CHAPTER XI.--JOHN ROY MACKENZIE.

John Roy resembled his grandfather Hector--His youth--Visits his mother, wife of Mackay--Goes with a bodyguard to Iain Liath at Glas Leitire--Lord Kintail abandons his hunt on the Glas Leitire hills--John Roy and Iain Liath go to Gairloch--Iain Dubh Mac Ruaridh M'Leod abandons the Gairloch dun--Struggles with the M'Leods--John Roy's family--His bodyguard composed of his twelve sons--Dealings with the tithes of Gairloch--The Talladale ironworks--John Roy's residence--Visits Mackay--Mackay's piper becomes John Roy's piper--Lord Mackenzie summons John Roy to Torridon--He stays the night with his lordship--Proposed assassination deferred--John Roy's sons arrive and take him away--Allies of Glengarry Macdonalds make an incursion to Kenlochewe--Lord Mackenzie visits John Roy--John Roy granted a remission by the crown 38