" This he was obliged to do to
save his life. But having discovered the accident which befel the
powder, he accompanied his keepers to the ramparts of the castle,
when he noticed his country men packing up their baggage as if
intending to raise the siege. Duncan instantly threw his plaid
over the head of the man that stood next to him, and jumped over
the wall on to a large dung heap that stood immediately below.
He was a little stunned, but instantly recovering himself, flew
with the fleetness of a deer to Mackenzie's camp, and informed
his chief of the state of matters within the stronghold. Kintail
renewed the siege and brought his scaling ladders nearer the
castle. The defenders seeing this, and knowing that their mishap
and consequent plight had been disclosed by Duncan to the enemy,
they offered to yield up the castle on condition that their lives
would be spared, and that they he allowed to carry away their
baggage. This was readily granted them, and "my lord caused
presently blow up the house with powder, which remains there in
heaps to this day. He lost only but two Kenlochewe men at the
siege. Andrew Munro of Teannouher (Novar) was wounded, with two
or three others, and so dissolved the camp.
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