Show I r Pass of Sold f t ap i 1 sl i H S rr rl ir fi to EI h irL A i it t r rS y tj r F Q r JP rl p tie lie e Pass of one of the most famous and romantic spots Scotland has just been sold under the hammer of the auctioneer as astrof trot the estates of ot Archibald Edward Butter Esq The historic road h the pass crossed the hill near House and descended to hut but at the south end Down this road load many pageants of at 51 sh history passed It was by this road that tha King Robert the Bruce the murder of Red Comyn retreated from the battle of Methven where t l b been en surprised by the earl of By the same road Mary Queen ts te went with her gay cavalcades for the famous drives deer-drives in the theof thet of of t Atholl Through the pass went General Mackay with Hanoverian rs re of fortune to meet and be routed by y the clansmen under John ii of of Bonnie onnie Dundee who Dundee who had raised the standard g James ames against William and Mary was s through the Pass of ot that nearly 1000 Atholl men k ed M to Join the earl of Mar 1 In l the rising of at 1715 and this way in 45 the uthe Young Pretender before he went south on his great adventure ended ded In disaster and forfeited estates and blood on many Pass of is indeed a highroad road of ot Scottish and Eng Eng- l story Edward III Ill came here with his knights in his attempt to he the spirit of the Scots into Int subjection Highland ers drove the attle along this road and wounded men crawled down the pass after i. i between the clans The tramp of armed men the fierce shouts lie e the wild pibroch that called to the Highland chiefs chles still come own t the g glen e to o those who have listening ears 1 |