the bridge until a wide interval was left between it and the last barrel. Over this interval the dragon had not sufficient strength left to leap to the deck of the vessel and, as she could not return the way she came, she died of her wounds where she was, at the end of the bridge. The people who lived in the neighbourhood of the mountain felt now at peace. But, if they did, little did they know of the new danger which threatened them. The cause of this new danger was a whelp which the old dragon left behind her in Corrie Liath. In course of time the whelp became a full-grown dragon which had a brood of young dragons hidden away in a corn stack at the foot of the mountain. When the farmer discovered them in his stack he at once set fire to it hoping thus to destroy the dangerous vermin it contained. Their shrieking was, with the wind, borne up the mountain-side and, as soon as it reached their mother, down she rushed to their assistance. But she was long in reaching them and in spite of all her efforts they were burned to death. When she saw this she stretched herself on a flat rock near the shore and continued to lash the rock with her tail until she killed herself. The rock is still known as the Dragon's Rock, and on it Beinn Bheithir House now stood (as reported in 1910). A writer in 1923 tells that "The first house which you pass after leaving the [Ballachulish] pier is built on what was known as the Dragon's Rock, ... This dragon ... lashed herself to death on the rock now known as the "Dragon's," at the foot of the mountain, thenceforth called Ben Vair— the "hill of the dragon"." References Munros Marilyns of Scotland Mountains and hills of the Central Highlands Mountains and hills of Highland (council area) One-thousanders of Scotland Scottish folklore