...open fields, and from every house r barn, or cover in sight, the flash of ire-arms was to be seen.' * On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles grey their muskets start, The bracken-bosh sends forth tb« dart. And every tnft of broom give* life, To belted...

...gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth (he dart, The rushes ami the willow-wand 'Arc bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom...arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At oucn with full five hundred men, As if ihe yawning hill lo heaven A subterranean host had given. Watching...

...crag the signal flew. Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...> . ,.,. , From shingles grey their lances start, This rebel chieftain and his band." — " Have, then, thy wisj)!" He whistled shrill, . And he was...

...above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken-bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every lufl of broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once...

...astonishment of Fitz-James, " Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once...bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow- wand Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To ploided warrior...

...astonishment of Fitz- James, " Instant, through copse and heath, arose Bonnets and spears and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below , Sprung up at once...axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To pluided warrior arm'd for strife." To this powerful clan, the descendants of ancient Scottish Kings,...

...describes. ' Instant through copse and heath arose, Bonnets and spears, and bended bows ; On right and left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking...bracken bush sends forth the dart, The rushes and the willow wand • Are bristling into axe and brand, And every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior...

...to surprise Fitz James. " Instant thro* copse and heath arose Bonnets and spears, and bended bows ; On right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once, the lurking foe; From shingles grey their lancei start, The bracken bush sends forth the dart, 340 MOUNTAIN PASSES OF THE HIGHLANDS. The rushes...

...shmgles gray their lances start, Tita brsckcn-feush sends forth the d^t, Ca,,!... V. THE COMBAT III The rushes and the willow-wand Are bristling into...every tuft of broom gives life To plaided warrior armed for strife. That whistle garrison'd the glen At once with Full five hundred men, As if the yawning...

...bended bows ; Ou right, on left, above, below, Sprung up at once the lurking foe ; From shingles gray their lances start, The bracken bush sends forth the...broom gives life To plaided warrior arm'd for strife." To this powerful clan, the descendants of ancient Scottish kings, little more remains of their former...