Douglas Island news., 1911-02-01
AROUND THE WORLD
pr. Simpsons Story of His Visits to the Countries of the
 Old World
COLOGNE tContinued)

Some years ago was in Scotland at Che head of Lough Fay. Here the Dochart, a small river or noun tain stream, empties into the lake. About a mile from here is beaHtiful glen and here the river divides so as to make smaliis island. For hundreds of years this has been the country of the MeNabs and this island was the burial place of the chiefs. About $50 years ago the McNabs were at war with an- other elan called the Nieshes or Me- Nieshes, and in one of the fights the McNabs almost cleaned up the Nieshes, the old chief, FindlaY McNiesh, and a few of his followers escaping. Their houses were burned, women and chh. dren killed and cattle carried of. Old Pinlay took refuge on an island in Llough Barn. During the following year the Nieshes lived Cn what they could plunder. When the anniversary of the battle drew near the McNab chief sent some of his men to Perth for few loaves of white bread and few hnn7 dred gallons of whisky to celebrate with. On their return they were at- tackled by the Nieshes, some of the men killed and everything taken fromthem. Phe McNab chief had twelve sons, the eldest being called Smooth John" be- cause he was so ugly. Phe McNab was not in very good humor when he heard of the loss of the whisky He threat ened the sons, but they said they could not reach She island, as the Nieshes had the only boat on the lake. At last one proposed that they should carry their own boat over the mountain to LoGgh Earn. It IS eight miles by the shortest possible way and is worse than crossing Douglas Island at it's widest part f, yet they carried it over, "a boat large enough to carry twelve men. They reached the island, found all the men except old Findlay in drMnken stupor-the re
 suit of the McNab whisky. Smooth John attacked the old man, and as he was. too old and too weak 50 defend himself against such man as John he went under quickly. John seized his long hair, dragged him to log and cut oG his head, which he carried home to his father. The rest of the Neishes were killed, most of them without waking up, with the exception of one grapdchild of Findlay, who slept through all the fray and was discovered next day by monk who had a cell near by. The McNab had had the Nieshe's head put on his coat of asps and at the hotel where stopped at Cahander the Nieshe's head WAS etched on every win
 dow in the house. The McNab became very chesty after this and thought he was big toad He did not know what to do 8or tomb, as the McNabs did not take to, tomb carving. Re made a trip to the island of Iona, where many abbots and old Scottish kings are buried. He looked the tomb oyer one pleasant evening, selected one and that night his men ''lift ed" it. They carried it over hundred miles through the toughest kind of country, and now the tomb.is doing duty as the tomb of the McNab.. There is stone recum bent figure, but no. inscription.
 In the chapel of St. Stephen in the Cathedral of Cologne is the tomb of Archbishop Gero, which is over thou sand years old, he having died, I be lieve, in SIG. On the tomb is the re- cumb bent figure of General Von Hoch-