“What,” says ‘Mhac Mhic Allen,’ “are you going to kill me.” The smith replied, that unless the young man had come out of the water, he certainly would have been a dead man. Upon which ‘Mhac Mhic Allen’ said, he would rather than a ‘ceud mbare Ferin,’ a hundred marks of land, he had a son that could do the same thing. The smith, elevated with the young man’s safety, and the exploit before his chief and relation, revealed the secret of his birth, upon which ‘Mhac Mhic Allen’ embraced the young man—telling him he was his uncle. Donald was rather in a dilemma about the loss of his supposed father, whom he so dearly loved, and who so fondly cherished him; but when he recovered himself, he showed symptoms of indignation against the murderer of his father, and craved the assistance of his uncle to redeem his lawful possessions. His uncle considered him too young; but Donald said he was determined, even single-handed, to attempt the attainment of his rights. Upon which his uncle and the smith went to the smithy, made a sword, tempered it well, and presenting it to him, told him not to sheath it till he had redeemed his rights, and he revenged on his father’s enemies. The smith likewise sent his own sons to assist him, along with a party of select men from his uncle’s country, who were greatly attached to him, he having been brought up among them. Donald soon gained his rights, and returned to the smith to take farewell, and thank him for his kindness and protection. The smith gave him a bull and twelve cows, which Donald regarded as a high affront, knowing that he gave twenty and a bull to each of the other heirs of property that he reared. He asked the smith what was the reason, upon which the latter replied, that he was now getting old, and intended to divide his property between his own sons; but that he had as great a regard for him as any of the other young men, notwithstanding that he only gave him this number. Donald went to the fold and made out the twenty, that it might not be said that he got less than the rest; but, upon further consideration, returned them all, saying to the smith, he had taught him to be a warrior, and he would find sufficient cattle among the Campbells, his father’s enemies. Footnote 7: Donald the Hammerer. Footnote 8: Cailen Uaine was killed at the water of Lion, swimming over after having been defeated by ‘Donul nan Ord,’ by one of Donald’s men. One of Colin’s men who got safe to the other side said, that that was clean blood he gave to the salmon of Lion, seeing the arrow quivering in his breast. Upon which one of Donald’s men remarked, that he gave cleaner blood to the crabs of Island Stalker, without a cause. Footnote 9: Donald the Hammerer, the smith’s step-son. The darling of the mail coats. You lifted a hership from Lochow side that Argyle cannot redeem, nor his son, nor his grandson, nor his great-grandson. Footnote 10: