in order, and put his head out of the coach to deliver it, but the other, while taking it with the one hand, struck off his head with the other hand. (_Sin fhéin chuir e ’n teachdaireachd air doigh ’s chuir e mach a cheann g’ a toirt dà, ’s ’nuair bha e ’ga gabhail leis an aona laimh thilg e dheth an ceann leis an laimh eile_). The man-servant was stupified (lit. went astray), (_chaidh an gille air seacharan_), and Fair Lachlan got an opportunity (_fhuair e fàth_) of taking the head with him to the galley with which he set sail (_leig e ri cuain di_) and was in Islay on his return journey that evening. Next day after (_maireach ’na dheighinn sin_) he was in Tiree, and went early in the day to Island House (_do ’n eilean_). Finding, on reaching, that MacLean and his wife were at breakfast, he went in where they were and put the head of the Irish Chief on the end of the table, with the face towards MacLean’s wife. She looked at it and fell down stone dead at the side of the table (_sheall i air ’s thuit i fuar marbh aig taobh a’ bhùird_). Some time after this Fair Lachlan’s sons were taking peats home from Moss to Hynish. There were five of them with seven horses, which were fastened together, and went on one after another, having a sort of deep basket (_cliabh_) slung on each side of each horse for the conveyance of burdens. On account of Big Dewar of Balemartin, who was so fierce, (_co fiadhaich_) they could not take the straight way by Balemartin to Hynish, but had to take the more rugged path by Hynish hill, where, at _Creag nan cliabh_ (Creel rock) the footpath was so narrow that on these occasions a person was in waiting to be in readiness to take the creels off the horses and carry them past the rock. At that time, there was a mill past Balviceon, with a bridge across the dam which had to be lifted before sundown, and on their way they had to pass across the bridge. It happened on this occasion that the young men, by their own folly (_le ’n amaideachd fhein_), were later than usual of returning, and the bridge was withdrawn; and with the speed with which they were going on, they did not observe that the bridge was lifted, and the foremost of the horses went headlong into the dam and was choked (_air a thachdadh_). The lads made their way home, and told their father how the miller had taken away the bridge, and what had happened to them. He said, “If my horse was choked on his account (_air a thàillibh_), the same thing will be done to him to-night yet”; and that was what happened. He and his sons went back the same way, step by step, (_air a’ cheart cheum_), and they caught the poor man while he was asleep (_rug iad air an duine ’na leabaidh_) and took him with them and hung him on the hillock of the cross (_bac na croiche_), opposite Island House. When a servant went in early next morning to kindle a fire in the room where MacLean was, he asked what sort of day it was. The servant said that it was a good day, but