He had the sense however to perceive how erroneous was the notion which his countrymen had formed.
He knew that to give and to take blows was not the business of a general.

He knew with how much difficulty Dundee had been able to keep together, during a few days, an army composed of several clans; and he knew that what Dundee had effected with difficulty Cannon would not be able to effect at all.

The life on which so much depended must not be sacrificed to a barbarous prejudice.

Lochiel therefore adjured Dundee not to run into any unnecessary danger.

"Your Lordship's business," he said, "is to overlook every thing, and to issue your commands.