A particular Narrative anent Armadale taken from Captain John Hay at Air

Leith, Saturday, OctrOctober 17th, 1747,
John Hay, Captain of the Custom-house
Yacht at Air, came to the House of
James Renny, Wine-Cooper in Leith,
about 8 o’ Clock at Night, when the
Conversation turned pretty much upon
Miss Flora MacDonald, whom CapnCaptain
Hay had seen several Times after
She was made Prisoner, as he had
been employed along with the Ships
&and Sloops of War, &cetc.. in []executing
the Errands &and Designs of the Go-
vernment about the West and
North Coast before the Battle of
Culloden, and, after that, in search-
ing for the Prince &and his Friends. Captain Hay, asking about Miss Mac-
Donald's Welfare, said, he could
not ^help being surprizedsurprised how it came
about, that her Stepfather, MacDo-
nald of Armadale, had never
been taken up; for that he had
done very much, &and far more than
ever it was in the Power of Miss
MacDonald to do. When it was
asked, What Armadale had done?
the Captain's Answer was in these
or the like Words; “General
“Campbell complained to me more
“than once, that ✝Macdonald of Ar-madale 459(459)
“madale was the Man, that had mis-
“led him, when searching for the
“young Pretender &and therefore (added
“he) I cannot fail being surprizedsurprised,
that Armadale was never taken
into Custody.”— Miss Peggie For-
bes, who had heard Something of
Armadale's History, told the Captain,
it was not for Want of Inclination
&and searching, on the part of the Go-
vernment, that Armadale had not
been taken up; for that he was un-
der a Necessity, after knowing him-
self to be suspected, to ✝skulk &and go
out of the Way for some Time.