385. =my former guide.= This is Red Murdoch, of whom Roderick Dhu
speaks, see 144 ff.
531. The =Allan= and the =Devan= are two streams which descend from the
hills of Perthshire into the lowland plain.
555. =from Maudlin's charge.= Maudlin, as a proper name, is a corruption
of Magdalen. The curious development of meaning which has taken place in
the word should be looked out in the dictionary.
559. =peasant pitched a bar.= "Pitching the bar" was a feat of strength
like the modern "putting the shot." It was usually indulged in by the
peasantry at fairs and on the village greens.
564. =that savage groom.= The mad woman refers to Red Murdoch, the
guide.