of and selling of cattle this business appears to have been carried on by to a extent so that in early life he was not dashing upon his to his e� however new objects were presented to him and having laid claim to the authority with which he was now invested over some faithful he readily commanded their unlimited services in the his in his foes or in the tax of black mail which he began to over the neighbouring countries had long been lo prevail in the and though and generally ive the of many ages had the practice so that it was considered r unjust nor and from its effects in securing the for and protection of those to whom it was paid it was usually to as an measure and consisted of meal or cattle according to agreement the practice loo of ing off tlie cattle of was still common in followers of rob were no less guilty of these habits when necessity or the disposition of other tribes occasioned dispute but these excursions were usually undertaken the whom they regarded as a people of nation different in as in language what was not the least motive of attack they were � more less inclined to war whether the exploits of some of which bad become notorious and the fame he acquired as a cunning and genius had rendered him more to be as a friend than to be considered and held as an enemy with the family of the former of his or whether the chief of that house the second duke of the name from a conviction of the and injustice which his ancestors had exercised over the had experienced any reasonable i n not certainly known but it is that this nobleman not only relaxed from all against that people but became attached in the most friendly manner to the harsh of the during the reign of vi which declared the and of their still hung over the having been renewed by succeeding and though had all along despised authority he was at last prevailed upon with reluctance to adopt other so that he might appear in one in � to in the law he v ft c terms upon which he stood with the ol n xi now his a owed patron as bv e i i of aod that of though in country hi he waa hy no other lie was in it writ dated in robert c ll of hi inheritance i property extended for some miles eastern border of but from i it fell into the of the duke of in his cattle rob h td a partner in whom he placed unbounded confidence but this person having on one occasion been with a considerable sum of money made a sudden which so shattered rob s t that he was under the necessity of selling hi t lands to tlie duke of hut that they should again to providing lie could return to the duke sum he had promised to pay for had a great part but not the whole of the price agreed upon m some years having elapsed r found his � ed ana to get back his offered to restore the duke sum he had advanced hut upon some pretence he not receive it and from s character an ad of the lands was easily obtained which deprived him of any future claim considering this transaction as unjust on tlie of and his of rob watched opportunity to make the only remaining means in hia power and a future occasion gave him the success he desired when collecting his rents was attended as a compliment by several gentlemen of the who dined with among those who were present at this time was i but before he came he placed twenty of his men in a wood bv to wait a fixed signal and went himself to the house with his i cr ing before him this was at the inn of chapel in the had no suspicion of rob s purpose a he laid down his to indicate peace and partook of the during which his some wild the boisterous accompaniment which used to give a zest to every in meantime observed the s motions and saw that he deposited the money in a which lay in tbe room dinner was no sooner over than he ordered his to strike up a new and in a few minutes rob s men surrounded the house � six of them entered with drawn sword � when rob laying hold of his own desired the to deliver him the money which he had collected and which he said was his due was useless the money was given up and granted a � receipt for it but as he conceived that the was to the of the that deprived him of his he to punish him accordingly he had him conveyed and placed id an island near the west end of conspicuous at the supposed residence die fair tht v q the l ie � k tain � � � � th� � t fu � ui with nor nor t might fo a a in a r id this island was for some and when ei at i by rob no more to collect the of which he meant in future lo do thai as lands originally belonged to the who lost by such was an unnatural and of the right of succeeding and from thin conviction he the constant enemy of the the and the who then claimed and inherit those extensive among other which from time to time were to the of the wits that of a garrison in their at upon the spot whence rob his title the bounds to which the of government had been carried not only by it immediate in the military but also by the other surrounded drove them to such that they 