[147] The eagle being the crest of the Monro.
[148] The eagle; the crest of Monro of Fowlis. The filthy and cruel habits of this predatory bird are here contrasted with the forest-manners of the stag in a singular specimen of clan vituperation.
[149] Fioreun, the name of the eagle, signifying true bird.
[150] Literally—Accursed by Moses, or the Mosaic law.
[151] The single eagle's feather crested the chieftain's bonnet.
[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.