geologs Morven presens some ; neresng feaures* A he op of Ben ladan here a a small crcular arn, pos- sessng grea deph of waer, he craer ; of an exnc volcano. On boh shores cf Lochalne we have deposs of oole! and las, wh numerous fossls1; whle lme-sone and free-sone are also abund- ; an. n, 1877 an mporan geologcal dsf Gcvery was made n hs neghbourhood. ; A lnnemore, near Ardornsh C'asle, us above lowes sprng de mark, on seme reeky ledges lcre exposed, ba. dffcul. of access, he emnen geologs,, Professor Judd found undoubed plan remans of he Carbonferous Perod. The 1 exsence of hese coal rocks under he de lne n Morven s a mos sngular and sgnfcan fac, for before hs was souly assered ha no represenave of J he Carbonferous Perod was o be found n he Hghland area. Celc folks, how- J ever, are no grea devoees of he fashon- able sudy of geology. n he Remns- > cences of a Hghland Parsh, by he lae Dr. Norman Macleod, we fnd a shepherd gvng hs mpressons of he value of J geology, and hs opnon of he enhusass 1 who engage n o a companon, n he >* followng m anner: There was one who! gave me hs bag o carry o he nn by a shor cu. across he hlls, whle he walked by anoher road. was wonderng myself wny was so dreadfully heavy, and when! go ou sgh was deermned o o #. see wha was m. 1*:- opened, and wha ^ do you hnk was? Bu need no \ ask you o guess, for you would never \ fnd ou. was sonea! Sones, ex- ; clamed hs companon, openng hs eyes. Soned! well, well; ha beas all ever heard or knew of hem! And dd you carry? Carry! Do you hnk was as mad as hmself? N o; emped hem all ou, bu flled he bag agan J from he carn near he house, and gave hm good measure for hs money! Though no much neresed n hngs ; geologcal, Hghlanders have always man- fesccl a more han ordnary respec for!hngs of preernaural and myserous descrpon. Some supersous belefs ha onoe had nfluence over hem were no doub sombre and hurful enough, and we are glad hey have vanshed o reurn no m ore; bu ohers were so romanc and so poecal, and of so pcuresque a cas ha we confess o some slgh degree o regre a her dsappearance. Of he laer we have a l±appy llusraon n he radon conneced wh he Wshng Sone. Several ve survve who have passed hrough he o p e n n g n hs sone; bu fancy hey have done so wh a somewha gay and scepcal spr, for, as far as lnf* presen generaon of Morven folks are concerned, he age of supers- o-n a gone. Bu when belef n he radon was prevalen, would be neres- ^ ng o know wha wshes were desred when passng hrough he sone. The nvald would wsh for resoraon o healh; he poor would wsh for rches; ho malcous would wsh o be revenged on hì3 adversary; some would wsh for success n busness, and ohers for success n love ; some would wsh o ge a dsan frend safe home agan, and ohers a. sck * frend resored o healh ; some would wsh for chldren, and some for beauy; some would desre he gf of knowng fuury, \ and ohers would wsh for long lfe. Hugh Mller, n hs Scenes and Legends of he Norh of Scoland, ells a srange sory bearng on our subec. > John Red, a Cromary shpmaser, was, payng hs addresses o Helen Suar, one ' of Crcmary s prey grls. H e could only. hnk and dream of Helen Suar and her mage followed hm wherever he f ^led W an wo«d he no do o secure ; '4 of Helen. Suar! le beleved, n he supersons of Cromaxy; and he f knew ha near he Droppng Cave, a. mermad occasonally appeared who had srange power over human desny, and, could gran hree wshes. One Mh.y mornng John Red, creepng among he crags, ^ 7 sole o he shelf of sone on whch ho mermad was seaed. She aemped o hrow herself n he waer, bu n a momen he arms of John Red were around her was. She shreked and sruggled, bu he hough of Helen Suar pu srengh no hs arms, and he 1 succeeded n reanng her. Man, wha 1 wh me? she sad n a one of voce swee as a brd, bu so unearhly ha made hs blood run cold. Wshes hree, he repled, and began o enumerae hem. 1 The frs was safey a sea; he second, unnerruped prospery; he hrd, he dd no ell o anyone bu he mermad, *1 and ye nobody doubed wha was. Qu, and have, repled he srange creaure; and John Red, slackenng hs 1 hold, she sprang no he sea. Wpng J hs brow, and now wh hope n hs breas, 1 he ascended he slope of he hll, and m- medaely me Helen Suar, along wh! a common acquanance, near he Lover s Leap. The charm, hough John Red, already begns o work. Such belefs were by no means confned o he Hghlands. A Grasmere, n he Lake Counry, where Wordsworh had ls home for nuuny years, here sood a gae ' u he poe's lfe-me called he Wshng Gae, from a belef ha wshes formed whle leanng on had a happy ssue. > Wordsworh wroe some verses on he Grasmere Wshng Gae, from whch he followng may be quoed : Smle f hou wl, bu no n van f some, by ceaseless pan ouworn, Here crave an easer lo ; f some have hrsed o renew A broken vow, or bnd a rue, Wh frmer, holer kno. f And no n van, when houghs are cas Upon he rrevocable pas, Some penen sncere, May or a worher fuure sgh, Whle rckles from hs downcas eye No unavalng ear. / The worldlng, pnng o be freed f From urmol, who can urn or speed ; The curren of hs fae, ' Mgh sop before hs favoured scene, A Naure s call, nor blush o lean Upon he Wshng-gae. The Morveu Wshng Sone s suaed besde he publc road, and1 a hs spo funeral pares usually res for a shor ; nerval o ake refreshmens, and o erec a small carn o he memory of he depared ; and now near he sone a hundred such carns are o be seen. The ceremony ; of carn rasng s sll prevalen n many pars of he Hghlands. On whaever spo a person s found dead a few sones 1 are mmedaely gahered, and a small s carn s rased, and every passenger pays hs rbue of a sone. The cusom of honourng he dead s common o all

10 r SCUR-NA-CCHE, aves of he learned professons he Church, he Law, and Medcne where [Conrbued.] f. as Dr. Seh Low sad, n Scoland fcvery loch was a poem and every mounan' a monumen, wha a peerless collecon of noble monumens do.es Bonne Scoland possess. Ben Nevs, Ben Maor hu, Ben Lomond, Ben Led are all famlal nam.es, and each one se n a regon of surpassng beauy. n many pars of Scoland wo fnd a pecular dwel, n uny le us hope, he local Presbyeran clergyman, he local polce- man, and he local docor. Ecce, quvm bonn e ucndum es, harbare frares n unum. A small sland, beaufully wooded, s seen oppose Glaschollo. On hs Prnce Charle landed, and remaned concealed, ll he was assured ha here were none of he Hanoveran solders n he neghbourhood. He hen repared o he house of Scous, where le was gladly receved by Macdonald, one of hs fahful followers. nvere s soon reached, a formaon of mounan called, from ha ruly que, resful spo. Abou a mle very peculary, a Pap. Travellers o Oban va he Crnan Canal, golfers a Maclrhansh, are famlar wh he pecularly-shaped mounans n he sland ' of Jura, known as he Paps of Jura. from he landng slp here s he neresng graveyard of Klcloan, whch would amply repay a vs. Anquarans would fnd here several of he sculpured sones of ona,, and a remarkable cross. s hsory s unknown, and for ages only he Travellers from Ob an o he Ouer upper poron was vsble. Las March, Hebrdes, o Skye, and MaJlag are famlar wh he Paps of Rhum. Seven- ' een mles from Mallag, hey, ogeher wh he sland of Egg, form he back-! ground of wha las been called he fnes however, he whole cross was lfed up, and he racery a(nd fgures so long bured are now exposed o vew. No a vesge remans of he church of Klchoan. was one of he seven bul, by way of penance for hs msdeeds, by Alen-nan-! seascape n he Brsh sles." Vewed Creach (Allan of he Forays). may be, from he logga of he ho e 12 he scene s menoned here ha Loch Nevs means very beauful ndeecf. Tourss vsng! Gleaco a.re bound o noce ha grm o sennel posed a he enrance o he G len off W e e p n g /' he P ap of Glencoe. ; J A n oh e r pecular form aon of m ounan s called a Scur. Possbly he mos fanou*s Scur n le w orld s ha of Egg. Jfouu dng A rdnam urclan P cn, a on ce burss no vew, and s a prom nen lan dm ark. Skye s fam ous for s M ounan scenery, he seres of peaks, lo w n as h e Cuchullns beng w orld famous. The peaks do no dffer much n ; lmgl, he hghes beng Scur Derg (he he Loch of Heaven,beng open and brgh; whle on he oher sde of Knoydar we1 have Loch Hourn, or he Loch of Hell, from s beng se amds dark, gloomy surroundngs. Afer salng some mles, we pass Tar- be. was a busy place n he days when he abundan fshng brough, hundreds of boas o he loch. Now s desolae. On he shore s seem a small Roman Caholc church, n whch servce s occasonally held. A road leads from, here o Loch, Morar, only a shor dsance away. A very nce J crcular our could be made here f facl- ; Red Peak), 3233 fee. The one usually *clmbed s known as Scur-na-Gllea,n (he Young Man s Hll). These scurs are vsed annually by housands, bu here es were avalable from Mallao; o O nvere and Tarbe, walk across o Loch Morar, on launch on ha loch (he deepes n he Kngdom) for en mles, exss anoher, away n he remoe dsrc reurnng o Mallag by ran from, Morar of Knoyd'ar, a he head of Loch Nevs, whch mgh say s absoluely unknown saon. Approachng Kyles Morar and: Kyles o*, and never vsed by, he general pub- l u, and ye s que unque n s way, "a,nd forma as magnfcen a b of scenery as he hear of man, could desre. allude o Scur-na-Cche, or he Peak o he Pap or of he Breas. Alexander Nevs, he loch s conraced! no a. narrow channel, hrough whch he waers rush wh remendous force. W e ener now no he upper and generally unknown par of Loch Nevs, and a, beauful pcure presens self o he eye. The well- he Grea lamened ha here were no! more worlds for hm o conquer. Many ourss hnk hey have vsed every J par of Scoland worh vsng, have * dene everyhng ha was worh dong, make bold o say ha he beaues of he! Hghlands ha.vo no ye been exhaused. Thero are endless places absoluely un- '. n own o he ordnary ours. Norway, for many, has cas, s spell over myrads wooded mounans on each sde ower up n all her grandeur, and now for he frs me we see Scur-na-Cche cloee a hand, n all s maesy. k looks for all he world lke a huge nvered hmble. The boundares of four esaes converge on s narrow cone, and s sad ha he respecve propreors could each sand on hs own errory on s summ, vz., Lord Lova, Lochel, Capan Elloe, and 1of ravellers, who delgh o explore s Mr Bowlby. fords, and o vs agan and agan; and ye he wes coas of he land of Scur-na-Cche s 3410 fee n hegh. s one of he many mounan peaks seen brown heah and shaggy wood has many from he summ of Ben Nevs. s seen, 'nns of he sea as beauful as any mhe oo, from he hghes peaks of Glenaladale.. land of The Mdngh Sun. The ds- Passengers o Porree and Sornoway ge. rc, over whch Scur-na-Cche keeps J a glmpse of from ho deck of he wach and guard s one of hese. The seamer, as crosses he monh of Loch 1 ours has now for he frs me, prac- cally he opporuny afforded hm. of Nevs. As he ran ]>asses across he J vaduc over he rver Moral1 Scur-na- explorng hese pars. By arrangemen Cche forms a beauful obec away far wh he Posmaser General, a mal boa across he falls and locl of ha name. has for some monhs lef Mallag hree f mes a week for he head of Loch Nevs, These are only a few of he pons from whch can be vewed, and hen only a J o he very base of Scur-na-Cche. Form-J par of. To embrace he whole mass, l erly leers and passengers were carred 1 only o nvere; leers for he remoer from base o summ, one mus vew from he seamer a he head of Loch dsrcs beng conveyed by pos runners Nevs. The wrer, no havng clmbed.3bv wa v of Morar. v ) U n d er he new sysem, he dwellers n hese lonely p a ls arse now m ore frequen- J ; ly brough no ouch- w h he ouer w orld. A few ours seamers ener Loch N evs durng he season, bu rarely do1 3 h ey pass hrough he rushng waers of \ \ f h e narrows, and so he beauy of he apper poron o<f he loch remans un- f ; o he op, canno speak as o he vew o be obaned from, bu from s su- aon mus command a magnfcen panorama of mounan, glen, and ocean. To lo lof o f s a, pass gong by Oar- xach, hrough Glen Meadll o nvere ; o he rgh anoher oass leads hrough * O Glen Dessary o Loch Arkag, and on o > Loch Loohy, on he Caledonan Canal "known, and he grandeur of Scur-na-Cche 1 1. unapprecaed. roue. Every sep s assocaed wh he wanderngs of Prnce Charle, and ' Suppose, hen, we se- ou o do hs Scur-na-Cche was a slen wness of he Jneresng rp. Shorly afer he arrval vcssudes of he weared and hear- of he 5.50 a.m. ran from Glasgow broken Prnce. Scur-na-Cche was a (Queen Sree), we embark on a nea and, slen wness of he pahec Knoydar ] splenddly equpped seam launch. < clearnces of sxy years ago. may bo he Eun Mara (Sea, Brd) or Enough has been wren o * anoher of he M Lella flee. Alhough, show ha a vs o he Scur wll prove! we face ou no he Alanc, he mos, one of grea charm. Some of he grandes 1 nervous salor need have no fear. We V are always close o shore, and n summer mounan, sland, and loch scenery n he ho sea h on s bes behavour, and we 1 are n he safe and capable hands of, JC apan A le x. M Lella-n.! The en^lne-room saff and deck hands 1 wes of Scoland passes before he eyes. The phoographer, he ars, he ornhologs, he hardy mounaneer, he anquaran all wll fnd abundan subecs of neres; and f he weaher s are no, numerous, bu emnenly rus- worhy. W e pass ou of Mallag harbour, 1 ; and f s he me of he herrng fshng we wness a busy and neresng scene, The seagulls congregae here n vas f numbers, and are exraordnarly ame. Mallag canno boas of many arac- favourable and he mounans are bahed n sunshne, we shall be compelled o confess ha our eyes seldom, f ever, have resed upon a scene of such superlave grandeur as ha presened by he gleamng waers of Loch Nevs, over whch owers n all s solary grandeur lons, bu s well worh a vs f were he glorous Scur-na-Cche, only o wach he seagulls. On owr lef, we pass he lghhouse, bul on a danger- ous rock. s he nenon of he Norh Br sh Ralway o exend he per o... whose summ bare Perces he dark blue felds of ar! S a g a r. ' ha pon, or alernavely, o erec a breakwaer from he shore o. n he neress of Mallag, he exenson of he per or he erecon of he, breakwaer canno come a day oo soon. Lookng back now, we command a lne vew of he * own. The Saon Hoel and he Church of S. Columba arc promnen feaures. may a once be sad ha we a,re n,! he land of Prnce Charle, he land! of he chvalrous Prnce, no now as a leader Ì of fahful clansmen, bu as a defeaed general, a< fugve afer Cullodem, an oucas wh a prce of 30,000 on hs head, skulkng, lurkng hereabous, n he hope of escapng o he Connen. Our \Sea Brd fles along, and we pass Mallag ÌBeg and Mallag Mor, wo fshng ham- les. As we speed furher ou, and f he day s clear and sunny, we are wnesses of he unfoldng of a glorous panorama. Away souh we see he long lne of Ard,- narmurchan Pon, srechng ou no he Alanc, he mos weserly pon of he manland n he Brsh sles. s ) lghhouse s clearly vsble, as are also he Mold ar hlls. To he wes we see, 1 he sland of Egg, wh s remarkable OO' f, sc ar, and hen n glorous array appear ; he Paps of Rhum, he hghes of whch, Haskeval, s 2659 fee. Across he Soun*d of Slea- we see Elea,n *a' Cheo (he sland of Ms), he sle of Skye. Armadale Casle nesles cosly! among he rees. s he sea of Lord Macdonald of he sles. Towards he norh we perceve an obec of dazzlng wheness s he lghhouse on sle Ornsay. To he lef of, and formng a pcure of glorous beauy, appear a range ; of remarkable poned peaks. They form par of he celebraed Cuchulln (Cooln) hlls. We gradually approach he shore of Knoydar. Round he wes pon les he vllage of Aror, anf facng 1 us, above an expanse of beauful whe sand are chapel and he pres s house a Sadag. The church s desered, and s now he home of numer- ous goas. Somemes he sea, beween ( Mallag and nvere s one mass of sea fowl, whle whales are frequenly seen. Our skpper annually has one of hs boas charered for whale fshng n hese waers. Coverng wha was formerly a, O dangerous reef n md-channel, s a. unque and useful memoral. s a sone monumen surmouned by a cross, and was ereced by he propreor of Knoydar. n memory of hs moher. A hs pon Loch Nevs opens ou n all s beauy, a delghful vson of shmmerng waer o o ^ bounded on he horzon by he fam ed hlls of Morar. On our lef s le spacous manson of Glascholle. Some years ago?, roof wene housed h e renresp.n-

11 200 THE CELTC MONTHLY. '. /.* OUR MUSCAL PAGE. «: * V Tha buadh ar an usge-bhea. T he followng song s sad o be he composon of an A lac Mhurehadh, he Knal bard. A varan of he song appears n The Celc Afrgazne, Vol.., 1875*6, p n ha verson, he fnal verse of he chorus reads: Bu mhah la eh s fuare. n verse., an yy reads an a ghurach ; and a na curragh verson whch have heard sung has làn na gusgag. Bu have been unable o dscover wha anv of hese words mean. V There are k mporan, as well as unmporan, dfferences beween he wo versons. Ths s he longer of he wo; and s aken from a MS. copy of Gaelc Songs of Knal, wren from he recaon of old people of he dsrc, by Alexander Maheson, shp-owner, Dorne, now n he hands of Mr. A. K. Forbes, Ednburgh. The une was aken down by myself from he voce of Mr. John Cameron, a nave of Ballachulsh. C. M. P. Oleus G. Ses, ( r /. r d : S., S s S, : S., f r s : s., 1 1 d., r : n., Tha buadh ar an usge-bheah1; Tha buadh ar nacl còr a chlel;. Fne. d 11., , 1 1 : f s, s. : n., r! d : d., Tha buadh ar an usge - bheah' ;! ro-mhah eh s fuar e. B a n n #, d r., r : n. n s s : s,, s 1. 1 : s., n 1 n, r. : d., Am fear a blos ar huraban : A snaoneachdann a l-ule rud, * {, d r. r : m. f 1 s., s : s., f n. d : f., n r : f., Gu'm lv fhearrd* e lan na curragh Gus a mhulad a chur uadhe. B.C. % 4 ( 1 * \ f. * r S am fear a hubhar le anbharra Gu'm b ole a chaheadh-amsr e, Na m fagheadh e gun argead e Cha dealacheadh e oho luah rs. 3. Bu nhah do fhear an eallach e (u dreadh bheann s bhealachean ; Sgu n raoghadh e luhs analach Gu Jfhàgal fallan, fuasgal. 4. s alme dhomh co dh <>ladh e : Luchd-fearann-.shaor s dròbharean ; Na ccannachean s na h-òsdarean ; \S cha ugadh seòlar fual dha. "». s mah hu gu cur spored Anns an fhear a bhheas slen<;ach ; Leghseas e an dudeadh, *Sn e feum do fhear na euarluch. 6. s re a folbh nan ònar m, S m chudeachd ar na smeòrachean ; Ke sod a dr fhàg c!o eòlach m Ar sòpan na è ruadhe. 7. Bdh usge eh an cor* aea; Nùcar geal 'na chnapachean ; s fear na shudhe ace rs '({a ehur?na lasar uane. 8. Bu mhah a chudeachd odhcle e (u leapaehean nam maghdeannan ; ]s omadh mase lonn a h ar Gu eaomhneas a hor uaha. 9. B'e sod an dndnach ealanach A dll' fhns gu nnrneach ereachdal; Tha ' àe còmhnudh goreasacl An selear nan daon-uasle. \ / + r \+ (

12 4 ST. ANDREW S BANNER. [T h e undernoed spred verses appeared u T H E SONG OF T H E CLAYMORE. They forged me up by he burn sde, They ook me from moher earh ; And he noble hands of clansmen Gave o me my war-lke brh. n a pool n he burn hey cooled me To emper my nfan frame, They gave me an edge on he grndsone, Keen as he lghnng s flame. A gallan lad hen bore me Through many a mdngh fray, And ve seen many blackened hearhs Before he dawn of day. For he hrs of blood was n me, ran hrough my seely frame, And ve seen men fall before me Lke a sckle among he gran. Bu hese days of deeds of darng Shall reurn o me no more, was broken lke he clansmen, On he bloody Lochy s* shore. Oh! Wha of he lad ha bore me *' Tha s a ale of yore, Of he noble deah of a Campbell By dark nverlochy s shore. Oh! wha of he men ha made me? They sleep by he sandng sone, Wh he Hghland hlls abou hem, Where her sprs free do roam. J. M. C a m p b e l l, of Saddell. * nverlochy. The Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday, November 29, The verses, whch are unsgned, were produced by some paroc Scochman durng he memorable Crmean War.] Aberdeen. K o rer M u r d o c h L a w r a n c e. San Andrew s banner waves o war, And, answerng wh wld 44hurrah, Come Bonnes Blue, from Braes of Mar, And Beled Plads from far Loch Awe. Lochel pours forh s Camerons bold, Kual s kled Caber-faes ; And loyal Suar from Appn old, And Fraser-men from Buchan s Braes, Le Farquharsons from Loch-na-gar, And Forbeses from leal Srahdon, Jon wesland Whgs from wld Sranraer, And Tores from Loch-Torrdon. Macdonalds from Glengarry come, From Keppoch, Modar, Armadale, And Cromary gves forh each son, From Garloch, Coull, and Flowerdale. The Black Wach from he chvalrous norh, Embraces Scoland s chershed names Crawford and Cameron, Douglas, Forh, Grans, Murrays, Ersknes,Chsholms, Grahams. Come, gallan Gordons, sre and son, Frae Spey o Yhan, Don o Dee ; Srahavon, Hunly, Haddo, come, From Morven, Noh, and Benache. They come ' hey come! 0 Hero-band, God and Hs hoss defend your rgh! The bes hopes of your nave land, Are for you, wh you, n he fgh. We clasp your chldren n our arms, Your wves we make a sacred care, We feel each moher s fond alarms, And every mourner s angush share... s * % % ' ' Our prayers are yours, o sheld from sn, And consecrae he felds you de on ; Then on! hrough deah and bales dn, San Andrew guards he Scosh Lon!

13 BEALACH A MHORBHENN THE PASS OF THE MORVEN. ] Kky (. Modrao, beang wce n he measure. ( ì 1 l. r : n : r s : : r : r : f n : r : d r : n : r s : : r : n : f n : : d J \S fada bhuam fhn bonn Benn Eadarann ; 8 fada bluam fhn Bealach a Mhòrbhenn J Fare ye well noo, lofy Bon Edern, Fare ye well noo, Pass o he Mor - vel, ( 1 \ r : n : r s : r : r : f m : r : d r : f : n n : r : d S: 1,: d r : : d S fada bhuam fhn bonn Benn Eadaranu; S fada gun eagamh bhuam Bealach a Mhòrbhenn. Fare ye well noo, bonne Ben Edern, Farewell for ever dear Pass of he Morven. 1 / r : m : r s : 1 : a : f s : f : m r : n : r s : r : m: f n : : d )! Bho bhonn gu bonn, bonn Benn Eadarann, Bho bonn gu bonn Bealach a Mhòrbhenn Green are hy knowes, bonne Ben - Edern, Cosey hy howes, Pass o he Morven, ( r : m: r s : : s 1 : s : f s : f : n r : f : n n : r : d s(: 1(: d r : : d S fada bhuam fhn bonn Benn Eadaran, \S fada gun eagamh bluam Bealach a Mhòrbhenn. Bare are he knowes awa frae Ben Edern, Cauld are he owes awa frae hee, Morven. Bho chul nam beann, bonn nan bealachean, Smooh are he hlls roun hee, Ben Edern, Bho chùl nam beann, Bealach a Mhbrbhenn ; Pure are he rlls rushng down Morven ; Bho clùl nam beann bonn nan bealachean-- Rough are he hlls far frae Ben Edern, ] '8 fada gun eagamh bhuam Bealach a* Mhòrbhenn. Dark are he rvules far frae hee, Morven. ) Cd nam monadhean bal nam bealachean ; Knowes and rough hlls far frae Ben Edern,» Cul nam monadhean Bealach a Mhòrbhenn, Howes and dark rlls far frae hee, Morven, ' Cd nam monadhean bal nam bealachean Are na lke hne, hou bonne Ben Edern, Ì S fada gun eagamh bhuam Bealach a5mhòrbhenn. Are na lke hne, hou Pass o he Morven. 1 LA M E N T FOR MORVEN. \( Translaed from he Gaelc of Dr. J ohn M aclach,an, \ of Rahoy, Parsh of Morven, Argyllshre. * Fonn och! mar ha m. 0 sad my houghs as sroll hs mornng, Through foress green and hrough glen and com e, Where roamed of old he mmoral heroes, Renowned n legend, n song and sory. C h o r u s. For bonne Morven hy braes and mounans The counless herds of he sranger cover, There s no a span for hy kled heroes, Though wh brgh gold hey could gld over. 0 harsh he sounds from he glens and eorres, Tha a he dawnng my slumbers waken, The sranger s ongue o er hy hlls resoundng, Proclam hy sous have her home forsaken. No more s heard upon Belane mornng, The bell on moor, he song n bovver; No more a dawn s slpped he greyhound ; By Hghland lads n her prde and power. 1 And when gaze on your owerng mounans, Where Fngal regned n hs day of glory, fjhere s naugh bu colles and flocks unnumbered, W h Lowland boors on hy braes before me. % On scaur and mounan, n glen and corre, Of yore he red deer s romanc haven, ' Now naugh s seen bu he Lowland sranger, W h hands he hue of he wng of raven.* $! The scenes of old from hy hlls have faded, O dark he legend and sad he sory,! No more a gloamng he voce of maden,, n ll awakens he glen and eorre. ; Am when gaze on your ferle green glens, f Despoled of hose once hy prde and glory, The scene recalls when n vson eere, $ 'Poo well he gray seer foreold hy sory, Porsmouh, Oho, U.S.A. D u n c a n Lv n h s o n :. * Owng o he use of chemcals he hands of shepherds are always saned black. Tradon says ha Thomas of Krcldoune prophesed ha sheep would bansh Vhe plough from Scoland. F a KNK U'llD T u o m a h. ( 'urdh a obaora an hoc as an alamh, Mdh meal or am hm gach glnne, 'S Alhan n a erosan geala. Curdh peveall na eaora n erann ar an fharadh." Tho sheep's aw wll pu he plough on he hen-roos.1' Ths sayng or prophecy s also arbued o he fauous Hgh land seer, Kenneh Mackenze - Coneadl: Odhar.... v * ' *. J

14 ANCENT CUSTOMS. danced ; he runks of he rees covered wh : moss, were lad n he order of a able from one B y N v e n N o r h. end of he hall o he oher; whole deer and beeves were lad before hem on rough boards, T h e subec of ancen cusoms s always an or hurdles of rods wove ogeher. Ther ppers neresng one, and my aenon has been played whle hey sa a able, and slence was dreced o a noce re Hghland honours. observed by all. Afer he feas was over hey Now, as some cusoms mgh no be generally had ludcrous eneranmens, of whch some know ll, hough mgh be worh wrhle o are sll aced n he Hghlands. Then he reproduce a repor wroe some me ago n The Book of Spors of he Club of True females rered and he old and young warrors sa down n order from he chefan, accordng Hghlanders. Havng been engaged for some o her proxmy n blood o hm. The harp was years n nvesgang he anquy of he hen ouched, he song was rased, and he slga manners, dress, and arms of he Hghlanders, have oed down noes from dfferen auhores, some of whch, relang o cusoms observed a feass, &c., are no generally known. n 1636 Warde says healhs were drunk on bare knees; and Frank Buckland menons ha an ancesor of a frend of hs asssed n dsrbung cheese, bread and beer o he Hghlanders afer he rerea from Derby n 1745, and ha hey hanked her n Gaelc, -on her knees when leavng. Armsrong says anoher cusom was o drnk over he lef h u m b a n d, a a oval meeng, f any mal rered, even for a shor m$, on hs reurn he was oblged, before he resumed hs sea, o apologse n rhyme. f he could or dd no, he had o pay such poron of he reckonng as he company mgh decde ol; was called beannachd a bhàrd. M Pherson says (1868) when he Hebrdan chefs and capans reurned home afer a successful expedon hey summoned her frends o a grand eneranmen; bards and seannaches flocked n from every quarer; ppers and harpers had a rgh o appear. Those eneranmens were wld and cheerful, nor were hey unaended wh he pleasures of he senmens and unrefned ases of he mes. The bards sang and he young women chreachann, or he drnkng shell wen round. Brande says (1793) n Ednburgh hey drank mmoderaely o save he lades (a very gallan and delcae aenon no doub). n an old poem, The Pper of Peebles, fnd: Cam o he feas, hey dned hereou; A vas o fouk a round abou Twa par o ppers playng gude Ahou he able as hey fed. Sr Waler Sco, n 1829, hus descrbes a fesval of he Celc Socey a whch he pre- sded, and he members wll a once see how nearly descrbes he meengs of he Club of True Hghlanders : n he evenng presded a he annual fesval of he Celc Club. lke hs socey, and wllngly gve myself o be exced by he sgh of handsome young men wh plads and claymores, and all he alerness and spr of Hghlanders n her nave garb. There was he usual degree of excaon, excellen dancng, capal songs a general nclnaon o please and be pleased... We had many guess, some of whom Englsh offcers seemed boh amused and surprsed a our wld ways, especally a he dancng whou lades, and he mode of drnkng favoure oass by sprngng up wh one foo on he bench and one on he able. n a leer wren some years before he above he says : Besdes all % % hs, have before my eyes he errors of a % \ ceran Hghland assocaon who dne bonneed ; and kled n he old fashon. Havng descrbed several cusoms, le me. ake one or wo socees and crcally analyse 1 he manner n whch Hghland Honours are, gven. Take hem n senory. The Hghland Socey ; he honours are hus menoned n he ' * V. llusraed London News of 1872: The foo s placed on he able ; he words gven are : < x Suas e, fsuas e, Suas e! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah!, Up wh, up wh, up wh! Hurrah! hurrah! \ hurrah!! Sos e, sos e, sos e! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Down wh, down wh, down wh! Hurrah! * hurrah! hurrah! ' So dhubh, so dhubh, so dhuhh! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Here s o you, here's o you, here s o you! *11* hurrah! hurrah! s % * % %

15 * > Sld dlnbh, sud dhubl, sud dhubh! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! There s o you, here s o you, here s o you! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! A ns, a us, a ns! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Now hen, now hen, now hen! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! A rhs, a rhs, a rhs! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Agan, agan, agan ; Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Sguab as e, sguab as e, sguab as e! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Quaff off*, quaff off', quaff' off! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Wh hs las exclamaon, havng draned hs glass, each oval Hghlander hrows behnd hm over he lef shoulder, and here s a glorous smash on he floor all round he able. am of opnon, for reasons ha wll appear furher on, ha he words So dhubh, Sud dhubh, A rhs, Sguab as e, and he cusom of breakng glasses, alhough ancen, are addons o he prmve manner. Before referrng o he cusom of he Club of True Hghlanders, mus observe ha a grea many persons forge or do no know ha suas and sos was he ancen form for wes and eas; s used somemes n ha sense now, and does no, herefore, necessarly mean up am down. The manner a he Club s hs; he mes sunways. The cusom was observed round he new-born babe, round houses wh a burnng brand as a proecon from fre, and round he grave a he las scene of all. n fac, n ancen Hghland fashon, f you wshed o nvoke prospery on anyhng or anybody n he mos solemn manner possble, you could no use a more approprae ceremony han ha n use a he Club of True Hghlanders. Fnally, le us examne he obecons agans he cusom and s anquy. A leer appeared some me ago sang (1) ha a Mr. Mackay nformed he wrer ha he cusom was nroduced n a scene by Mr. Murray n Ednburgh ; (2) ha he cusom was ndulged n by he Celc Socey, as noced by Sr Waler Sco had no, however, a he me of Sr Waler s reference (1829) receved he dgny of Hghland Honours, (3) bu heren descrbed as wld ways, (4) Mr. Mclan, afer 1836, conferred he le of Hghland Honours on he cusom a a dnner of he Hghland Socey. To hs would pon ou (1) anoher auhory a shor me ago saed ha was nvened by Englshmen and produced a Drury Lane, showng how hearsay evdence becomes unwngly dsored, and how lle value has warder and pper sand a aenon, he oas s gven, he lquor s ased, and he glass s replaced on he able; he Chef and members hen place one foo on he char and he oher on he able, and pronounce he followng: Suas e, suas e, suas e! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Wes wh, wes wh, wes wh! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Sos e, sos e, sos e! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Eas wh, eas wh, eas wh! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Ns, ns, ns! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! Now, now, now! Hurrah! hurrah! hurrah! he pper srkng n a he las wh a bar or wo of musc. The glasses are no smashed ; he members orgnally, beleve, used he cuach of yew and he drnkng shell. carefully analysng he arrangemen of Now, n he words, we fnd ha here are hree expressons, repeaed hree mes; wh hree hurrahs afer each expresson has been repeaed hree mes. Agan, whch s he way he oas s o go? To he wes wh, hen To he eas wh,.e., he oas s o go Des-ul, or he prosperous way.e., he way of he sun, each man, whle pronouncng he words, uncoverng and wavng hs bonad sunways. And wha hen 1 The Druds, when hey wshed prospery o anyhng, marched hree mes round her emple sunways, from eas o wes, and from n maers of hsory; (2) a copy, daed 1825, of he lles, passed shorly afer he foundaon of he Club of True Hghlanders, says ha honours are only o be gven by he Chef; Sr Waler Sco speaks n unqualfed prase of he dongs of he Celc Club placng he foo on he able s menoned as f were an oldesablshed cusom and no a new nvenon (n fac, he says hey dned n he old-fashoned way), and he erm wld ways especally refers o dancng whou he lades; (4) Mr. Mclan, beng a member of he Club of True Hghlanders, smply dd wha he had ofen done before a he Club meengs. Wh regard o anoher obecon, when he shoe s on he able, he keenes and closes nspecon could fnd no hdden mysery n or anywhere else, and no one wh manly feelngs would wase hs energesonhe unprofable ask. W e see, herefore, he slender foundaon on whch a few genlemen (n her zeal for mprovng nsead of preservng everyhng) base her asserons. On he oler hand we have auhenc records ha he cusom has been observed for upwards of half a cenury by he leadng Hghland Socees and oher auhores, and has he expressed approval of Sr Waler Sco, a man he pury of whose wrngs and acons sand hgh above all ohers as a glorous wes o eas. A person o express hanks for example, and who was seleced, as he man favours receved, would walk round he benefacor hree mes sunways; he fsherman before commencng hs voyage would row round hree * mos fed by hs knowledge of ancen Hghland ways, o organse he recepon gven o he Kng when he vsed Dun-edn,

16 ' H <; -A N) KNTE r'a 1N M E N T. When no engaged n fghng or lfng cale % M + able o pay, he oval hos ha can gve he chef led a lfe of ease, surrounded l>v hs drnk o hundreds, and udgng from he large devoed adherens, who suppored hs dgny par whch hs knd of eneranmen plays n and shared hs wealh. No a few of he chef s he songs, here may be some ruh n Mac- lngusc powers are somemes referred o : pherson s arbuon of he prase of he bards among Gael and sranger where your speech o he srengh of hs cups. Many a flowng was heard, you had Lan and French and verse records such scenes; abou he board Englsh. The bard, however, s more mpressed whou sadness or gloom, wh drnkng and playng, and musc sweeer han he cuckoo n May. The chef was early naed no hs manner of pleasng he clan; many a glass dd he young fellows of your counry ge from your hand before you grew up o be hgher han my knee. The resuls of hs hospaly were no always of he bes: one bard more hones han hs fellows hus descrbes he re- aners of Mac Lean of Muck : here would be * dranng of cups wh he greaes of mrh, and ;, your lads would be oyfully sporng, wh, ; pleny of courage n her hears, bu lle 1 wsdom n her speech. Even n he pahec wh he sae whch he chef mananed n he famly sea, some curous pcures of whch are gven by souhern ravellers of he 17h and 18h cenures. The hall of he chef s he cenre of he clan, and he songs consanly refer o he whe casles, he precous halls, he hgh urreed owers where he dwells, wheher n Duar of he arches, he hgh ower where he bards make her gan, or Bunawe, where he ravellers come and fnd here he mrh of he harp. There you rased he comely ower a lle way from Loch Lochy. saw nvergarry merry, oyous, melodous, says an Lom o young Angus of Glengarry ; and Mary MacLeod begns one of her lamens: 0 God, how sorrowful am whou pleasure or mrh, n he hall where MacLeod used o dw ell: a grea house, blhe and merry wh youhs and wh madens, lamen for he massacre of Glencoe he poe calls he murdered MacDonalds draners of casks (luchd a hraghadh nam budeal), qualfyng by sayng ha hey were no beasly n ha respec (bu neo-bhrudel mu ;n chupan ud sbh). ì4 } where he clangng of horns was loud. Grea and precous hy hall, whou wach or ward on, where saw hem a-drnkng he wne. Of he nernal arrangemen of hese lle s sad beyond he weapons ha adorned he walls, and he wealh of drnkng vessels ha srewed he ables. There would be candles burnng n holders of brass, and hy chambers all lghed wh wax, he laer beng a mark of wealh. Every hall s provded n abundance wh gold and slver cups (dosan; cupachan) wh drnkng horns (adhare, corn) or bowls (cuach, b ola); he possesson of whch s one of he sock-ephes of chefs : race of solders and heroes, of pennons and plae and whe cups ; no nggardly dwellng, wh he gleamng of cups, consumng of wne, and pourng ou no he work of he goldsmh. Even pewer (feodar) s no unseen among he rcher meals, a e.g., Casmeachd Alean nan Sop. An orran dharach (an Lom), Alexander Macdonald s orran Cuan, and Brlnn Chlann-Raonull, he laer one of e mos wonderful composons n he language. The whole acklng of he shps s descrbed n hese. The popular ales have also some curous sea-runs/ h The noun creach denoes boh he plunderng and plunder. c e.g. Mac Aodh nan creach Bhuale creach agus speach mhor lea Creach *g a ogal le srl, &c. d Togal ar marabh; a par of he radng narch of he MacFarlanes s sll preserved, Thogal nan bo, &c. e The acual fery cross seems nowhere descrbed, hough hs s somemes gven as he meanng of crosara. J Among he ensgnes also, besdes oher sngulares, he (Jlencoe men were very lernarkable, who had or her ensgn a fare bush of heah, welspread and dsplayed on le head of a saff, such as mgh have af rghed a Roman eagle. Descrpon of he Hghlanders n 1678, already referred o., and he drnks are varous enough for every ase. The more lofy bards do no come below wne (fon), of whch large quanes ceranly were consumed, bu ohers, especally an Lon, enumerae beer (beor), brandy (branndah) and whsky (usge beha), whch docs no appear so ofen as one mgh expec. The chef s he man ha buys he wne and s *

17 V «!FATHER ALLAN MACDONALD M E M O R A L. CELTC CROSS UNVELED N ERSKAY. CEREMONY N A GALE, The n-uy frends and admrers of he la-e \ laher Allan Macdonald have good reason, o be pleased la her effors o perpeuae f hs meuory have me wh suck success. On Thursday, Ocober 14h, here was unveled Ì le very wndsore memoral bone whch has *f v recenly been croced over he grave of he devoed pasor of he sle of Erskay, A Mass of Requem for he sonl of he lao Faher Allan, whose annversary was on ho 8h Ocober, was sung n he bcau- ful lle chapel, whch had been bul by hs exerons, and hud been fnshed bn a shor J, m before hs deah. ' The celebran of he mass was Rev. Hugh 1 Cameron, asssed by Rev. Wllam Mac-! kensse and lley. John Macnel, whls here wore.presen n he sancuary Very Rev. Dr. Rogan, Pasley; Rev. Wllam Mac- Lellan, Rev. John Macmllan, Rev. John < Clark, and Rev, Odo Blundell, O.S.B, The J Gregoran Chan was rendered by he lle fsher school chldren, under he drecon S' of Mr Ambrose Coghlan, Afer he Absoluon, he Rev, Wllam ; Mackenze spoke n ouchng erms of he '!lfe and labours of Faher Allan Macdouald, who had sacrfced hs healh and srengh n admnserng o he people of he dsan slands of Souh Us and of Erskay. To hese las he was especally a faher, havng devoed hmself for eleven years o he beermen of her sungmdngs, sprual and vaporal. No place on earh was so dear o hs devoed pres as he sorm-swep sland, where were gahered some fve hundred souls, o whom was hs greaes pleasure o afford he consolaons of relgon. n her favour he renounced he aracons \ of he larger ces, where hs grea aanmens as a Gaelc scholar ron d have secured hm many honours. Faher Mackenze re fcrred o he smple and holy lfe of Faher 1 Allan, whch made hm a model pres, a model, ndeed, whom was a real pleasure o follow. had been nended o proceed a once 1 afer mass o he unvelng ceremony, bu he sorm and he sorms of Erskay are no easly fough agans made hs mpos- eble. Laer n he afernoon, however, he gale lessened somewha, and he clergy pro- ceeded quely o he cemeery, where hey 1 were soon oned by a largo number of ho J congregaon. As clergy and people, wh 1 heads uncovered, knel around ho grave on he cold, we grass, whls he gale had bu ( lle abaed, few could refran from recall- ( ng he condons under whch Faher Allan had spen he greaer par of hs lfe. The J ) day was a ypcal Erskay day, bubo was ] also he smplcy of he ceremonal and he fervour and devoon of boh press md people. J Tho funcon was concluded by he sngng of he Benedcon and he blessng of he very handsome Celc Cross whch mark$ he spo, a ho hghes pon of he cemeery, chosen by Faher Allan hmself o receve hs moral remans. Tho cross bears he followng nscrpon: J (he»ee-shefu\red Mfw o Klbrde * * an W a b l c T ^ ' many ravellers ~,,, v J o vs he woudorf^p^. 111OU^ s no he faul ofs>. rls' s beauful surroundngs, <f J J em py; ha s blank w ndow s^v^ now no he wnd-blown sycamores ana. whch sheler s he faul of ban (. mes whch have fallen upon hs old, home, ls house memory-hauu'ed wh welcome, whch should glow wh lgh, 1 warmh, and leraure, and he presence of clever people. Boh approaches lead hrough pleasan ways one akes you pas felds of grass swee wh flowery whn sound of he sea; he oher runs! [ pas a brown sream, whch laughs n a angle of queen o he m/e ado w, ferns, and' rowan-rees, ralng purple vech, he lac flower of he wa<er-parsnps, and drfng rose-peajs. The sea s whn sound, and J ^gg, forecasng he weaher; Rhum rses far away, a mass of llac peacs, and he ' cave-hauned coas of Srahard. CouldT [ such a home reman lonely and forsaken!, would seem ha such surroundngs would make everyhng perfec. Blaven, a massve wall, shaered and { \ sorm-swep, s a kng of mo-unans, 1 sandng solaed across he rpplng waer ' of Loch Slapn; he red peaks of Glash- ven and Ben-y-chro, he lle grey houses < of Tor ran scaered among arofs, he q ; flower-grown bay of Gamosorn al hese are par of he place whch seems o be- ] Jlong o. Every crofer speaks of Kl- r Jbrde as hough he had a personal neres. n - &s gaes are never closed agans hem.; o refuse admance o anyone, would bo o ehaage he whole meafug of he place. As a manse, 'has always held opeo door could no change. When auumn flamed ht ongh he sland we came no he garcben. The ; crmson fuchsa had dropped her bells om he door-sone, he aponoa sll wore her fru pods, p-oppes had shed her slken peals n shadowy corners, and lef her seed-pods o rpen and scaer he harves, for nex year; yellow rale lned he ' 1grass-borders wh ghoss of summer, creepers flamed along he garden: wall, ' brambles flung ou her wealh of purple ; 1and blood-red across he moss-grown pahs, ; he Lawns were shadowed, a.nd drfs of leaves gahered abou he gnarled roos o he rees. Wner would revel n- whe. abou he lonely house, he wansco : creak, he swngng wndow shver. Down, empy passages and hrough. desered ; buldngs he wnd would moan as Blaven Jdrew down sorm and hurrcane. Those who knew Klbrde n he pas would scarcely realse ha should hold no welcome for he sranger. Tme was when, lke hose famous hosels of old, gave warmh and sheler no raveller would hnk o pass along he mounan road unheedng 9uch a house, * * 4 Klbrde s empy s me ha some new enan came before falls o mould and; dus. The ren s a mere song for such a home has wealh of land and' barn, pea for frng, and mber; ye s sll forsaken. be unlocked and he The o'ohard gae mus harves of fru sored away for wner nghs. Wha more could one desre han.he spfendoaxrs ol Blaven, Ben-na-Calkach, red-haumed J Klchra, ad lea-gues of shnvng sea rpplng away o he dm slamfe of <he Hebrdes? And ye he old manse of Klbrde s forlorn and empy! R. È. M^ade.

18 \ HGHLAND HONOURS. [ o THE EDTOR OF u TH E OBAN TM ES. ] 21s June, S r, Would you kndly, hrough your columns, elc an answer o he queson as o he orgn of so-called Hghland Honours, or he cusom of drnkng oass wh he lef foo on he char and he rgh foo on he dnner able? Admedly, beleve, s no n any sense a genune Hghland/ much less a Celc, cusom, and n hese days we wsh only o rean wha s genune, where s also useful and commendable, or elegan and pcuresque, n addon o beng radonal. Ths cusom appears o be none of hese hngs; ndeed, a venerable lady, unl laely well known n he Norh, assured me ha No Hghland genleman would dream of behavng n such a manner.* And, f sandwched wh lades seaed, or even sandng, s hoped he would no ac n hs manner, for, a he leas, would be dsrespecful and nelegan o overshadow lades by mounng above hem n hs manner. An exenson of he supposed enhusasm (ofen affeced and unreal) conssed n hrowng away he glass afer ne oas, 60 ha mgh b broken and never profaned by holdng wne o a lesser dedcaon. Ths s comprehensble, bu would requre a very specal oas o preven he ac beng unreal and exaggeraed, and herefore n poor ase. have a suspcon ha boh hese cusoms orgnaed when George V. pad hs vs o Ednburgh, and when many exravagances and absurdes were commed, and even approved of for he me, and regreed subsequenly, bu canno quoe any auhory for hs suggeson. Mos ceranly, however, Hghland Honours never orgnaed n our own counry, and never was, nor s now. a nave cusom of he Gael, any more han he shoung and cheerng whch accompany. am, ec., M. T he sone called Clach-na-Cùdann, or Sone of he Tub, s now o be seen n fron of he Town Hall, nverness. was used a one me by he servan ^rls as a convenen place on whch o res her ubs n passng o and from he rver. nvernessans are ofen referred o as Clach-na*Cdann boys. Tom-na-h-ubhrach means he hll of he yew wood, from ubhar, a yew ree. Tomnahurch s now a beauful and unque cemeery. The followng paragraph appeared n he nverness Adverser7 n 1859, ha s, before Tomnahurch had been urned no a cemeery: Tomnahurch, he far-famed Fares Hll, has been sown wh oas. Accordng o radon, he Brahan seer, who lved 200 years ago, predced ha shps wh unfurled sals would pass and repass Tomnahurch; and, furher, ha would ye be placed uuder lock and key..the frs par of he predcon was verfed by he openng of he Caledonan Canal, and we seem o be on he eve of seeng he realsaon of he res by he fnal closng up of he Fares Hll. H e n d e r s o n s S o n e G l e n c o e. Ths sone s suaed n Glencoe and s ever assocaed wh le Massacre. A he me of he Massacre one of he solders who ' was blled on he house of Mac Eanrag Mor nam! Feadan bg Henderson of he Chaners, asked hs hos ou o have a walk wh hm. On conng o a ] ceran sone he solder old Henderson o sand sll 5 as he had somehng o say o he sone, whch le! addressed n he followng manner A chlach ghlas ; a la s a' ghleann, 's mah do chor ar a bh am, ach la n bodl Hosagad an nochd mar a hachareas, cha'n fhanadh u ann Grey sone of he Glen you have rgh o be here, bu f you knew wha s o happen o-ngh you would no reman here. Henderson wen home medang over he solder s address o he sone. MacDonald's younges son was always warnng, hs faher and broher ha he solders were sen here for some unknown purpose. Henderson old young 1 MacDonald he solders address o he sone. The resul wasla neher Hendersonnor young MacDonald wen o bed and ed a he sound of he frs sho. 1 *1 *" ^ *1 ^ a fl ^ - * ^ T hk Lvnosonks from a very early dae appear as followers of he Appn Sewars. They were he heredary cusodans of he Crozer of San Maluag known as Bachull mor. A small freehold on he sland of Lsmore was held on condon ha he holder do keep and ake care of he Baculus or pasoral saff of S. Maluag, he paron san of ha sland. The holder of he relc was desgnaed Baran a Bhachull. Tll a recen dae he saff of S. Maluag was n cusody of one of he Lvngsones. s, however, now n he keepng of he Duke of Argyll. * ^ ^ *

19 GAELC SUPERSTTO NS CO NNECTED W TH FUNERALS. A m ong he Gaelc supersons conneced wh funerals may be saed ha s cusomary o place a plae of sal, he smoohng-rod, or a clod of green grass on he breas of a corpse whle lad ou prevous o beng coffned. Ths, was beleved, kep from swellng. A candle was lef burnng besde all ngh, when was placed n he coffn, and aken away on he day of he funeral. The boards on whch had been lyng were lef for he ngh as hey were, wh a drnk of waer on hem n case he dead should reurn and be hrsy. Some pu he drnk of waer or of mlk ousde he door, and, as n Mull and Tree, pu a sprg of hearswor above he lnel o preven he dead from enerng he house. When coffnng he corpse every srng n he shroud was cu wh scssors; and n defence of he pracce here was a sory ha afer bural a woman s shade came o her frends o say ha all he srngs n her shroud had no been cu. Her grave was opened, and hs was found o be he case. The relaves of he person las bured had o keep wach over he graveyard ll he nex funeral came. When wo funeral pares me a he churchyard a scuffle frequenly ensued o deermne who should ge her frend bured frs. The bodes of sucdes were no aken ou of he house for bural by he doors, bu hrough an openng made beween he wall and he hach. They were bured, along wh unbapsed chldren, ousde he common churchyard. was be- V leved n he norh, as n Skye and abou Applecross, n Ross-shre, no herrng would be caugh n any par of he sea whch could be seen from he grave of a sucde. $

20 4 ME B O -O R S A N N D E A T H TAX. from hst appears ha when a bereaved * By R ev. A. M ackay, M.A., Weserdale. famly had no cow nor horse o gve, because of povery, he pres ook he nex bes hng he B oorsan n, each-orsann, and damh- could lay hs hands upon, f he were hearless orsann were he Gaelc names by whch he enough o do so. Tha s o say, he law cow, horse, or ox, appropraed by ceran barons ou of he esae of a deceased enan, as enabled hm o do hs. Afer he Reformaon (1560) he ends and a deah ax, came o be known. Ths deah many oher dues whch peraned o he church duy was no of feudal bu of ecclesascal orgn, and was one of he perquses of he 'were fued ou o some barons for a seled reddendo, and evenually exacons whch were pre-reformaon clergy all over Scoland. n ecclesascal n orgn became baronal. n he Saues of he Scosh Church, ranslaed ou of Lan by Dr. Parck, and ssued by he Scosh Hsory Socey, he law was hus lad down n he hreenh cenury regardng moruares. Bu from an esae dsposed of by wll le a cow be gven o he church of he hs wav he krk cow became he bo-orsann or each-orsann whch he lard or lord, who had he necessary charer from he ecclesascal auhores, colleced as a feudal due, akng a cow or a horse or an ox, as sued hmself or as sued he execuors. J s radonally recorded ha he cach- parsh. orsann deah ax was regularly exaced by he Lords of Reay unl he mddle of he egheenh f s sad ha he defunc has nohng, le be beleved on he oah of wo neghbours, and le he bgges and bes coverle be cenury, and ha s abolon hroughou he gven up.... Noe ha f a man lve n Reay esae was due o Rob )onn, he poe, wo parshes and de n one of hem, he wll who drew he aenon of hs chef o he ; gve o each church a corpse presen, and he upper coverle, unless he were a free holder. * oppresson of he ax, and go he uprooed. cusom Accordng o he Ordnances of S. Andrews Docese, , he execuors of a wll had o produce an nvenory of he goods lef, whn nne days afer he 'deah of he esaor, for The Gaelc words each, damh, bo, mean respecvely horse, ox, cow, and ndcae he anmals whch were generally gven n paymen of hs ax. Bu wha does orsann mean? We do no % he purpose of recevng from us (he clergy) confrmaons of he sad esamens, and of payng o us hereupon he quoas due o us n hnk s o be conneced wh Gaelc ursann, \a door-pos, as some surmse; bu wh he Lan orare, o pray, whence comes he Englsh ha respec. Falure o aend o hs maer word oraory, a place of prayer. As he krk whn he nne days specfed rendered he execuors subec o a penaly of suspenson from dvne res for presbyers, and excommuncaon for laymen, ogeher- wh he loss cow was orgnally of he naure of a legacy or Q v O / corpse presen o he church, an nsuon whose prayers he dead were supposed o sand sorely n need of, s no unlkely ha orsann of her rgh o pu he wll no execuon. means ha whch moves o pray. mus no Should hs happen, he ecclesascal auhores apponed off her own ba execuors for he admnsraon of he esae, f When an nfan ded he church had o ge her quoa ou of he nherance whch would peran o he chld had he lved, and even an orphan nfan had o pay a deah due o he be forgoen, however, ha hry masses for he soul of he deceased had also o be pad for, nowhsandng he paymen of )>(>-orsann. The paymen of bo-orsann o he church would fall heavly upon he smaller and poorer fry, bu he hers o a landed esae were also severely mulced by he successon dues whch church upon he decease of he moher, as had o be pad o he crown as well. Don wness hs. As for nfans whose mohers Pedro de Ayala, wrng o hs maser he kng de, le hem pay o he church no less han of vspan, c. 1498, says ha he successon duy he parens would do. \ These references wll pad by hers no he reasury of Kng James serve o show how exacng he pre-keformaon church was n collecng her deah dues, and how oppressve hese axes were somemes. ' * *.>.... T. \ ^ V. of Scoland amouned o abou wo years \ J ren.j Roughly speakng, he deah duy ex-, aced by he crown a ha me would come ;no he neghbourhood of en per cen. Wha. s was he percenage o he church, over and f % $ above hs, we canno esmae. S 1 * Saues o f he Scosh C h u rch, p ld, p. 281., :! ll.d, p. 47. * losmo lnnes1 Skeches of Early Scosh H so ry / p ± Hume l> own's Karly Travellers n Scoland." *, «4» ' s

21 A N T-EACH URSANN By J. G. M ack a y, Porree. [Undersood o ho so called from ho fac ha he horse sabled nex he door was frefenlv he bes, as he always go he frs and bes poron of he provender. ] T eue was a cusom prevalen n Skve n he olden me, when a farmer or enan ded, ha he Chef or lard was enled o he bes horse owned by he deceased. Ths was known as he Each Urmun, or Hero Horse. have been unable o dscover when hs barbarous and cruel cusom came no exsence n he Hghlands, bu was pracsed u he souh of Scoland, as well as n England, o a very recen dae, hough for a long me has been changed n form, o ha of doublng he ren for he frs year, on he enancy. her o he n any case, was fnally sopped n Skye xfore he 45, owng o he followng occurence : A man of he Clan Macknnon n he parsh of Srah havng ded, he ground offcer, as usual, presened hmself he day afer he funeral and demanded he bes horse. The poor wdow ressed he execuon of he cruel order wh such perssence ha he ground offcer used so much force as o bea her o he effuson of blood. A lengh, all he poor woman could do was o uer he hope ha he lle boy, her son, who was a her sde, would ye be revenged on hm for ha day s proceedngs. Years afer, he same ground offcer was engaged on a smlar errand, when who should he happen o mee bu young Lachlan, he wdow s son, hen grown o be he sronges man n he parsh. Lachlan demanded o know wha poor wdow he robbed of he horse? and ordered hm a once o reurn o s rghful owner, whch nerference he ground offcer resened. s, sad Lachlan, egheen years o-day snce you

22 %eases nuns. < ur ' ÌF.8 A PONEER OF EMPRE M Se, & '8 e e s. e, ); >; l } J + )),ed ne all an (he ce 'er,ad le all?n a k, ry or c;e ae T- cre 11 ed ly* -a *^on V** /e :?r SR ALEXANDER MACKENZE On Sunday las, a memoral servce was held n he old Churchyard of Avoch, Black sle, o f do homage o he famous explorer, Alexander M ackenze, whose resng-place s here. M ackenze was a Lewsman, havng been born n Sornoway n The Grea Canadan Explorer Afer hs remarkable career he marred hs cousn, Geddes Macand << Kenze, l one of he mos beauful gfed of Scosh w om en /1 who brough hm he esae of Avoch. M ackenze was he frs whe man o se foo on he Arcc shore of Canada. The M ackenze Rver, whch sars a he Rockes and flows no he Arcc Ocean, was named afer hm. n 1793 he crossed he Rockes, and agan he earned he name of frs. No whe man before hm had seen he Pacfc Ocean from land. He modesly recorded hs achevemen h u s : now mxed up some vermlon n meled grease and. nscrbed n large characers, on he souh-eas of he rock on whch we have slep las ngh Alex. MacKenze from Canada by land 22d July 1793 The rock 1whch bears he nscrpon s one of he mos reasured monumens of Wesern Canada. Laer n hs career he aced as ravellng companon n Canada and he Uned Saes o Hs Royal Hghness, Duke of Ken, faher of hs Queen Vcora. For counrv he was made MacKenze. hs Sr servces o Alexander On hs way norh from London o Avoch, he was aken ll and ded a a place called Moulnarn, he frs pos-house norh of Dunkeld. Hs remans were nerred n he Churchyard of Avoch, as saed, and he sone bears he nscrpon: n Memory of * Sr Alexander MacKenze of Avoch, he Explorer of he Norh*Wes of Amerca and Dscoverer of he MacKenze Rver, Ded 12h March, 1820 Then follows he nscrpon o hs wfe : and Lady Geddes MacKenze of Avoch, hs wdow, Ded 7h July, 1860.

23 THE SC N LOND Burns Nch Concer T he annual Burns N ch concer, organsed by he Scosh Clans Assocaon, was held n le Royal Alber Hall on Saurday evenng. Descrbed n he announcemens as he Premer Grand Naonal Scosh Concer, Saurday s concer may be sad o have fully usfed hs clam. There was a vas audence n he grea hall, and le muscal fare provded, drawn manly from he songs of Rober Burns, was of a very hgh order. All he numbers were enhusascally receved, and n he frs par of he programme every em was encored. Doubless he second par of he programme would have been smlarly receved bu for he nmaon ha a me lm was desrable. Vocalss of he calbre of Madame more opporuny for a fuller exhbon of hs powers, he encore song beng specally effecve. Mr. W. Ballard- Brown was que happy n The sandard on he Braes o Mar, bu why dd he gve as an encore he lugubrous Banks o' Loch Lomond? Hs song n he second par, Ae fond kss, was equally dolorous. The qualy of Mr. T. F. Knnburgh s one has ganed somehng n rchness snce we heard hm las, and he dd excellenly n A man s a man for a' ha, Gae brng o me a pn o wne, and hs encore song, Bonne Dundee. Mr. Roderck Mac Leod s Gaelc songs have a charm la appeals even o he Sassenach, and hs Bragh Rusgach and he encore song n he frs par had a mos apprecave hearng. The London Scosh Chor r f srahspeys. Tle bagppe seleco. he ppers of he Scosl Clans Asf on, under he drecon of Ppe-1 Donald Mackay, and her Hgl dancng, were hearly applauded,: D. J. F. Lang dancng '' Seann T las as an encore. The ppers played a Hghland fanasa spec arranged and accompaned on he o by Mr. Kenneh Glencarn Burns, a g grandnephew of he poe. The s ons by he band of H.M. Scos Gu Mr. F. W. Wood, conducor 1 well receved, and Mr. Henry R., was an admrable accompans. 1 J* & J* +4 (. \» { \ Ì. * 1 v ( * M r. James Sco Sknner (T h e Srahspey Kng) Veeran Scosh Volns Dolores and Madame Krkby Lunn always arac, and her conrbuons o Saurday s programme, alhough affordng hem lle scope, no beng wren n he flord syle of whch each s so brllan an exponen, were rendered wh a fdely and grace ha were emnenly sasfacory. Madame Dolores " Conn hro he rye and Madame Krkbv Lunn s Gala W aer'' were boh sung wh a smplcy and resran ha mgh well serve as models for some of our buddng vocalss. M$s Esher Yunson s frs song was Ye banks and braes o bonne D oon / for whch she was deservedly encored, and gave "L a s May a braw w ooer wh delghful navee. n he second par she was equally successful wh My hear s s a l/ Mr. Charles Saunders s a enor of he robus older, bu Avas well sued n * Anne Laure. n he maral songs, Bale of Srlng, gven as an encore, and Macgregor s Gaherng J" second Par ]e [ì*ù, v > \ : f 1 Mr. J. B. Shaw, conducor gave " Scos wha hae and The bonne wee wndow, and as an encore My Nanne s awa / n he sofer passages he chor 1as a good one, and n My Nanne s awa was heard o advanage. Among he nsrumenalss a Saurday's concer Mr. James Sco Sknner, on accoun of hs neresng personaly, occupes he premer poson. was as a member of Dr. Mark s Band ha n 1858 he veeran volns made hs frs appearance n London, he band gvng a command performance before Queen Vcora ad he Prnce Consor a Buckngham Palace. He was also for a consderable me a member of Dr. Charles Halle s Band. Bu s as a player and composer of Scosh reee and srahspeys Mr. Sco Sknner, nrv n hs sxy-sevenh year, s so wdely known. He had a mos enhusasc recepon, and hs selecons on Saurday showed ha he sll sands n fron ' of nl oler-players of Scosh Ì \ ' ' ' «S S 4 * *. «*

24 Phoo, E l l o & F r y, London Col. Sr Fzroy Maclean, Bar, K.C.B.

25 A N T-EACH URSANN By.1. G. M a c k a y, Porree. V 1 [Undersood o le so called from ho fac ha he horse sabled nex he door was frequenly he bes, as he always go ho Hs and hos poron of he povender. J Theue was a cusom prevalen n Skyo n he olden me, when a fanner or enan ded, ha he Chef or lard was enled o he bes horse owned by he deceased. Ths was known as he Karh [Jma, or Hero Horse. have been unable o dscover when hs barbarous and cruel cusom came no exsence n he Hghlands, bu was pracsed n he souh of Scoland, as well as n England, o a vcrv recen dae, hough for a onc me has à 9 O " been changed u form, o ha of doublng he ren for he frs vear, on he her lo he v 7 enancy. n any case, was fnally sopped n Skye l*eforc he 45/' owng o he followng occurence : A man of he Clan Macknnon n he parsh of Srah havng ded, he ground offcer, as usual, presened hmself he day afer he funeral and demanded he bes horse. The poor wdow ressed he execuon of he cruel order wh such perssence ha he ground offcer used so much force as o bea her o he effuson of blood. A lengh, all he poor woman could do was o uer he hope ha he lle boy, her son, who was a her sde, would ye be revenged on hm for ha day s proceedngs. Vears afer, he same ground offcer was engaged on a smlar errand, when who should he happen o mee hu young Lachlan, he wdow s son, hen grown o be he sronges man n he parsh. Lachlan demanded o know wha poor wdow he robbed of he horse? and ordered hm a once o reurn o s rghful owner, whch nerference he ground offcer resened. 4 s, sad Lachlan, egheen years o-day snce o u 4 4 * à robbed my moher n he same waf and you wll never rob anoher, and drawng hs sword, he aacked he ground offce!-. The comba was shor and sharp. The ground offcer was no mach for Lachlan. n a very few mnues Lachlan ran hm hrough he body, cu of' hs O V * head, whch he washed n a well near bye, and whch o hs day s called Tokr n1 cmnny or he well of he head. He hen mouned he horse and rode o he Chef s house, wh he head hangng by hs sde. When Lachlan arrved a he house, he servans rushed n o ell her maser ha here was bg Lachlan wh a man s head hangng by he har a he sde of hs horse. The Chef came ou, and was shocked o fnd he repor que rue, and also ha was he head of hs own ground offcer. LacV an gave hm an accoun of he whole ransacon, and also of he nhuman reamen of hs own moher egheen years before; and assured he Chef ha he clan very much resened he mposon of such a barbarous burden upon hem. The Chef graned Lachlan a free pardon, and apponed hm ground offcer, ellng hm a he same me, ha no wdow of hs clan should agan be deprved of any par of her propery. A n D a U u s a n n (T k H kko Ox.) A s o m e w h a smlar ncden happened n Argyleshre. A enan near Glendaruel ded, and he Lard wen hmself, and nsead of akng an ox, whch wàs he cusom n he dsrc, ook he bes cow n he fold. The wdow dd all she could o dssuade hm from akng he cow, as she could ll spare her, and oered hm any oher anmal n he fold. The Lard had long coveed hs anmal, and hough he opporuny of geng her whou havng o go hrough he formaly of pay mg for her oo good o le slp. A lengh he wdow, drven o desperaon, expressed he hope ha he cow should be a curse o hm, and ha he seed of her should ye be revenged upon hm for hs reamen of her. The Lard only! laughed a her, and go he coveed cow drve* o hs own fold. Some me afer hs even he cow dropped a fne bull calf, whch h Lard carefully reared, ll grew o be a verf fne anmal, he prde of he Glen, as genle and kndly as was handsome. One day he Lard ran ou of snuf', and no oher messenger beng handy, he wen o he1 herd-boy, am handng hm some money, ordered hm o go o a ceran person who sold snuff, and brng hm some, and ha he should hmself herd he cale ll hs reurn. The Lard ook a urn uo he feld o admre he young bull, and, sandng a such a dsance ha he could admre hs fne pons, who should he see passng down he road bu he wdow from whom he had aken he cow a few years before. From whasoever cause, he bull, whch had up o he presen been noed for s genleness, suddenly rushed a he Lard, and before anyone could come o hs asssance, gored hm o deah, and so ended he Hero n he dsrc of Cowal. The followng newspaper cung from he Dnndee Adverser of some monhs aaro shows O ha he pracce s no ye exnc T ub H e r o. The announcemen ha he execuors of a Tonbrdge Wells genleman have been called upon o pay he bes horse on he esae or a pece of plae? o he Lord of he Manor cones as a remnder ha he hero sll lngers n our mds. Ths vexaous ncden of copyhold enure s, says he Mancheser Ounan, of grea anquy. Saxon mes even he Kng's hegns were subec o a very consderable hero, whle he humbler enans of ho manor were ofen called upon o surrender a large proporon of her chaels by way of Successon Duy. The pay - mcn of a hero by he her of a deceased enan seems o have mpled a personal connecon as of paron and dependen beween he lord and he enan, whch mgh or mgh no be renewed wh he enan s successor. The hero s o be dsngushed from he relef, whch was a money paymen by he her by way of recognon ha hs successon depended on he favour of he lord, and no on any clam of heredary rgh. n he modern law he old cusomary money paymens have become fxed, bu he hero of he bes beas or somemes he bes chael may sll n many cases be demanded. The nssence upon hs rgh may lead o consderable hardshp, as, for example, f a famous pcure or a valuable racehorse were o be sezed n respec of an almos worhless copyhold enure. Lord Cranworh, n hs speech upon he Enfranchsemen of Copyholds Hll, showed ha even n modern mes he law of hero las been enforced n such a way as o become a very grevous praccal hardshp. He menoned, n parcular, he case of Sr C. feunbury, whose famous racehorse Smolensko, worh some 1*3000. was sezed for a hero. Then here was he case of he P damond, whch, beng pledged o a pawnbroker who occuped a small copyhold enemen n Wesmoreland, passed on hs deah no he possesson of he lord of he manor. Lord Cranworh also relaed how Lord Abnger was repored dead whle on crcu, and how he agen of he lord of he manor kasened o secure hree of hs horses n London, whou nqurng oo closely no he ruh of he rumour. Ths mus have been a parcularly annoyng experence more annoyng even han he dscovery of one s obuary n prn.