Our small, hungry &and fatigued Army
being put into Confusion, &and overpower-
ed by Numbers, was forced to retreat.
Then it was, that Edward Bourk fell
in with the Prince, having no right
Guide &and very few along with Him. The
Enemy kept such a close Fire, that the
Prince had his Horse ✝shot under him,
who, calling for another, was immediate-
ly served with one by a Groom or Foot-
man, who that Moment was killed by
a Canon-bullet. In the Hurry the Prin-
ce’s Bonnet happening to fall off, he was
served with a Hat by One of the Life-
guards. Edward Bourk, being well ac-
quainted with all them Bounds, un-
dertook to be the Prince's Guide, &and brought
Him ^off, with Lord Elcho, SrSir Thomas Sheri-
dan, Mr AlexrAlexander MacLeod, AidAide de Camp,
&and Peter MacDermit, one of the Prince’s
Footmen. Afterwards they met with O
Sullivan, when they were but in very
bad Circumstances. The Prince was
pleased to say to Ned, if You be a true
Friend, pray, endeavour to lead us
safe off, which Honour Ned was not
a little fond of, &and promised to do his best. Then 328 (328)
Then the Prince rode off from the Way
of the Enemy to the Water of Nairn,
where, after advising, he dismistdismissed all the
Men that were with him being about
sixty of Fitz-James's Horse, that had fol-
lowed him. After which Edward Burk
said, “Sir, if you please, follow me. I’ll
"do my Endeavour to make you safe.” The
Prince accordingly followed him, and,
with Lord Elcho, SrSir Thomas Sheridan, O
Sullivan, &and Mr AlexrAlexander MacLeod, AidAide de
Camp, marched to Tordarroch, where they
got no Access, &and from Tordarroch through
Aberardar where likewise they got no Ac-
cess, from Aberardar to Faroline, ^&and from Fa-
roline to Castalleg^ ^ ^Gortuleg, where they met with
Lord Lovat, &and drank three Glasses of
Wine with him.

About 2 o’Clock next Morning with great
Hardships we arrived at the Castle of
Glengary, called Invergary, where yethe Guide
(Ned Burk) Spying a Fishing-net set,
pulled it to him, &and found two Salmonds,
which the Guide made ready in the best
Manner he could; &and the Meat was reckon-
ed very savoury &and acceptable. After tak-
ing some Refreshment, the Prince wan-
ted to be quit of the CloathingClothing he had
on, &and Ned gave him his ^own Coat. At 3 o’
Clock, Afternoon, the Prince, O Sullivan,
another private Gentleman &and the Guide
set out &and came to the House of one
Cameron at Glenpean, &and stayed there
all Night. In this Road we had got our
selves all nastied, &and, when we were
come to our quarters the Guide happening to 329 (329)
to be untying the Prince's Spatterdashes
there fell out seven Guineas. They
being then alone together, the Prince
said to the Guide, “Thou art a trusty
Friend, &and shalt continue to be my
“Servant.”

From Glenpean we marched to Mewboll,
where we stayed one Night, &and were well
entertained. Next Morning we went
to Glenbiasdale, stayed there four Nights
or thereabouts, &and from that we took Boat
for the Island of South-Uist about six
Nights before the 1st of May, where we
arrived safely, but with great Difficulty.
There we stayed three Days or so, and ynthen
we boated for the Island Scalpa or Glass,
&and arrived at Donald Campbell’s House.

In Scalpa we stayed about three Days,
sending from thence our Barge to Storn-
way to hire a Vessel. By a Letter from
Donald MacLeod we came to Loch-Sea-
forth, &and coming there by a false Guide,
we travell’dtravelled seven Hours, if not more,
under Cloud of Night, having gone six
or eight Miles out of our Way. This Guide was 330 (330)
was sent to Stornway, to know if the Ves-
sel was hired. Either by him or some oy[r]other
Enemy it was divulged, that the Prince
was at Killdun's House (Mackenzie) in
Arynish; upon which a Drum beat at
Stornway, &and upwards of an hundred
Men conveenedconvened to apprehend us.
However, the MacKenzies proved very
favourable &and easy; for they could have
taken us, if they had pleased. We were
then only four in Number besides yethe Prince,
&and we had four hired Men for rowing the
Barge. — Upon the Alarm, Ned Burk ad-
vised, they should take to the Mountains
but the Prince said, “How long is it, Ned,
“since you turned cowardly? I shall be sure
“of the best of them ere taken, which, I
“hope, shall never be in Life.”— That Night
we stood opposite to the Men that were
gathered together, when two of our Boat-
men ran away &and left us. The Rogue ytthat
made the Discovery, was one MacAulay,
Skipper of the Vessel that was hired, who,
next Morning, went off to Duke William
with Information. In the Morning we had
killed a Quoy1 of little Value, &and about
12 o’ Clock at Night our little Barge
appeared to us, whereof we were very
glad. We put some Pieces of the Quoy
in the Barge, &and then went on Board.
We rowed stoutly, but, spying four Men
War at the Point of the Isle of Keaback,
we steered to a little desartdesert Island, where
were some Fishermen, who had little
Huts of Houses like Swines Huts, qrewhere,
it seems, they stayed &and made ready their Meat 331 (331)
Meat, while at the Fishing. They were
frighted at seeing our Barge, sailing
towards the Island, and, apprehending
we had been a Press-boat from the Men
of War, they fled, &and left all their
Fish. — When landed, Edward Burk
began to dress some of the Fish; but
said, he had no Butter. The Prince
said, “We will take the Fish, till
“the Butter come.” — Ned, minding
there was some Butter in the Barge,
laid up among Bread, went to the
Barge, &and brought it; but it did not
look so very clean, the Bread being
all broke in Pieces amongst the But-
ter; &and therefore Ned said, he thought
shame to present it. — The Prince
asked, If the Butter was clean, when
put amongst the Bread. Ned answer-
ed, It was. “Then (said the Prince)
“it will do very well. The Bread is
“no Poison; it can never file the But-
“ter.”— Ned having forgot here
to mention the Cake, which the Prince
contrived with the Cow’s Brains, I
asked him about it, &and he acknowledg-
ed the Truth of it. — I likewise as-
ked him, if he knew the Name of yethe
DesartDesert-Island; but he frankly owned,
that he did not know it, assuring me,
in the mean time, that Donald Mac-
Leod knew it well.

Upon the DesartDesert Island we stayed four
Nights, &and on the 5th set to sea, and arrived 332 (332)
arrived at the Island Glass, where we
were to enquire about the Hire of Donald
Campbell's Boat. Here four men ap-
peared coming towards them, upon which
Ned Burk went out of the Boat to view
them, and, giving a Whistle, cried back
to his Neighbours, being at some distance
to take good Care of the Boat. Ned,
not liking these Men at all, thought fit
to return with Speed to the Boat, and,
putting his Hand to the Gunnel, jumped
aboard, &and stayed not to converse with the
four Men.

From Glass, having no Wind, we rowed
off with Vigour. About Break of Day, the
Wind rising, we hoisted sail, and, all
of us being faint for Lake of Food, &and
having some Meal, we began to make
Drammach3 (in Erse StappackStapag) with Salt-
water, whereof the Prince took a Share,
calling it no bad Food, &and all ^the Rest fol-
lowed his Example. The Prince called
for a Bottle of Spirits, &and gave every
one of us a Dram. Then we passed by
Finsbay in the Isle of Harris, where
we spied a Man of War, commanded
by one CapnCaptain Ferguson, under full sail,
&and our little Sail was full too. He pur-
sued us for three Leagues; but we escap-
ed by plying our Oars heartily, they be-
ing better to us, than Arms could have
been at that Time. The Water failing
the Man of War, he was not in a Con-
dition to pursue farther. We steered upon 333 (333)
upon a Point, called Roudill4, when
the Prince expressed himself as former-
ly, that he should never be taken in
Life. After this, the said Captain
Ferguson; being anxious to know what
we were, endeavoured to make up with
us a second Time; but to no Purpose,
the Water being at Ebb, &and we conti-
nuing still to row in amongst yethe Creeks.
Seeing this, he turned to the Main
Sea, when we sailed to Lochmaddy
to the South of the Isle of Uist;
thence to Lochuiskibay, thence to an
Island in said Loch, where we came
to a poor Grass keeper's Bothy or Hut,
which had so laigh5 a Door, that we
digged below the Door, &and put Heather
below the Prince’s Knees, he being
tall, to let him go the easier into
the poor Hut. We stayed there about
three Nights, &and provided our selvesourselves very
well in Victuals by fowling &and fishing,
&and drestdressed them in the best Shapes we
could, &and thought them very savoury
Meat. — Thence we went to the
Mountain of of Coradale in South
Uist, &and stayed there about three
Weeks, where the Prince, one Day,
seeing a Deer, run straight towards
him, and, firing off hand, killed him.
Edward Burk brought home the Deer,
and, making ready some Collops,6 there
comes a poor Boy, who, without asking Questions, 334 (334)
Questions, put his Hand among the
Meat, which the Cook (Edward Burk) see-
ing, gave him a Whip with the Back of
his Hand. The Prince, observing this,
said, “O Man, you don't remember the
“Scripture, which commands to feed the
“Hungry &and cleed7 the Naked, &cetc. You ought
“rather to give him Meat than a Strip.”
The Prince then ordered some Rags of
CloathsClothes for the Boy, &and said, he would
pay for them; which was done according-
ly. — The Prince added more, saying,
“I cannot see a Christian perish for Want
“of Food &and Raiment, had I the Power
“to support them.” Then he prayed,
that God might support the poor &and needy, &cetc.

The foresaid Boy, after fed &and cloathedclothed,
hearing of the Enemy's approaching in
Search of the Prince ( like Judas) thought
fit to go privately to them, being fifteen
hundred of Campbells, MacLeods, and
MacDonalds, to inform them where the
Prince was, which some of the Enemy
hearing, ridiculed the Boy, &and said, he
deserved to be thrown into the Sea; for
what he advanced was entirely false &and
all Lies.

Now the Enemy coming from the Isle
of Barra, who were well known in
these places, &and we being utter Strangers,
with the Disadvantage too of some Men 335 (335)
Men of War lying before, we had no
Way to escape; but, committing our
selves to Providence, the Prince,
O Sullivan, O Neil (who had come
on an Errand from France) Donald
MacLeod, Edward Burk &and the Boat-
men went on Board the Barge, to
be sure melancholy enough. Having
none to trust in but the Providence of
God only, we escaped narrowly by
Ouia Island to Benbicula in Clan-
ronald's Country. We stayed there
for about two Nights; but the Enemy
came to that Country likewise in
Search of the Prince, where one
Hamar MacLeod landed near our
Quarters, which the Prince being in-
formed of, asked at Edward Burk,
“Is this a Friend or a Foe?”— To qchwhich
Ned answered, “He never was a Friend
“to your Family." – But by good Provi-
dence Hamar happened to go off
without making any Search, &and we did
not think proper to go the same Way
with him, not knowing what the Event
might have been.

Immediately after this, the Prince, with
O’Neil only, went to the Wilderness,
desiring, we might stay behind with
this Design, that if any Enquiry was
made about him, our Answer should
be, that we knew Nothing about him
at all, further than that, by that Time,
we believed, he had made his Escape.
We all resolved to suffer rather than that 336 (336)
that the Prince should be exposed. Mean
time Providence ordered it otherwise;
for without Trouble we escaped also,
&and afterwards met with the Prince, &and
that Night boated in our little Barge,
&and sailed by Ouia above the Island of
Benbicula, where, from the Point of a
Rock a young Seal (a Whelp) swimmed
directly to the Barge, as if it had been
frighted; &and Edward Burk, leaning over
the Side of the Boat, pulled the Seal
into the Boat; but it died soon after.

The same Night we rowed &and sailed wtwith
Vigour, when we spied two Men of War
with one Captain Scott, not knowing the
Names of any of the rest. We then steer-
ed with all Speed to a Shore at Aik
✝Aikersideallach in South Uist, where
coming to a Creek of a Rock above the
Water, and, finding some Ashes &and the
Place very private, we kindled up a
Fire, &and the Prince lay that Night in a
Clift8 of a^ ^the Rock, drawing his Bonnet
over his Eyes for preserving them. Ned
Burk, as he was turning himself, the
Place being exceedingly narrow, &and he
not adverting to that, fell backwards
over the Rock, about six Yards high,
&and narrowly escaped being bruised by
falling among Sand.

Afterwards we took Boat, &and rowed to
the south Part of South Uist for Loch-
boisdale, when we perceived fifteen
Sail, &and a Number of the Enemy being
upon the Land, we knew not what to 337 (337)
to do. All that Day we were obliged
to keep in a narrow Creek till Night,
that we got into Lochboisdale. After-
wards coming ashore very much fatig-
ued, we came to an old Tower in
the Mouth of the Island, where we
kindled Fire, put on our Pot in Or-
der to make ready some Provisions,
&and Ned Burk went out to pull some
Heath for the Prince’s Bed. Mean
time, Donald MacLeod of Gual-
tergill said, there were two French
Ships of War appearing; but, to
our great SurprizeSurprise, they proved to
be Englishmen. The Prince with three
others took ^to the Mountains, &and the Row-
ers went to the Barge lying in the
Creek, &and steered up the Loch.

The Men of War steered to the Main.
At Night we all met again at our
Barge, wherein we had still some
small Provisions. We stayed in the
open Fields two Nights, having only
the Sails of the Boat for Covers. On
the ^third Night we went farther into
the Loch, &and rested thereabouts for
other two Nights. When the Enemy
(viz, Red-coats &and Campbells) appear-
ed, then we passed to the North-
side of the Loch.

The Prince, finding himself ^so invi-
ronedenvironed by the Enemy, took two Shirts under 338 (338)
under his Arm, &and went off, allowing none
to follow him but O Neil. After parting
from the rest, the Prince, on the other
Side of the Mountain, met with one
Neil MacDonald, who conveyed him
that Night near to one Lauchlan
MacDonald’s, a falsified Friend, who
designed to have betrayed both the
Prince &and his Country; but Neil Mac-
Donald, finding out his Design, con-
veyed the Prince to Benbicula, a
Place there called Rushness, where
he met with one Florence MacDonald,
Stepdaughter to MacDonald of Arma-
dale, who pretended to cross the Sea
to visit her Mother in Sky, when the
Prince went along with her, having
disguised himself in WomensWomen's CloathsClothes,
&and changing his Name to Bettie Burk,
the SirnameSurname of his first Guide.