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Trosachs Hotel.
[The name Trosachs signifies in Gaelic the rough or bristled territory; a signification perfectly applicable to the confused mass of abrupt crags which, in some convulsion of nature, has been separated from the neighbouring mountains of Ben Vennu and Ben An. This glen was first rendered an object of popular attention by Sir Walter Scott, in his poem of The Lady of the Lake.]
Quarter.—Whence comes the use of the word Quarter, as applied to sparing of life in battle?
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Trosachs Hotel.
[A correspondent of the Gent. Mag., vol. lxvi. p. 920., suggests, that it may be traced to the reverence for the sacred symbol of our faith, which the early Christian warriors wore depicted on their military habiliments. Orlando, who bore this emblem on his shield, was called 'Il Cavaliere del Quartiero;' though it is something singular that he won the device from Almonte, a Saracen chief.]