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 saw more of the ancient life of a Highlander, than I had yet found. Mrs. could speak no English, and had never seen any other places than the Islands of, and : but she was hospitable and good-humoured, and spread her table with sufficient liberality. We found tea here, as in every other place, but our spoons were of horn.

The house of stands by a brook very clear and quick; which is, I suppose, one of the most copious streams in the Island. This place was the scene of an action, much celebrated in the traditional history of, but which probably no two relaters will tell alike.

Some time, in the obscure ages, of  married the Lady, who had the Isle of  for her jointure. Whether detained, when the widow was dead, or whether she lived so