Note * — LEGENDS OF THE BLACK WATCH: (continued 7)

The captain spoke in 1800. "Tomnahourich, the far-famed Fairies' Hill, has been sown with oats," states the Inverness Advertiser of 1859; "according to tradition, the Brahn prophet, who lived 200 years ago, predicted that ships with unfurled sails would pass and repass Tomnahourich; and further, that it would yet be placed under lock and key. The first part of the prediction was verified by the opening of the Caledonian Canal, and we seem to be on the eve of seeing the realization of the rest by the final closing up of the Fairies' Hill." In what succeeds I have closely followed local and oral tradition; but the black officer was not the last of his race, as he left a daughter, who, I believe, was married in England.