Volume 1

Burt's letters from the north of Scotland : with facsimiles of the original engravings / With an introduction by R. Jamieson. And the History of Donald the Hammerer, from an authentic account of the family of Invernahyle, a ms. communicated by Sir Walter Scott.

  • Edmund Burt
Date:
1876
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Credit: Burt's letters from the north of Scotland : with facsimiles of the original engravings / With an introduction by R. Jamieson. And the History of Donald the Hammerer, from an authentic account of the family of Invernahyle, a ms. communicated by Sir Walter Scott. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE HISTORY OF DONALD THE HAMMERER. From an authentic Account of the Family of Invernahyle. [MS. communicated by Walter Scott, Esq.] Alexander, the first Invernahyle, commonly called Saoileach, or “the Peaceful,” was son of Allan Stewart, third laird of Appin. He mar- ried Margaret M‘Donald, daughter of Donald M‘Donald of Moidart, commonly called Donald an Lochan^ or Donald of the Lakes; but a deadly feud arose between Invernahyle and the family of Dunstaffnage, which, in the first instance, caused the overthrow of both. Alexander walked out early in a summer morning from Island Stalker, and stepped over to Isle-nar-gall, where he laid himself down on