[ [179] Sounds of the same foreboding character.

[ [180] Curse.

[ [181] The ritual referred to in Canto III. was all prepared.

[ [182] About eighteen inches.

[ [183] The Isles of Nuns in Loch Lomond, and place of burial of the descendants of MacGregor.

[ [184] Struck.

[ [185] “Scalp,” etc., i.e., summit the accents heard.

[ [186] Scorched; charred.

[ [187] Upon the recreant who failed to respond to the “dread sign” of the Fiery Cross.

[ [188] A ravine of Benvenue supposed to be haunted by evil spirits.