Thall fa chomhar Creag-a-Chodh Comhnuichidh taillear caol odhar; ’S Seumas gorach mar thighearn, ’S Seumas glic mar fhear tomhais— A mharcaicheas gun srian Air loth fhiadhaich a roghainn; Ach cuiridh mor-chuis gun chiall ’N aite siol nam fiadh siol nan gobhar; ’S tuitidh an t-Eilean-dubh briagha Fuidh riaghladh iasgairean Aŭch. Literal translation:— The heir (or chief) of the Mackenzies will take A _white_ rook out of the wood, And will take a wife from a music house (dancing saloon), With his people against him: And the heir will be great In deeds and as an orator, When the Pope in Rome Will be thrown off his throne. Over opposite _Creag-a-Chow_ Will dwell a diminutive lean tailor, Also Foolish James as the laird, And Wise James as a measurer. Who will ride without a bridle The wild colt of his choice; But foolish pride without sense Will put in the place of the seed of the deer the seed of the goat; And the beautiful Black Isle will fall Under the management of the fishermen of Avoch. We have not learnt that any of the Rosehaugh Mackenzies has yet taken a _white_ rook from the woods; nor have we heard anything suggested as to what this part of the prophecy may refer to. We are, however, credibly informed that one of the late Mackenzies of Rosehaugh had taken his wife from a music saloon in one of our southern cities, and that his people were very much against him for so doing. One of them, Sir George, no doubt was “great in deeds and as an orator,” but we fail to discover any connection between the time in which he lived and the time “when the Pope in Rome will be thrown off his throne”. We were unable in the first edition to suggest the meaning of the first six lines of the last stanza, but Mr. Maclennan supplies us with the following explanation:—“I have been hearing these lines discussed since I was a boy, and being a native of Rosehaugh, I took a special interest in everything concerning it. The first two lines I was repeatedly informed, referred to a pious man who lived on the estate of Bennetsfield, opposite Craigiehow, when ‘Seumas Gorach’ (Foolish James referred to in the third line), was proprietor of Rosehaugh. This godly man, who was contemporary with Foolish James, often warned him of his end, and predicted his fate if he did not mend his ways; and as he thus _cut_ his bounds for him, he is supposed to be the ‘diminutive lean tailor’. He is still in life. We all knew ‘Foolish James’. The fourth line refers to James Maclaren, who lived at Rosehaugh most of the time during which the last two Mackenzies ruled over it, and only died two years ago. He was an odd character, but a very straightforward man; often rebuked ‘Foolish James’ for the reckless and fearless manner in which he rode about, and set bounds before the ‘foolish laird,’ which he was not allowed to pass. Maclaren was, on that