He built a hut by the loch with an opening like a drain leading toward the water. With the wind in the right direction he killed and roasted a wether sheep in the hut, so the smell blew toward the loch. The water-horse came in by the opening, and the smith, with his irons ready in the fire, rushed at it and killed it. He earned the name Alastair na Beiste, Alexander of the monster.
On examination the monster proved to be only grey turves, or, as others said, a soft mass like jellyfish.
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