[152] Literally—If thy feather is noble, thy claws are (of) the devil!
[153] This picture of the eagle is not much for edification—nor another hit at the lion of the Macdonalds, then at feud with the Seaforth. The former is abridged, and the latter omitted; as also a lively detail of the creagh, in which the Monroes are reproached with their spoilages of cheese, butter, and winter-mart beef.
[154] Seaforth.
[155] Literally—Bagpipes.
[156] Macallammore: Argyle.
[157] Macdonald of Sleat.
[158] Clanranald's country.
[159] Literally—Of blue steel.
[160] Mac-Mhic-Alister, the patronymic of Glengary.
[161] Castle Brahan, Seaforth's seat.