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 flower of chivalry, Oft met their chiefs in scenes of revelry-- All,
all are gone, and left thee to repose, Since a new race and measures new
arose. 'The Macdonalds had a body-guard of 500 men, of whose quarters
there are marks still to be seen on the banks of the loch. For their
personal services they had lands, the produce of which fed and clothed
them. They were formed into two divisions. The first was called
Ceatharnaich, and composed of the very tallest and strongest of the
islanders. Of these, sixteen, called Buannachan, constantly attended
their lord wheresoever he went, even in his rural walks; and one of
them, denominated "Gille 'shiabadh dealt," headed the party. This piece
of honourable distinction was conferred upon him on account of his feet
being of such size and form as, in his progress, to cover the greatest
extent of ground, and to shake the dew from the grass preparatory to its
being trodden by his master. These Buannachan enjoyed certain
privileges, which rendered them particularly obnoxious to their
countrymen. The last gang of them was destroyed in the following manner
by one Macphail in the Rinns:--Seeing Macdonald and his men coming, he
set about splitting the trunk of a tree, in which he had partly
succeeded by the time they had reached. 
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