Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . rcised and eschew idleness. Imagine Rorie, ever afighter, pottering about among his stots and oats ! If he ever didsuch a thing, how he must have longed for his lost birlinns, andfor just one fight more with the Macdonalds ! He was succeededby his son, Ian More, who found himself robbed of the taxhitherto imposed on fishing-boats plying within his bounds. Hewas evidently one of the good chiefs of the clan, since he was 56 Dunvcaan (Tastle termed Lot in Sodom, which looks as if the outer islands werehardly what they should have been, in sp
Other famous homes of Great Britain and their stories . rcised and eschew idleness. Imagine Rorie, ever afighter, pottering about among his stots and oats ! If he ever didsuch a thing, how he must have longed for his lost birlinns, andfor just one fight more with the Macdonalds ! He was succeededby his son, Ian More, who found himself robbed of the taxhitherto imposed on fishing-boats plying within his bounds. Hewas evidently one of the good chiefs of the clan, since he was 56 Dunvcaan (Tastle termed Lot in Sodom, which looks as if the outer islands werehardly what they should have been, in spite of the various stat-utes. Presently there came Ian Breac, the model Highlandgentleman, who kept harper, piper, and fool at Dunvegan ; andwhose bard was the famous Mary MacLeod, recalled from Mull,whither she had been banished for composing ballads to Roriesthird son instead of reserving her minstrelsy for her chief. Ianset about restoring the castle, but without being able to carry outhis schemes. His arms (impaled with those of his wife, daughter. ARMS OF IAN BREAC, SIXTEENTH CHIEF of Sir James Macdonald of Sleat) are now over the front door: theDanish triskele (legs of Man), flying figures, horse and hound, andsea-monster-like supporters, rather smacking of the wild Norwe-gian, and giving the achievement a breezy, sea-kingly clan had had, after Worcester, sufficient experience ofStuart forgetfulness of service rendered ; and consequently Iankept himself and his men out of the clan-muster, under Dundee,in 1689. About that period a seer foretold the following curiouscombination of events : that when the third Norman, son of thehard-boned English lady, perished accidentally, the Maidensbecame Campbell property, a fox littered in the Castle, and theflag was exposed to view, the glory of the MacLeods woulddepart, but to be more than recovered in the future whenanother Ian Breac should arise. Dunveoan Castle 57 In 179Q, the Dr. MacLeod of that date was able to ve
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