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The Book of Dreams and Ghosts
·
Andrew Lang
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After
these
modern
cases
of
disturbances,
we
may
look
at
a
few
old,
or
even
ancient
examples.
It
will
be
observed
that
the
symptoms
are
always
of
the
same
type,
whatever
the
date
or
country.
The
first
is
Gaelic,
of
last
century.
DONALD
BAN
AND
THE
BOCAN
{239b}
It
is
fully
a
hundred
years
ago
since
there
died
in
Lochaber
a
man
named
Donald
Ban,
sometimes
called
"the
son
of
Angus,"
but
more
frequently
known
as
Donald
Ban
of
the
Bocan.
This
surname
was
derived
from
the
troubles
caused
to
him
by
a
bocan--a
goblin--many
of
whose
doings
are
preserved
in
tradition.
Donald
drew
his
origin
from
the
honourable
house
of
Keppoch,
and
was
the
last
of
the
hunters
of
Macvic-Ronald.
His
home
was
at
Mounessee,
and
later
at
Inverlaire
in
Glenspean,
and
his
wife
belonged
to
the
MacGregors
of
Rannoch.
He
went
out
with
the
Prince,
and
was
present
at
the
battle
of
Culloden.
He
fled
from
the
field,
and
took
refuge
in
a
mountain
shieling,
having
two
guns
with
him,
but
only
one
of
them
was
loaded.
A
company
of
soldiers
came
upon
him
there,
and
although
Donald
escaped
by
a
back
window,
taking
the
empty
gun
with
him
by
mistake,
he
was
wounded
in
the
leg
by
a
shot
from
his
pursuers.
The
soldiers
took
him
then,
and
conveyed
him
to
Inverness,
where
he
was
thrown
into
prison
to
await
his
trial.
While
he
was
in
prison
he
had
a
dream;
he
saw
himself
sitting
and
drinking
with
Alastair
MacCholla,
and
Donald
MacRonald
Vor.
The
latter
was
the
man
of
whom
it
was
said
that
he
had
two
hearts;
he
was
taken
prisoner
at
Falkirk
and
executed
at
Carlisle.
Donald
was
more
fortunate
than
his
friend,
and
was
finally
set
free.
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