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died of cholera in the early years of last
century and was in consequence refused
burial in the cemetery. Her poor body was
however doubled up, into a tea chest and
deposited on the shore for the tide to
carry away. A crofter seeking driftwood
a short time after was delighted to find a
tea chest and lifting it onto his cart bore
it homeward but when he reached
Camore Wood his curiosity as to the
contents could not be restrained so
breaking open the lid the contracted
corpse of Betsy sprang up and the
crofter fled in terror. Betsy came
again to Camore Wood from whence
she had started and being buried there
haunts it at this day! Before we
had got safely, but not dryly, across the
Carnachy the rain began to fall and soon
was very heavy.
On the S. [South] face of Carn Liath [inserted] - no hill about 1/3 m. [mile] W. [West] of
Torboll and 1/3 m. [mile] N. [North] of the Carnachy is a
group of cairns rather larger than usual and
made of larger stones - one measures 30' x 16' is
irregular in outline and the stones forming it
are very small as well as very large. Though

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