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 years ago, for one of the, named , who had been accessory to the death of , and had been banished by , his lord, for a certain term; at the expiration of which he returned married from , but the , not satisfied with the punishment, when he attempted to settle, still threatened him with vengeance. He therefore asked, and obtained shelter in the Isle of.

The power of protection subsists no longer, but what the law permits is yet continued, and of  now educates the heir of.

There still remains in the Islands, though it is passing fast away, the custom of fosterage. A Laird, a man of wealth and eminence, sends his child, either male or female, to a tacksman, or tenant, to be fostered. It is not always his own tenant, but some