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 ing backwards over the brook of. being killed, and many of his clan destroyed, took possession of the Island, which the  attempted to conquer by another invasion, but were defeated and repulsed.

, in his turn, invaded the estate of the, took the castle of , and conquered the Isle of , which he held for seven years, and then restored it to the heirs.

From, Mr. conducted us to his father's seat; a neat new house, erected near the old castle, I think, by the last proprietor. Here we were allowed to take our station, and lived very commodiously, while we waited for moderate weather and a fair wind, which we did not so soon obtain, but we had time to get