Malcolm MacLeod's Journal; wherein likewise his own History and several very remarkable Particulars

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228 (228)
Leith, Friday's Evening 6 o’Clock, AugtAugust
7th, 1747 in the House of James Mac-
Donald, Joiner, who &and Stewart Carmi-
chael of Bonnyhaugh were present, Cap-
tain Malcolm MacLeod, second Cousin
to Malcolm MacLeod (Laird of Raaza)
gave the following Account or Journal.
Vol.Volume 8: pag.pages 1714-1730.

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By Appointment the said CapnCaptain Malcolm
MacLeod &and Murdoch MacLeod, Raaza's third
Son, met the Prince at Pourttree, a publick
House in the Isle of Sky, upon Monday's
Night, June 30th, 1746. After taking Leave
of Kingsburgh at the Side of a Wood, the
Prince ✝ had set out directly for this Place
where Miss Flora MacDonald (taking a
different Road) met him once more, &and
badbade FarewelFarewell to him. CapnCaptain Malcolm
MacLeod said, he would not positively
affirm whether it was Monday's Night or
Tuesday’s Morning when they met; “but
“(said he) it was dark.”— Raaza's third Son
had been in the Prince’s Service, &and had
received a ⓧMusket-shot, through his
Shoulder, at the Battle of Culloden.
Before these two Gentlemen had set out
from the Island of Raaza in Order to
meet the Prince at Pourttree, the young
Laird of Raaza, John MacLeod, came
to the Captain, &and told him what a great
Anxiety he had to see that young Man
the Prince. Malcolm MacLeod begged
him to consider well what he was doing
that, as he had not been out, he ought
to run no RisqueRisk for satisfying his Desire, which

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Attended by Neil MacKechan, &and a Boy to Shew ymthem
yethe Way. Neil MacKechan went wtwith Miss MacDonald to
Slate. See Vol:Volume 3. p:Page 537.

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Vol:Volume 5. p:page 879.

229 (229)
which at present could be of no real
Use or Service; &and therefore he suggested
to him to act in this Affair with the ut-
most Prudence &and Caution. Mean timeMeantime,
Malcolm could not help owning frank-
ly, that he himself heartily wished,
that his Friend might see the Prince,
provided he could do it with Safety;
but then he would ^leave it altogether to
himself to determine on which Side
he should think fit to chusechoose. — After
thinking a little, young Raaza positive-
ly declared, he was resolved to see the
Prince, if it should cost him the Estate
&and the Head, &and accordingly accompanied
his Brother &and yethe Captain to ✝ Pourttree
in a small Boat, that would contain on-
ly six or seven Men with Difficulty.
Upon meeting with the Prince, they spent
very little Time at Pourttree; but attend-
ed him soon to the same small Boat,
&and the Captain did not introduce young
Raaza to the Prince till they were in
the Boat.ⓧ Early in the Morning, July 1st,
they arrived at Glam in Raaza, where
they remained two Days^[] in a mean low
Hut, &and young Raaza was the Person, that
brought Provisions to them, viz, a Lamb &and
Kid in the Nook of his Plaid.

At that Time there happened to be in
Raaza a Fellow, who had come into yethe
Island upon Pretence of selling a Roll
of Tobacco; but after he had sold off his

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or Portree, i:e: the King’s Port. Vol:Volume 4. p:page 862.

230 (230) ^his Tobacco, he continued strolling up &and down yethe
Island in an idle Way, without any thing to
do, for no less than twelve or fourteen Days,
which made the People of the Island sus-
pect him to be a Spy. When the Prince &and
his Friends were in the Hut, Malcolm
MacLeod happend to see this Stroller com-
ing towards the Hut, which he took No-
tice of to the Prince, &and told him withal
what Kind of a Fellow he was suspected
to be. the Prince not liking the Thing
so well, Malcolm said, he should take
Care, that the Fellow should not go
back again; for that he would imme-
diately go out, &and shoot him through the
Head. — “O no! (said the Prince) God for-
“bid, that any poor Man should suffer for
“us, if we can but keep our selvesourselves any
“Way safe”; &and he would not allow the
Captain to stir, though their Apprehen-
sions behov'dbehoved to be the greater that the
Hut was not upon any Road; but the
Fellow happen'dhappened to pass by it without
looking into it.

The Prince began to be anxious to be out
of Raaza, alleging the Island to be too
narrow &and confin'dconfined in its Bounds for his
Purpose, &and proposed setting out for Troter-
nish in Sky; but his Companions told
him, that they thought him in Safety qrewhere
he was, &and did not like that he should
change his Place so soon. The Prince
pressed so much for going to the Place he
had mentioned, pretending he had a Tryst there 231 (231) there with a ✝ Gentleman which he would
not break for any Thinganything, that his Friends
yielded to his Importunity. July 2d2nd, about
7 o’Clock at Night, he went on Board yethe
above-mentioned small Boat, attend-
ed by the young Laird of Raaza, who
could not think of parting from him
soon, &and his Brother, Murdoch, Captain
MacLeod, &and ^the two Boatmen, John MacKen-
zie &and Donald MacFrier, who had been both
out in his Service, the one a Sergeant
&and the other a private Man. They had
not well left the Shore, till the Wind
blew a hard Gale, &and the Sea became so
very rough &and tempestuous, that All on
Board begged he would return; for the
Waves were beating over &and over them,
the Men tugging hard at the Oars, and
Captain MacLeod laving the Water
out of the little Boat. The Prince would
by no means hear of returning, and, to
divert the Men from thinking on the Dan-
ger, he sung them a merry Highland-
Song. About nine or ten o’Clock the same
Night they landed at a Place in Sky, cal-
led Nicolson's Rock near Scorobreck in Tro-
ternish. In rowing along they found the
Coast very bad &and dangerous; &and when they
came to the Rock, the Prince was the Third
Man, that jump'djumped out among the Water,
&and cried out, “Take Care of the Boat, and
HawlHaul her up to dry Ground”; which was
immediately done, he himself assisting
as much as any one of them. The Prince
had upon him a large big Coat, which was
become very heavy &and cumbersome by the Waves

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Captain Donald Roy MacDonald, Vol:Volume 4. p:page 757.

232 (232) Waves beating so much upon it; for
it was wet through &and through. Captain
MacLeod proposed taking the Big Coat
to carry it; for the Rock was steep &and of
a very uneasy Ascent; but the Prince
would not part with the Coat, wet as
it was, alleging, he was as able to
carry it as the Captain was. They went
forwards to a ✝ Cow-byre on the ⓧ Rock,
about two Miles from Scorobreck, a
Gentleman's House. In this Byre the
Prince took up his Quarters, the whole
Company still attending Him. Here
they took some little Refreshment of
Bread &and Cheese they had along with
them; the Cakes being mouldered down
into very small Crumbs.

Captain MacLeod intreatedentreated the Prince
to put on a dry Shirt, &and to take some
Sleep; but he continued sitting in his
wet CloathsClothes, &and did not then incline
to sleep. However, at last he began
to nap a little, &and would frequently
start in his Sleep, look briskly up, &and
stare boldly in the Face of every one
of them, as if he had been to fight ymthem.
“Upon his waking, he would sometimes
cry out, — “O poor England! O poor Eng-
“land!" — The Prince desired the Captain
to take some Rest; but he did not chusechoose
to sleep at that Time. However, when
the Prince began to importune Him,
the Captain thought, perhaps the Prince
wants a private Opportunity to say Something

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Vol:Volume 7. p:pages 1504, 1565.

233 (233) Something to Raaza’s Sons, and
therefore he steptstepped aside a little. The
✝two Brothers &and the Boatmen parted
from the Prince at the Byre, he pro-
mising to meet the youngest Brother
again at Camistinawagg, another Place
in the same Island.
Vol:Volume 7. pag:pages 1564,1565.

The Prince said, he expected Donald
MacDonald, alias, Donald Roy, to come
to him; but he not coming, the Prince
asked CapnCaptain MacLeod, if he was a stout
Walker? &and if he could walk bare-
footed? The Captain replied, he was
pretty good at walking, &and that he could
travelltravel bare-footed very well. The
Prince told him, by bare-footed he
meant, If he could walk in his Shoes
without Stockings; “for (said he) that
is the Way I used to walk at my Di-
versions in Italy.” — The Captain said,
he could not really tell, if he could
do that or not; for that he had never
tried it.

About six or seven o’ Clock at Night, the
Prince, taking the little Baggage in his
Hand, steptstepped out of the Byre, &and desired
the Captain to follow him. The Captain
came up to him, &and said, "Give me that,”
taking hold of the little Baggage; qchwhich
he gave him, &and then the Captain fol-
lowed him without speaking one Word,
till they were out of Sight of the
Cow-byre, when the Prince happening
to turn such a Way, as the Captain did not

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Wrong; for one of ymthem (young Rasay) had gone to find out Do-
nald Roy MacDonald. Vol:Volume 4. pag:pages 764, 867.
234 (234) not think so safe, he made up to him, &and
said, “Your Royal Highness will par-
“don me to ask, where you are going;
“for that I dread, you may dance to fall
“into the Hands of some Party, or anoyranother,
“if you do not take exceeding good Care,
“as there are many small Parties dis-
“persed up &and down the Country?” — The
Prince then said, “Why, MacLeod, I
“now throw my selfmyself entirely into your
“Hands, &and leave You to do with me qtwhat
“you please; only I want to go to St^rath,
“Mackinnon's Country. I hope, you will
“accompany me, &and you think, you can lead
“me safe enough into Strath.” — The
Captain declared, he would go with
him where he pleased, &and said, he could
undertake to bring him into MacKin-
non's Country safe enough, provided he
would go by Sea, which he might easily
do; for that he did not really think it
so safe for him to go by Land by rea-
son of the several Parties, that were
searching the Country. — The Prince said,
he would go by Land; for that there
was no doing any Thinganything in their Situati-
on without running RisquesRisks; &and pro-
posed directing their, Course immediate-
ly for the Place intended, alleging,
that he himself knew the Way very
well. — “I am sure (says the CapnCaptain)
“I must know it much better; &and I must
“tell you, that we have a long Journey
“to make, no less than 29 or 30 long Miles 235 (235) “Miles; for I dare not lead You the
“direct Road, but take You By-ways,
“&and go here &and there cross the Country,
“to keep as free as we can of yethe Par-
“ties scattered up &and down.” — Then the
Captain hinted, that he thought it not
so convenient to set out when Night
was coming on, lest they should fall
into Dangers &and Inconveniencies for
Want of knowing well where they
were; but the Prince insisted u-
pon setting out immediately; and
accordingly away they went along the
Ridges of high Hills &and through wild
Muirs &and Glens. All the Time, from
first to last of this Adventure, the
Captain was exceedingly afraid of
what might happen, lest bad Things
should be imputed to Him in Case
of any Harm befalling yethe Prince.

The Prince proposed to pass for
the Captain’s ✝ Servant, the better to
conceal Him, which was agreed to,
&and that he should be named Lewie
Caw; there being ^ of that Name a Young Surgeon-
lad (qowho had been in the Prince’s Ser-
vice) skulking at that Time in Sky,
where he had some Relations. The
Captain advised the Prince, since he
had proposed being his Servant, to walk
at some Distance behind him; and, if
at any Time he happened to meet wtwith
any Persons &and to converse with them, as

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Vol.Volume 8. pag.page 1715.
236 (236) as he was well known in the Island,
that the Prince should show no Con-
cern at all in his Face; but sit down
at a small Distance, when he should
happen to talk with any Folks. The
Prince assured him, that no Ap-
pearance of Concern should be
seen about him, &and that he should
be careful to observe the proper
Distance of a Servant, &and to do the
Duty of One by carrying the Bag-
gage, which very often he would
not part with to the Captain, when
he desired it of him, &and even pressed
to have it.

The Conversation happening to turn
upon Lord George Murray, the Prince said
that Lord George ✝ Murray (whether out
of Ignorance, or with a View to betray
him, he would not say) did not behave
well at all with Respect to Obeying of
Orders, &and that particularly, for two or
three Days before the Battle of Culloden
Lord George did scarce any one Thing
He desired him to do.

When the Captain was informing yethe Prince
about the many Cruelties &and Barbarities com-
mitted after Culloden-battle, the Prince
was amazed, &and said, “Surely, that Man, qowho
“calls himself the Duke, &and pretends to be so
“great a General, cannot be guilty of such
“Cruelties. I cannot believe them.”

The Captain happening to see the Prince un-
easy &and fidging, took him to the Back of
a Know1, &and, opening his Breast, saw him
troubled wtwith Lice for Want of clean Linen, &and

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Vol:Volume 1. p:page 150. Vol:Volume 4. p:pages 667, 668.

237 (237) &and by Reason of the coarse odd Way he
behoved to live în both as to Sustenance
&and Sleep. He said, he believed, he took
fourscore off him. — Vol:Volume 8. p:page 1675. This serves to shewshow,
that he was reduced to the very lowest
Ebb of Misery &and Distress, &and is a certain
Indication of that Greatness of Soul,
which could rise above all Misfortunes,
&and bear up with a ChearfulnessCheerfulness, not to be
equall'dequalled in History under all the Scenes
of Woe that could happen. — He used
to say, that the Fatigues &and Distresses he
underwent signified nothing at all, because
he was only a Single Person; but when
he reflected upon the many brave Fel-
lows, who suffered in his Cause, that, he
behoved to own, did strike him to yethe Heart,
&and did sink very deep with him.

The Prince, even when warm &and sweating,
used to drink a great deal of Water in
his wandering from Place to Place, &and yethe
CapnCaptain was always sure to desire him to
take a Dram above the Water to quali-
fiequalify it. The Captain intreatedentreated him not
to drink Water when he was sweating,
lest he should thereby injure his Health.
“No no (said the Prince); that will never
“hurt me in the least. If you happen to
“drink any cold Thing when you are warm,
“only remember (MacLeod) to piss after
“drinking &and it will do you no Harm at
“all. This Advice I had from a Friend
“abroad." — The CapnCaptain said, the Prince was
always here to observe this Direction.
When the CapnCaptain was asked, if the Prince
was really in good Health when he hap-
pened to be with him, he said, it was not possible 238 (238)
possible, he could be altogether in good
Health, considering the many Fatigues &and
Distresses he was obliged to undergo, &and
that (as he had heard) he had been seiz-
ed with a bloody Flux before he left
South-Uist; but then, he said, the Prince
would never own himself to be in any
bad State of Health at all, &and always
bore up with a surprizingsurprising Stock of Spi-
rits. It was never in the Power of any
Person to discover an Appearance of
bad Health about him. He walked
very quickly, &and had a good Appetite.
At last the Brandy-bottle began to come
near the Bottom, when the Prince press-
ed the Captain to take a Dram, lest he
should faint with the excessive Fatigue
but he refused to take it, &and desired the
Prince himself to drink it off. The kind
Contest ran so high, that the Prince told
him, the Devil a Drop of it he would drink
&and therefore he should make an End of it.
The Captain behoved to empty the Bottle,
which the Prince proposed to throw away
&and to break it. — “No, no (said the CapnCaptain); I
“will be so far from breaking it, that I will
“do my best to preserve it as a curious
“Piece. It may come to drink many a Cask
of Whiskie to me yet.” — He then hid the
Bottle in the Heart of a thick Bush of
Heath, and, as he knows the Ground well
he hopes to find it upon his Return to
Sky, if the Cattle have not trampled
it to Pieces. He said, he hoped, yethe Bottle
would make a Figure in Westminster
yet. —He has likewise the big Coat, qchwhich
the Prince wore wet &and heavy. He took it to 239 (239) to London with him, &and gave Orders to send
it after him when he set out for Scotland.

As they were marching along, &and talk-
ing of the Fatigues the Prince was ob-
liged to undergoeundergo, he said, — “Macleod,
“Do you not think, that God Almighty has
“made this Person of mine for doing some
“good yet. When I was in Italy, &and dining
“at the King's Table, very often yethe Sweat
“would have been coming through my Coat
“with the Heat of the Climate; &and now ytthat
“I am in a cold Country of a more pier-
“cing &and trying Climate, &and exposed to dif-
“ferent Kinds of Fatigues, I really find
“I agree equally with both. I have had
“this Philibeg2 on now for some Days, and I
“find, I do as well with it as any yethe best
“Breeches I ever put on. I hope in God
“(MacLeod) to walk the Streets of Lon-
“don with it yet.” — Then he remarked,
that the Waistcoat he had upon him was
so fine for a Servant, being a Scar-
let-tartan with a Gold-twist Button, &and
proposed to the Master to change wtwith
him, the better to carry on the Disguise;
which accordingly was done, the Mas-
ter’s Vest not being so fine as the Ser-
vant’s.When the Prince was making
the Exchange, he said, “I hope, MacLeod,
“to give you a much better Vest for ysthis
“yet.”

The Captain remarked, it was proper,
they should pass the Road, that leads to
the Laird of MacLeod's Country, in the
Night-time, for Fear of Parties spying
them; which accordingly they did by Break
of Day; &and the Prince, looking about him, &and seeing 240 (240) seeing nothing but Hills all around ymthem,
said, — “I am sure, the Devil cannot find
“us out now.”

As they were coming near Strath, Mac-
Kinnon's Country, the Captain suggested
to the Prince, that now he was coming
to a Country, where he would be known,
&and consequently liable to be discovered in
every Corner of it, as Mackinnon &and
his Men had been out in his Service,
&and therefore some Shift behoved to be
falnfallen upon to disguise him more and
more still. The Prince proposed black-
ing his Face with some one Thing or
another; but the CapnCaptain was against
that Proposal, as what would serve ra-
ther to discover him all at once, than
to conceal him. The Prince then pulling
off the Periwig, &and putting it into his Pock-
et, took out a dirty white Napkin, and
desired the CapnCaptain to tye that about his
Head, &and to bring it down upon his Eyes
&and Nose. He put the Bonnet on above
the Napkin, &and said, “I think, I will now
“pass well enough for your Servant ^&and
“that I am sick with the much Fatigue
“I have undergone. Look at me, MacLeod,
“&and tell me what you think. How will
“it do?” — MacLeod told him, this would
not do yet; for that those, who had ever
seen him before, would still discover
his Face for all the Disguise he was
in. — The Prince said, “This is an odd
“remarkable Face I have got, that No-
“thing can disguise it.” — I heard Mr MacLeod 241 (241) MacLeod declare more than once,
that the Prince could do any Thinganything, or
turn himself into any Shape, but that
of dissembling his Air. That he could
never disguise with all the Arts he
could use. — “There is not a Person (said
“he) that knows what the Air of a Noble
“or Great Man is, but, upon seeing the
“Prince in any Disguise he could put on,
“would see Something about him, that
“was not ordinary, Something of the
“Stately &and the Grand.”

They were no sooner come into Strath,
than they met two of MacKinnon's Men,
who had been out in the Expedition.
Immediately they stared upon the Prince,
and, with Hands lifted up, wept bitter-
ly to see him in such a Pickle. Mal-
colm begged them to take Care what
they were doing, &and to compose them-
selves; for that they might do harm
by shewing any Concern. He took them
back wtwith him so far, and cautioning
them not to take any Notice of this
Meeting, took an Oath of them, that
they should not discover at any Rate,
that they had seen the Prince in Dis-
guise, or, in that Corner of the Country,
&and then dismistdismissed them. The Men accor-
dingly proved true to their Trust.

When they were near the Place the
Captain
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designed to set up at, he told
the Prince, that he had a Sister that
dwelt there, who was married to John
MacKinnon, a Captain lately under the
Laird of MacKinnon, &and that he judged
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it 242 (242)
it advisable to go to his Sister's House, ad-
vising the Prince in the mean Timemeantime to sit
at a little Distance from the House,
till he should enquire at John Mac-
Kinnon or his Wife, if any Party was
near the Place, &and if he (Malcolm Mac-
Leod) could be safe there; &and likewise
telling the Prince, that he was still to
pass for his Servant, Lewie Caw. Mr
MacLeod accordingly went to the House,
where he found his Sister, but her Hus-
band was not at home. After the usu-
al Compliments, he told his Sister, ytthat
he had come there perhaps to pass
some little Time, provided that no
Party was near them, &and that he was
in Safety to stay. She assured him, ytthat
no Party, she knew of, was in ytthat Corner,
&and that he was very welcome, &and she hoped
he would be in Safety enough. He told
her, that he had no Bodynobody along wtwith him
but one Lewie Caw, (Son of Mr Caw, Sur-
geon in Crief) who had been out in yethe
late Affair, &and consequently in the same
Condemnation with himself, &and that he
was with him as his Servant. Upon ysthis,
Lewie Caw was called upon to come
into the House, the Place being called
Ellagol, or Ellighuil, near Kilvory, or
Kilmaree (i: e: a Chapel, or rather, a
Burying-Place dedicatededicated to the Virgin
Mary) in Strath. When Lewie entredentered yethe
House with the Baggage on his Back,
&and the Napkin about his Head, he took
off his Bonnet, made a low Bow, &and sat at 243 (243)
at a Distance from his Master. The
Captain's Sister said, there was Some-
thing about that Lad she liked unco3
well, &and she could not help admiring
his Looks. — When Meat &and Drink,
viz, Bread &and Cheese, Milk, &c.etc were set
down before the Master, he said to his
Servant, that he might come in by &and
take a Share; for that there were
no Strangers in the House. The sick
Lewie made it shy, &and refused to eat
with his Master, &and alledgedalleged, he knew
better Manners. But the Master or-
dering him to come &and take a Share,
he obeyed, still keeping off the Bon-
net.— In their Way to this Place,
the Prince, in the Night-time, happen-
ed to fall into a BogueBog almost to
the Top of the Thighs, &and MacLeod be-
hoved to pull him out by the Arm-
pits, &and thereby was boguedbogged himself.
The Captain desired the Servant-lass,
who could talk Nothing but Erse, to bring
some Water for his Feet, which she
did; and, being much fatigued, he de-
sired her to wash his Feet &and Legs.
When she was washing them, he said,
“You see that poor ^sick Man there. I hope,
“you’ll wash his Feet too. It will be
“great Charity; for he has as much ^need
“as I have.” — “No such Thing; (said she)
“although. I wash the Master’s Feet, I am
“not obliged to wash the Servant’s. What! he’s 244 (244)
“he’s but a Low-country-woman’s Son.
“I will not wash his Feet indeed.” —
However, wtwith much Intreaty, Malcolm
prevailed upon the Maid to stoop so
low as to wash poor Lewie’s Feet.
While She was washing them, she hap-
pened to use him right roughly, and
the Prince said to Malcolm, — “O Mac-
“Leod, if you would desire the Girl not
“to go so far up.”
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Malcolm importuned the Prince to go
to Bed &and take some Rest. The Prince
then asked, Who would keep Guard
for Fear of an Alarm? Malcolm
said, he would do it himself. The
Prince at last, was prevailed upon
to throw himself upon a Bed; but
would not strip. Malcolm desired his
Sister to go out, &and sit upon the Top of
a Know near the House, &and keep Watch
while he &and his Servant, Lewie, should
take some Sleep; which she accor-
dingly did.

The Captain hearing, that the Landlord
was coming towards home, went out to
meet him. After saluting him, he ask-
ed, if he saw these Ships of War
(pointing to them) that were hover-
ing about upon the Coast. Mr Mac-
Kinnon said, he saw them very well.
“What? said MacLeod, if our Prince
“be on Board one of them?” — “God
“forbid! replied MacKinnon. I would
“not wish that for any Thinganything.” — “What said 245 (245)
“said Malcolm, if we had him here,
“John. Do you think, he would be ~~safe?~~
“in Safety enough?” — “I wish with all
“my Heart, we had him here; (replied John)
“for he would be safe enough.” — “Well
“then (said MacLeod) he is here already.
“He is just now in your House. But when
you go in, you must be careful to take no
“Notice of him at all. He passes for one
“Lewie Caw, my Servant.” — John faith-
fully promised to observe the Direction,
he thought, he could perform it well e-
nough; but he was no sooner entredentered yethe
House, than he could not hold his Eyes
from staring upon Lewie, &and very soon he
was forced to turn his Face away from
the Prince, &and to weep. — In this House
the Prince diverted himself with a Young
Child, X ^ Niel MacKinnon carrying him in his Arms, &and sing-
ing to him, &and said, “I hope, this Child
“may be a Captain in my Service yet.”

The Prince &and Malcolm began to deli-
berate about going to the Continent
&and the proper Measures to be taken for
that Purpose. They both agreed not to
let the old Laird of MacKinnon know
any Thinganything of their being in that Country;
because though he be a mighty honest,
stout, good Man, yet through his old Age
&and the Infirmities attending it, they thought,
he was not so well cut out for the Diffi-
culties of the Prince’s present Situation;
&and therefore they judged it advisable to desire
John MacKinnon to hire a Boat under a
Pretence of Malcolm MacLeod’s only sailing
to the Continent, taking his Promise in the
mean time, that he should not communicate any
X
Son of said John.

246 (246) any Thinganything of the Matter at all to yethe old
Laird, if he should chance to see him.
Accordingly John went to hire the Boat;
&and meeting with the old ChiftainChieftain, he could
not keep the Matter from him. The Laird
told John, that he should get a right Boat
&and manage that Matter well enough, &and
that he would instantly come to yethe Place
where the Prince was. John returned to
the Prince, &and told him what he had done
&and that old MacKinnon was coming to wait
upon him. — Upon this Malcolm represen-
ted to the Prince, that, seeing they were u-
pon the Bounds of the old Laird, &and ytthat he had
taken the Matter in Hand, he behoved
to order &and direct every Thingeverything; for that
if he should take upon him to give
his Opinion, or contradict honest Mac-
Kinnon in any Thinganything he should propose,
a Difference might arise, that would
not be so convenient in the present Junc-
ture; &and therefore suggested it as a wise
Thing, that he should leave the Prince al-
together to the Management of old Mac-
Kinnon, who, he was persuaded, would
be very careful of him, &and exceedingly
true &and firm to the Trust. The Prince did
not savour this Proposal at all, for he
could not think of parting with his trusted
Friend; but the Captain insisted upon it
âs advisable upon other Accounts. He told
the Prince, that now he behoved to be
a missing among his own Friends and
Acquaintances, &and ten to one but Parties
would be employed in Search of him,
which, if they should still keep together,
might end in making a Discovery of ymthem
both; &and that therefore he would chusechoose ra-ther247(247)
ther to return to the Place from whence
he came, though he should happen to
have the Misfortune of being made a
Prisoner, which was very like to be the
Case; “&and no Matter for that at all (said
“he) if it can tend to promote your Safe-
“ty, which it cannot readily fail to do.”
— With much ReluctancyReluctance the Prince
at last agreed to the Proposal, and, u-
pon old MacKinnon's coming to them,
they went directly to the Boat, John
MacKinnon going with them, who like-
wise accompanied the Prince &and old Mac-
Kinnon to the Continent.

When the Prince was about stepping in-
to the Boat, âbout 8 or 9 at Night, he turned to Malcolm, &and said,
“Don’t you remember, that I promised
“to meet ✝ Vol:Volume 7. pag:pages 1564, 1565. Murdoch MacLeod at such a
“Place?” — “No Matter, said Malcolm; I
“shall make your Apology.” — “That's not
“enough, said the Prince. Have You Pa-
“per, Pen &and Ink upon You, MacLeod?
“I’ll write him a few Lines. I’m obliged
“so to do in good Manners.” — According-
ly he writ him in yethe following Words.

“Sir,
“I thank God, I am in good Health,
&and have got off as design'ddesigned. Remember
me to all Friends, &and thank them for
the TroubleX they have been at. I am,

“Sir,
“Your humble Servant,
“James Thomson.”

Ellighuil, July ^4th ~~5th~~,
1746.
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VolVolume 2. p:page 262. Vol.Volume 8. p.page 1714.

The Prince delivered the Letter into the
Captain's Hands, &and then asked him, if he
could light him a Pipe? for he wanted
to smoke in the Passage. The Captain desired

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248 (248) desired him to have the Cuttie4 ready in
his Cheek, &and that he should fall upon a
Method to light it. Malcolm took some
Tow out of his Pocket, and, snapping one
of the Guns, held the Tow to the Pan, &and
kindled it. Then putting it to yethe Mouth
of the Pipe, he blew, &and the Prince Smok’dSmoked
but the Cuttie5 being exceedingly short,
Malcolm scamed6 the Prince's Cheek wtwith
the Tow.

At parting the ^Prince presented the Captain wtwith
a silver Stock-buckle, which, among all
his Difficulties, he has got still preserv’dpreserved,
and, embracing Him in his Arms, salut-
ed him twice, &and badbade God bless him, put-
ting ten Guineas into his Hand. Mal-
colm positively refused to accept of the
Gold, because the Prince behoved to have
great Use for Money in his wandering
from Place to Place; &and he said, he
believed, he had not much about him
at that Time. The Prince pressed it
upon him, &and would have no Refusal,
wishing it had been much more for his
Sake, &and that he could have gone to
the Continent with him.

Captain MacLeod took care to have one
of the Cutties7 the Prince had used, &and
carried it to London with him, where
meeting with one Dr Burton of York, a
Prisoner, &and chancing to tell the Story of
the Cuttie, the Doctor begged, as a great
Favour, to have the Cuttie, which Mal-
colm gave him. The Doctor has made
a fine Shagreen-Case for it, &and pre-
serves it as a valuable Rarity. This
Dr Burton was made Prisoner upon a
Suspicion of his having crossed Eng-land249(249)
land, with an Intention to kiss the
Prince's Hands. Malcolm, in coming
down from London, made a Stop at
York for a Day or two, &and visited the Doc-
tor &and his Cuttie8.

~~Vol.Volume 8. pag.pages 1714, 1715.~~

┍
Captain✝ MacLeod, after taking Leave
of the Prince, made the best of his
Way back again to Raaza, and, in
his Way, visited Mrs MacDonald
of Kingsburgh, to whom he told the
whole Adventure, particularly the Sto-
ry of the Motto &and Carving upon the
Silver-mill she had given to the
Prince, &and how the Prince said, that
Wind would soon change, &and set the
Ships of War off from the Coast; qchwhich
Malcom said, accordingly happen’dhappened.

After Malcom had returned to Ra-
aza, Parties landed upon the Island
to rummage it. One Day a Party of
Red-coats happened to be pretty near
him, before he spied them. He and
a Servant he had along with him took
to their Heels, &and ran for it. The Party
did not fire, but called upon them
to stop. Endeavouring to get clear off
this Party, he had almost run him-
self into the Hands of Captain Ca-
roline Scott, upon the Head of fifty
or sixty Men. Scott ordered his Party
to fire at Malcolm &and his Servant, &and to
run after them. They catched yethe poor
X Servant, &and would have him to tell
if yon was the Pretender, that had
got off from them; &and because he would
not say it was the Pretender they tortu-red

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He is only 34 Years of Age.

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250(250)red him so, that they left him for dead
upon the Spot; but whether or not the
poor Man ^Donald Nicolsonrecovered, was what Mal-
colm had never yet discovered. Mal-
colm ran to the Clift9 of a Rock. upon the
Sea-Shore, where, he said, no Person
would ever run but in the greatest Ne-
cessity, so difficult it was of Access.
There he remained three Days &and three
Nights, having only some Crumbs of
Bread &and Cheese in his Pocket; but be-
ing like to starve of Hunger &and Thirst
he left his Clift, &and came once more
upon the Island. One Day happen-
ing to take a Nap in a House, an A-
larm came, that a Party of MacLeods
from Sky was near, &and before he could
get out at the Door the Party was hard
at hand. Once more he ran to the old
Clift, the Party firing at him, &and crying
after him to stop; but he continued
running with all Speed, &and they endea-
voured to outrun him, but could not.
In his Way to the Clift he happened to
meet with a Boy, whom he took along with
him, lest he should have fallen into the
Hands of the Party, &and perhaps have dis-
covered which Way he saw him running.
He remained in the Clift three Days more.
The Boy, growing weary of the cold and
hungry Quarters, frequently pressed to be
gone; but the Captain could not well
think of that for Fear of a Discovery. How-
ever, at last he allowed the Boy to go,
taking his Promise, that he would fetch
him some Provisions &and Intelligence, &and ytthat
he would not discover where he had left
him. The poor Boy soon fell into yethe Hands of 251 (251) of the same Party, who, by Threats, for-
ced him to tell what he knew. Malcolm,
rising up to look about him, a little, spied
six MacLeods creeping in about to the
Clift with their Muskets cock’dcocked. He had
no Way left him to escape; but, having
some Gold upon him, he offered them e-
very Farthing of it, provided they would
let him go &and shift for himself; which
they refused to do, even though they
were his own Blood-Relations, &and the
Party commanded by his Friend, John
MacLeod of Talisker. They carried him
Prisoner to a Command of FusileersFusiliers
at Pourtree in Sky. From thence he was
guarded by a Party to the Sloop command-
ed by that cruel, barbarous Man, John
Ferguson of Aberdeenshire.
~~Vol.Volume 8. p:page 1728.~~

When he was to go on Board, his Wife
&and some other Friends came flocking a-
bout him, weeping bitterly, &and lamenting
his Fate. He [] very pleasantly de-
sired them to dry up their Tears; for that
he hoped to return yet from London
in Coach. This merry Saying of his prov'dproved
not amiss; for he came from London in
Post-Chaise with Miss Flora MacDo-
nald, passing for one Mr Robertson &and
Miss for his Sister; they not chusingchoosing to
discover themselves upon the Road,
lest the Mob might insult them &and use
them ill. They arrived in Edinburgh
upon Sunday's Evening, AugtAugust 2d, 1747.

Though Ferguson could not fail to
know Captain MacLeod to be a Gentle-
man, both from his Manner &and the CloathsClothes
he had upon him, (for he was very gen-
erally dress’ddressed in Scarlet-CloathCloth and fine Tartan 252 (252)

Tartan); yet he was never pleased to vouch-
safe him one single Look, but in yethe Way of
Surliness &and Ill-nature. He was obliged
to retire every Evening, by eight o' Clock
with the other Prisoners, to the Place as-
signed them under Deck, where they had
their Choice of lying upon Cable-ropes,
~~Vol.Volume 8. pag:page 728.~~

Boards or Stones, without any covering
&and had only Half-mens Allowance giv-
en them of very coarse indifferent Fare.

Before the Captain got to London,
his CloathsClothes were so wore, that the Skin
began to appear through them, &and by that
Time he had not one Shirt to change
another. — Though he had been an Offi-
cer in the Prince’s Service under his
ChiftainChieftan, the Laird of Raaza, yet he
had the good Luck to get off by â Mis-
take; for he was thought, when brought
to London, to be Raaza himself, both
whose Feet turn inwards; &and when Mal-
colm’s Feet were examined by Order,
the Return given, was, “that they were
“both Straight &and Stout.” — However, his
Name being much talked of, &and growing
somewhat famous over all London, the
Government had a Mind once more to be
at him, &and sent the Evidences to visit
him, to see if they knew him; and, if
they did not know him, to endeavour
to fish something out of him by entangl-
ing him in his Talk. Particularly one,
Urquhart, came to him, making up to
him in a very kind &and fasmiliar Man-
ner, &and enquiring about his Welfare.
Captain MacLeod told him, that he
had the Advantage of him; for that he was at 253 (253)

at a Loss to know who it was, that favoured
him with such a kind Visit, not remem-
bring he had ever seen the Face before.
“O Mr MacLeod (said Urquhart) don’t
“you remember to have seen me at EdrEdinburgh
“at such a Time?” — ~~His~~It happened very
luckily for Malcolm, that he had never
been in EdrEdinburgh before that Time; &and there-
fore he assured Urquhart, that he behoved
to take him for some other Person. Raa-
za &and his Men had come only to Perth
sometime before Falkirk-battle.
Urquhart still insisted, that he was
sure, he had seen him before, parti-
cularly at Inverness at such â Time.
The Captain still kept ^him off with long
Weapons &and discreet Returns; so that
^neither Urquhart nor none of his Kidney
could gain any Ground upon him
at all. There being no Evidence
to be found against him, he had the
Benefit of the Indemnity. Accordingly
he was liberate out of the Messen-
gersMessenger’s Hands upon July 4th, 1747 to-
gether with Clanranald, Senior, and
his Lady, Boisdale, John MacKinnon,
My Lady Stewart, &cetc. Miss Flora
MacDonald was not liberateliberated till some
few Days after.
┙

Captain MacLeod gave likewise the
following ^remarkable Narrative. See Vol.Volume 8. p.page 1829.

After the Battle of Gladesmuir, a Gle-
elg-man came over to Sky to give the
Accounts of it. Upon this SrSir Alexander
MacDonald, The Laird of Raaza, Kings-
burgh &and Captain MacLeod had a Meeting, some 254 (254) some time in the End of SeptrSeptember, 1745 at
Sconsary, a publick House in the Isle of
Sky. When SrSir Alexander came to the
Place, he desired, that none might
be present but Friends. The Company
assured him, that the Glenelg-man
was a very honest &and Fellow; but Sir
AlexrAlexander would not hear of his witness-
ing what passed among them, &and there-
fore he was not admitted.

SrSir AlexrAlexander said, that this was certainly
a most remarkable &and surprizingsurprising Victory
the Prince had obtained; that he doubt-
ed not now of the Prince’s succeeding
in the Attempt; &and that therefore every
One should raise his Men to assist Him
in the Design. Then, directing his Dis-
course to Raaza, he said, — “Raaza,
“tisit is true, you cannot raise many Men; but
“the Men you have, are good. You can
“easily raise an hundred, &and I resolve to
“raise nine hundred, which will make
“out a thousand good, stout Fellows be-
“twixt us; for I am not for having Boys
“or Superannuate Men amongst them.
“These I would divide into two Battalions,
“500 in each; &and as You are a Man, that
“one can confide in, I resolve to make you
“Colonel of one of the Battalions.” — Raa-
za most chearfullycheerfully accepted of the Offer,
&and heartily thanked SrSir AlexrAlexander for the Com-
mand he designed to honour him with. —
Then the marching off the Men was laid
down by SrSir AlexrAlexander himself; that Raa-
za should go off with his Battalion first,
&and that SrSir AlexrAlexander should follow at the Distance 255 (255) Distance of a Day's March; &and the parti-
cular Places for quartering on the March
were condescended upon. They like-
wise agreed upon what Number of
Cattle they should drive along wtwith each
Battalion for Provisions, till they should
come to the Low-Country, where they
would get Plenty. — In a Word, all
Matters were most amicably &and frankly
resolved upon for joining the Prince’s
Standard without Loss of Time; &and the
Company were highly delighted with
the Interview. SrSir AlexrAlexander stayed all
that Night in the same House, mak-
ing very merry, &and taking a hearty Glass,
with the Gentlemen.

Next Day the Post brought Lettersto SrSir
AlexrAlexander from President Forbes &and yethe Laird
of MacLeod, then at Culloden, which
were delivered to him in Presence of
the Company. He steptstepped aside to a
Window, &and read the Letters by himself,
not allowing the Company to know
any thing of the Contents. Immedi-
ately he left his former Chearful-
nessCheerfulness &and frank Way, &and was quite upon
the Grave &and Thoughtful. He spoke
[n]ot one Word more of the Matter, and
left the Company soon, like one in
Confusion. To the Importunities of the
President &and MacLeod had SrSir AlexrAlexander,
in an Instant, yielded himself up en-
tirely, &and dropt the declared Resolution
of his own Mind.

Just as SrSir AlexrAlexander went away, Malcolm
MacLeod asked at Kingsburgh, what was 256 (256)

was become ôf Yesternight’s Resolution?
for that he was much surprizedsurprised at SrSir
Alexander's leaving them so abruptly
&and dryly. Kingsburgh said, he knew as
little what was become of ytthat Affair
as Mr MacLeod did; but he was a-
fraid, that there would be no more
of it. — When CapnCaptain MacLeod was
asked, whether or not he thought, that
Lady Margaret MacDonald had any
Influence upon SrSir Alexander, to
make him change his Resolution? his
Answer was, that, from all he knew
of that Matter, he could not discover
any Reason to believe, that Lady Mar-
garet had any Influence at all in
the Affair upon SrSir Alexander.

After giving this Narrative, Malcolm
likewise told, that, before the Prince’s
Arrival, SrSir AlexrAlexander MacDonald had
been with Boisdale, Brother of the
Laird of Clanranald, &and who lives in
South Uist; with whom he had a Con-
ference about the Prince’s designing
to come over, insinuating, that he in-
tended to land first in some Part of
the Long Isle, &and perhaps might send
for Boisdale; adding withal, that, if
he should happen to come without a
Backing, he could wish, he would re-
turn to France. To this Purpose SrSir A-
lexander left a Message with Boisdale
to the Prince, importuning him, if he
arrived without a Following, to return
&and wait for a more favourable Oppor-
tunity, &and till he should get Matters in better 257 (257) better Order for the Attempt. When Bois-
dale came to the Prince, upon his first
Landing, he delivered the Message to
him, &and did all he could to support yethe
Purport of it. The Prince asked Boisdale,
if he thought, that he would get a Hun-
dred Men to join him. — “No doubt, said
“Boisdale, you'll get more than a hun-
“dred; but what then? though you get
“500. What will that do?” — “Well
“then (said the Prince) if I can get only
“a Hundred good, stout, honest-hearted
“Fellows to join me, I'll make a Trial
“what I can do.” — Although Boisdale
[sp]oke to the Prince in a very discouraging
Way, and, after the Standard was set up,
kept back all Clanranald's Men, that lived
in South-Uist &and the other Isles, to the
Number of four or five hundred good
Men; (for he had more to say with them
than either Clanranald himself or his
Son); yet, to do Boisdale Justice, he was
of great Use to the Prince, when wander-
ing up &and down through South-Uist, Ben-
becula; &and other Parts of the Long Isle, and
exerted his utmost Endeavours (with the
Assistance of honest Armadale) to keep
[h]im out of the Hands of his Enemies.
As to the several Parts of the above Sen-
tence, particular Questions were asked
at Malcolm MacLeod, &and in his Answers
he gave a plain Account of Boisdale’s
Conduct both before &and after the Prince's
Distress, &and particularly mentioned what
Number of Men Clanranald might be
reckoned to have in the Isles. Both the
Captain &and James MacDonald, Joiner (in whose 258 (258) whose House this Journal was given) a-
greed in affirming, that Clanranald had
in the Isles four or five hundred good
Men, &and upon the Continent three hun-
dred. These upon the Continent were the
only Men, that followed young Clanra-
nald in the Prince's Service.

Captain MacLeod likewise gave the fol-
lowing Account of the great Danger the
Prince was in of being taken Prisoner
in the Retreat from Stirling to Inverness.

The Prince, one Night, quartering in
the Laird of MacIntosh's House, had not
many about him for a Guard, &and these too
dispersed up &and down for proper Quarters,
there being no Apprehension at all of
any Danger. Lord Loudon, ✝ then at Inver-
ness, got Intelligence, that the Prince
was that Night to sleep in MacIntosh’s
House with no great Guard about him.
When it was dark, Orders were given yethe
Men to be in Readiness upon a Minute’s
Warning; &and accordingly Lord Loudon march-
ed off with about Seventeen hundred
Men. When the Prince was about going to
Rest, or rather, when it became dark, Lady
MacIntosh ordered one Frazer a Blacksmith,
(who happened to be there by Chance, hav-
ing a Desire to see the Prince) &and four Ser-
vants to get loaded Muskets, &and to go away
privately beyond all the Guards &and Sentries,
without allowing them to know any Thinganything
about them or their Design, &and to walk on
the Fields all Night, &and to keep a good
Look-out. Thereby she said, they would
prove a Check upon the Guards, &and would
be ready to discover approaching Danger, if

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Vol:Volume 6. pag:pages 1256, 1207.

259 (259) if any should happen, before the Sentries
could know any Thinganything of the Matter.
All this proceeded merely from Lady Mac-
Intosh's great Care &and Anxiety about the
Prince. The Blacksmith &and his faithful
Four accordingly went pretty far beyond
all the Sentries, &and walked up &and down
ôn a Muir, at the Distance, CapnCaptain MacLeod
said, he believed, of two Miles from
MacIntosh's House. At last they spied,
betwixt them &and the Sky, a great Body
of Men moving towards them &and not at
a great Distance. The Blacksmith fired
his Musket, &and killed one of Loudon’s Men,
some say, ✝ the Piper; but CapnCaptain MacLeod
said, he could not positively affirm
any Thinganything about that Particular. The
four Servants followed the Blacksmith’s
Example, &and it is thought, they too did
some Execution. Upon this the Black-
smith huzzaed, &and cried aloud, “Advance,
“advance, my Lads, advance (naming
“some particular Regiments) I think,
“we have the Dogs now.” — This so struck
Lord Loudon’s Men with HorrourHorror, that in-
stantly they wheel’dwheeled about, after firing
some Shots, &and in great Confusion ran
back with Speed to Inverness. It is
thought, that Lord Loudon’s Men, who
fired, wounded some of their own
Companions. — An Express had been
sent off privately to Lady MacIntosh
by some Friend in Inverness, to warn
her of the Danger.He came to the
House much about the Time, that the
trusty Five discovered the Body of Men

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260 (260) Men, advancing towards them. Lady Mac-
Intosh ran directly to the Room, qrewhere the
Prince was fast asleep, &and gave him No-
tice of Lord Loudon’s Design. Instantly
he jumped out of Bed, &and would have
been going down Stairs directly; but La-
dy MacIntosh importuned him to stay
in the Room, till She should get him
further Notice, &and try what could be
done. — They were soon put out of any
Apprehension of Danger. — Some of
Lord Loudon's Men, through the Darkness
of the Night, mistaking their Way, fell
into the Hands of the Guard, &and told,
that, when they were ordered to march
from Inverness, they were not allow-
ed to know where they were going, &and
that Lord Loudon, upon the Firing, shoul[d]
have said, “There’s an End to this. We
“are certainly discovered.” — He was yethe
prettiest Fellow, that could make Inver-
ness first. — The Firing of the Five
alarmed the Guard, &and quickly put them
ôthers in Motion; But Loudon &and his Men were
far out of Reach, before they could come
to the Ground where the Firing happen’d
Clanranald's Men were that Night keep-
ing Guard upon the Prince; &and CapnCaptain Mac-
Leod, being in the Neighbourhood, was
amongst the Number of those, that were
alarm’dalarmed with the Firing, &and made Haste
to come up.

Among other Subjects, The Prince &and CapnCaptain
MacLeod, in their Wanderings, happen’dhappened
to talk of the Above remarkable Inci-
dent, when the Prince was pleased to
inform him, that the Laird of MacIntosh himself 261 (261) himself ^Lord Loudon’s Command was the kind Friend, that had
sent off the Express from Inverness
to give Notice of the Danger. The
Prince said, He had a very good Opi-
nion of that Gentleman.

After the Hurry of the Alarm was over,
the Prince ordered all the Men to be got
together, &and to march directly for Inver-
ness; &and when they were approaching
that Town, he drew them up in Order
of Battle, expecting, as was given out,
that Lord Loudon, was to march out
of the Town to fight. For a considera-
ble Way they marched in Order of
Battle, and, when they came near In-
verness, they saw ✝ Lord Loudon &and his
Men making all the Haste they could
out of it, &and betaking themselves to
Ships &and Boats to carry them off. The
Prince &and his Army entredentered the Town
without Opposition or Violence of
any Kind.

N: B: Upon Thursday, AugtAugust 13th, 1747
CapnCaptain Malcolm ^MacLeod &and James MacDonald,
Joiner, dined with My Lady Bruce
in the Citadel of Leith. After Dinner
they were so kind as to retire to my
Room, where they staidstayed till between
six and seven at Night. The Captain
was but poorly provided for in Money-
matters, &and therefore a Contribution was
set on Foot for him in &and about EdrEdinburgh.
I was so happy ^lucky as to make among my
Acquaintances six Guineas &and a Crown,
which I delivered into his own Hand.
I then told him the Freedom I had taken

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262 (262)
in writing down, from my Memory, the Con-
versation he had honoured me with, ^Friday last, in
Presence of Stewart Carmichael &and James
MacDonald; but that I still wanted to
have an additional Favour of him, qchwhich
was, that he would be so good as to
allow me to read my Prima Cura
in his Hearing, in Order to get his
Observations &and Amendments upon it.
He frankly granted my Request, &and said
he was glad to embrace the Opportunity
of so much Exactness, which had never
been used with him in any one of the
many Conversations he had formerly
given. He was pleased to declare his being
much satisfied with what I had written, &and said
he would now tell me Some Things he had
not mentioned before, which accordingly I
writ in his own Words, always reading o-
ver every Sentence to him for the great-
er Certainty of the Facts being exactly &and
circumstantially Narrated.I have been
careful to insert these Particulars in their
proper Places in the above Transcript.
There was one Thing I had some Diffi-
culty rightly to adjust with CapnCaptain Mac-
Leod, which was, the Day of the Month
when he parted with the Prince, after
seeing him in the Boat with old Mac-
Kinnon. When I asked him about this,
he said, It was upon July✝ 4th. I told
him, that would not answer at all
with the Days formerly mentioned by
him, &and that it behoved to be July 5th.
He was still positive, that it was yethe
4th; “for (said he) I remember nothing better

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263 (263)
better than that I set it down upon
“a Piece of Paper, lest I should forget
“it.” — The Difficulty was still like to
remain unresolved, he being equally
positive both as to the Days formerly
mentioned by him &and the particular Day,
upon which he parted with yethe Prince,
[t]ill it luckily came into my Mind
to ask him, how many Days he reckon-
ed in June? He answered, Thirty
one; which Mistake served to clear
up this Point. — CapnCaptain MacLeod said,
he expected his Brother-in-law, John
MacKinnon, soon down from London;
&and then suggested to JasJames MacDonald,
that, if John should happen to come
by the Way of EdrEdinburgh, he should be at
Pains to procure a Meeting betwixt yethe
sdsaid Mr MacKinnon &and me; &and that (con-
sidering the Exactness I observed) JasJames
MacDonald should lay himself out to get
me a Meeting with Donald MacLeod,
Miss Flora MacDonald, &and any others,
if they came in his Reach, that could
be useful in making a Discovery of Facts
[a]nd Men. To which Mr MacDonald
answered, He would do all that lay
in his Power.

I then took occasion to acquaint CapnCaptain
MacLeod about a Report, that had passed
currently in Kingsburgh's Name after he
had set out from EdrEdinburgh in his Return to
Sky. The Report was this, that Kingsburgh
should have declared to several Persons, that 264 (264)
that the Laird of MacLeod should have
writ him a Letter, desiring him to deliver
up the Prince, if he should happen to
come in his Way, &and representing to him
what a Service he would thereby do to his
Country; &and that the said Laird should
have come to Kingsburgh (as the Story
gave out) either at Fort-Augustus or
in the Castle of EdrEdinburgh, desiring to have
that Letter up from him again, which
Kingsburgh refused to comply with. — Se-
veral Persons (knowing that I had frequent-
ly &and familiarly conversed with Kingsburgh)
had come to me, enquiring about the above
Report, if I knew any Thinganything of yethe Matter.
My Answer always was, that, as Kings-
burgh had never so much as made the
most distant ^Hint to me about any Letter qtwhat-
somever from the Laird of MacLeod,
I could say Nothing either as to the Truth
or the FalshoodFalsehood of that Report.

After informing CapnCaptain MacLeod about y[s]this
Story as above, I told him what a Desire
I had to have this Particular cleared
up, that, if the Report was false &and ca-
lumnious, it might be contradicted, and
if true, it might be recorded in futu-
ram rei memoriam; &and then asked
him, if he would be so good as to take
from me a Memorandum to Kingsburgh
about this Matter? He said, He would
with all his Heart; &and that he would like-
wise lay himself out to expiscate Facts,
&and transmit exact Accounts of them to me
by any sure private Hand, that should come 265 (265)
come in his Way.

—Here follows an
exact Copy of the
Memorandum, &cetc.

To ask particularly at Kingsburgh, if e-
ver the Laird of MacLeod sent him a
Letter about delivering up the Prince;
&and whether or not he should have, at a-
ny Time, desired to have that Letter
up from him again. If such a Letter
be in Kingsburgh's Hands, it could be
wished, he would be to good as to give
a Copy of it.

Vol.Volume 8. pag.pages 1631, 1632. Vol.Volume 4. pag.pages
701, 793, 851. Vol.Volume 5. pag.pages 1056, 1057.

Thursday, AugtAugust 13th, 1747.

Upon Saturday, AugtAugust 22d, I met once
more with CapnCaptain MacLeod about 3 o'Clock,
Afternoon, in the House of JasJames Mac-
Donald, Joiner, when the CapnCaptain was mak-
ing ready to pass over to Kinghorn, which
accordingly he did that Night. I put him
in Mind of the above Memorandum, &and ask-
ed the Favour of him to take John Mac-
Kinnon's Account from his own Mouth, &and
transmit it to me, as I had heard, that
Mr MacKinnon had taken the Opportunity
of a Ship bound for Inverness from some
Part of the Coast of England, &and there-
fore I could not expect to have â Meet-
ing with Him. Then I begged him to try,
if Armadale would vouchsafe me a written
Account of his Part of the Management,
to exert his Endeavours to pick up for
me an exact Narrative of all the Cruel-
ties, Barbarities, &c.etc he could get any right
Intelligence about. The Captain was pleas-
ed to come[] under a Promise, that he would 266 (266)
would do his utmost to comply with my
Desires as to all these Particulars.

Robert Forbes, A: M:

Date	07 Aug 1747
Person	Malcolm MacLeod of Brae
Place	James MacDonald's house

Date	13 Aug 1747
Person	Malcolm MacLeod of Brae
Place	Lady Bruce 's house

Date	22 Aug 1747
Person	Malcolm MacLeod of Brae
Place	James MacDonald's house