Books and other items printed in Gaelic from 1871 to 1900 > Cunntas air boidhicheadan Ceann-Lochearn agus Edinample, or, A description of the beauties of Edinample and Lochearnhead

33 'Bescri'pticn of S£ccli Sam
near the Inn of Killin. His name
and his sepulchre is signification of
denominating Killin first of the place.
His grave displayed to view as
hitherto.
In the time of the generations past,
a barbarous man was residing in the
vicinity of Loch-Earn-head, who was
notoriously for savageness of manner.
Incivility he would cross a river
there, called the river of Kndrum,
to take by theft or clandestine prac¬
tice the sheep of the inhabitants had
their place of abode over against him
on the other side of the said river,
whenever he would play the thief of
obtaining one of their sheep on his
shoulders upon his return to the said
river, on which part of her no build¬
ing raised over the water for the con¬
venience of passage, but two big sharp