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TALES OF MY LANDLORD.
Chapter XIV.
I am as free as nature first made man,
Ere the base laws of servitude began,
When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Conquest of Granada.
The Earl of Menteith as he had undertaken, so he proceeded to investigate more closely the story told by Ranald of the Mist, which was corroborated by the examination of his two followers, who had assisted in the capacity of guides. These declarations he carefully compared with such circumstances concerning the destruction of his castle and family as Sir Duncan Campbell was able to supply; and it may be supposed he had forgotten nothing relating to an event of such terrific importance. It was of the last consequence to
