This entry follows the first full version under Campbell's heading, rather than combining the later variants into a new story. The collector says he took it down in Gaelic from Donald Cameron of Ruaig, Tiree, in 1863. That is the collecting location. The narrative itself moves through Arasaig, Colonsay and Jura, a distinction worth preserving in a regional catalogue.
The opening concerns a woman whose appearance shifts with a hunter's actions. That episode establishes uncertain recognition before the black dog takes over the story. Beauty is a poor guarantee of safety here. Campbell's introductory note identifies the tale with traditions of Fairy women and Fairy hounds, rather than with an ordinary dangerous animal encounter.
The dog's refusal to work is allowed to become irritating. Macphie's guests repeatedly want it killed, while he keeps it alive because of the promise attached to it. The waiting matters: fear grows around an animal that appears to know when it will be needed, but offers its owner no usable timetable or explanation.
The hunters carry provisions and bedding to a place the text calls the Big Cave on Jura. The source supplies no identification that warrants selecting a particular present-day cave. Inside, supper and firelight make a temporary home. The cave's opening overhead becomes another way into that shelter, so the apparent refuge cannot be watched from just one direction.
The section continues after the main narrative with commentary and materially different versions. Some change the creature, the pursuit or the dog's role. Let those differences remain visible when following the source; they are part of the record, not errors for an editor to smooth away. This guide withholds the night's outcome and treats Campbell's historical associations as his suggestions, not proof that the supernatural events occurred.
