After the Prince had settled every
Thingeverything for his subsequent Undertaking,
The Gentlemen, who were to accompa-
ny him in his Voyage, took different
RoutsRoutes to Nantz, the Place appointed
to meet at, thereby the better to con-
ceal their Design. During their Re-
sidence there, they lodged in diffe-
rent Parts of the Town, and, if they
accidentally met in the Street or
elsewhere, they took not the least
Notice of each other, nor seemed
to be any Way acquainted, if there 491 (491)
there was any Person near enough
to observe them. During this Time,
&and whilst every Thingeverything was preparing
to set Sail, the Prince went to a
Seat of the Duke of Bouillon, and
took some Days Diversion in hunting;
fishing &and shooting; Amusements he
always delighted in, being ^at first
obliged to it on Account of his
Health. By this Means he became
inured to Toil &and Labour, which
afterwards enabled him to under-
go the great Fatigues &and Hardships
he was afterwards exposed unto.

Here it will not be amiss to give
some short Account of the above-
mentioned Attendants.

The Duke of Athol was made Priso-
ner in Scotland, having surrendredsurrendered
himself (as was given out by our ly-
ing News-papersNewspapers) to Mr Buchanan of
Drumakill, a Justice of Peace; but
the real Matter of Fact is, that Drum-
akill, in his own House, basely be-
trayed the Duke, when he thought
himself safe under the Protection
of Drumakill's Roof, having got As-
surances to that Purpose. To confirm
the Truth of this, Drumakill is so
much despised for this Breach of all the 493 (493)
the Laws of Hospitality &and Honour, ytthat
the Gentlemen in the Neighbourhood,
&and in all Places of Scotland where
Drumakill is known, will not be
seen in his Company, nor will
they converse with him. From Drum-
akill's House the Duke of Athol was
carried to the Castle of Dumbarton
the latter End of April, 1746, whence
he was removed to EdrEdinburgh, where he
remained till the 13th of May, and
then was put on Board the Eltham
Man of War in Leith-Road, and
conveyed to the Tower of London,
June 21st, where he died on the
9th of July, &and was there buried July
the Eleventh, 1746.

SrSir John MacDonald, a French Offi-
cer, surrendredsurrendered himself Prisoner
of War at Inverness upon the
same Day of Culloden-Battle. He
was suffered to go out, upon his Pa-
role, amongst other French Officers,
at Penrith. He is a Man of no ex-
traordinary Head as a CouncellorCounsellor.

Mr Buchanan, SrSir Thomas Sheridan,
Mr O Sullivan &and Mr Kelly made
their Escape into France.

The first of these, Mr Buchanan,
upon the intended Invasion at Dun-
kirk in 1743, was sent into England,
and, upon his Return, in attempting
to get to Calais or Dunkirk, was taken
Prisoner. He made a plausible Story, and, 495 (495)
and, going by a feigned Name, pre-
tending great Loyalty, &c.etc. he artfully
imposed upon one CapnCaptain Aires, who
was then going into Flanders with
some Orders from the Government;
a Person, who has signalized him-
self very much upon a late Occa-
sion, though not in his Profession
as a Soldier, yet as an Evidence
at StSaint Margaret's Hill in Southwark,
&cetc, &cetc, &cetc. This very Man, perceiv-
ing Mr Buchanan understood French
&and knew several of the French Offi-
cers, proposed making Use of him
as a Spy in Flanders, which Mr
Buchanan readily embraced, as it
gave him a safe Conveyance out
of the British Dominions. Accordingly
he was conducted to Ostend by Cap-
tain Aires, who was greatly sur-
prizedsurprised, &and no less chagrin'dchagrined, to find
his Fellow-Traveller so well known
there, &and to be the very Man he had
particular Orders to find out, if pos-
sible, &and to secure him, at the Time,
when Mr Buchanan had the Ad-
dress to deceive him. After this
Discovery, Aires never offered to
make any farther Use of Mr Bu-chanan496(496)
chanan; neither could he detain
him there. Mr Buchanan was ma-
ny Years Assistant to Mr. Æneas
MacDonald at Paris.

The Second of these, SrSir Thomas
Sheridan, was Tutor to the young
Hero, whom he attended through most
of his Travels. His Master had a
real, and I may say Filial, Affection
for him, which indeed was mutual,
no Man having his Pupil's Interest
more at Heart than SrSir Thomas. He
got safe to France. From that he
went to Rome, where he waited
upon his Pupil’s Father, who repri-
manded him for persuading his Son
to undertake such an Expedition
without better Grounds. This Re-
proof so far affected SrSir Thomas,
that he fell ill, &and died of Grief.

On the 23d, being next Day, they
anchored at Bellisle, where they con-
tinued till the 4th of July, waiting
for the Elizabeth, their Convoy; a French
Ship of War of 64 Guns &and about
500 Men, commanded by Captain
D’oe or D’eau. During the Stay at this 498 (498)
this Island, the Prince took great De-
light in Fishing. The better to con-
ceal himself, he never would be
shaved from his leaving Nantz to
his Arrival in Scotland.

Next Morning, being the 5th of July,
both Ships set Sail with a fair Wind,
which continued so till the 7th, when
it blew a brisk Gale, but the next
Day was a dead Calm. On the 9th,
being in the Latitude of 47 Deg:Degrees
57 min:minutes North, &and West from the Me-
ridian of the Lizard 39 Leagues,
they decryeddecried a Sail to Windward
which proved to be a British Man
of War of 58 Guns, called the Lyon,
Captain Brett Commander, which
immediately bore down upon them.
About three o' Clock in the Afternoon,
they found what She was, &and prepar-
ed to engage her, having both of
them hoisted French Colours and
shortened Sail. By 4 o' Clock they
were within two Miles of each o-
ther, &and at 5 the Engagement began.

The Elizabeth being thus disappoint-
ed of attempting to board yethe Lion,
rendredrendered all the Assistance intend-
ed her by the Doutelle of no Ef-
fect, She being too small a Ves-
sel to contend with the Lion's great-
est Guns; &and therefore when her Com-
mander, CapnCaptain Durbe, found, he
could not assist the Elizabeth,
he drew off to a greater Distance,
to avoid being sunk, till a more
convenient Opportunity might of-
fer. This gave those on Board the
Doutelle both Time &and Leisure to
observe the Management &and Beha-
viour of both Ships.

They fought with equal Bravery
for several Hours; but the British
Sailors shewedshowed their superioursuperior Skill
&and Dexterity, which were highly prais-
ed by all on Board the Doutelle,
as well French as Scotch Men;
for though the Elizabeth had
more Men, yet they could not
work her so well, nor fire so
often, as the Lion did.

As it may seem odd, that a Sub-
ject could send out a Man of War,
as a Convoy, without the King’s
Knowledge where She was going,
it is incumbent upon me to ex-
plain the Nature of such an Un-
dertaking. I must therefore remark,
that, when any of the French King's
Men of War are in Harbour and
fit for Use, but not going upon any
immediate Business of the King’s
own, any of his Subjects may, upon
proper Application, have Her, and
send Her out on a CruizeCruise for the
Time granted, he (the Subject) paying 504 (504)
paying the MensMen's Wages during ytthat
Time. By this Means the King of
France annoys his Enemies, with-
out being at the Expence of the
Men, &and his Ships thereby are kept
pretty constantly employed, instead
of lying in Harbours, &and their Of-
ficers having no other Employ-
ment than entertaining the La-
dies on Shore.

But to return. After the Engage-
ment abovementioned, the Doutelle
proceeded on her Voyage soon af-
ter the Council of War was en-
ded; but, before she set Sail for
Scotland, all her Lights were put
out, except that for the Compass,
which still was so close confined,
that not the least Ray could e-
mit. This Caution was observed e-
very Night, through the whole Voy-
age, till their landing in Erisca.
On July 11th, She was chased, &and made
a clear Ship to engage; but, trust-
ing more to their Speed than to
their military Power, they made
all the Sail they could, &and escap-
ed all Pursuers. The 15th &and 16th
they had a rough Sea &and tempestu-
ous Weather. Then they had fine Wea-ther,505(505)
^ther till about Midnight on the 20th
which was very stormy. The 21st,
being very mild, they founded, &and
found Ground at 108 Fathom.
On the 22d they made a small
Island, called Bernera, being yethe
SouthermostSouthernmost of the Western Isles
of Scotland, near the Latitude of
57. On the 23d they arrived at
the Island of Erisca, belonging
to Clanranald3 the MacNeils which lies be-
twixt the Isles of Barra &and South
Uist or Ouist, having been eigh-
teen Days at Sea from July 5th.

They were scarce arrived, when they
spied two Sail, which they appre-
hended to be Ships of War, &and there-
fore got all their Money, Arms &and
Ammunition on Shore as fast as
they could. All went ashore ex-
cept the Marquis of Tullibardine,
who was laid up in the Gout, &and
could not stir. Their Fears, how-
ever were soon dissipated, by
finding the Ships proved only
Merchantmen.

The very first Night they landed,
happened to prove violently stormy &and wet; 506 (506)
wet; &and they were obliged to lodge
in one of the ^little4 Country Houses,
wherein there were already many
others, that were Weather-bound.

The Prince, not being accustomed
to such Fires in the Middle of the
Room, &and there being no other Chim-
ney than a Hole in the Roof, was almost 507 (507)
almost choakedchoked, &and was obliged to
go often to the Door for fresh Air.
This at last made the Landlord, ^Angus MacDonald,
call out, “What a plague is the
“Matter with that Fellow, that
“he can neither sit, nor stand still,
“&and neither keep within nor with-
“out Doors?”

From Eriska some of the Com-
pany sent to Roger MacNeil,
Esquire, of Barra, as Relations
being come thither, &and who would
be glad to see him; but he hap-
pened to be from Home. At
the same Time they sent out se-
veral other Messengers, upon the
same Errand, to several Gentle-
men in different Parts, particu-
larly to ✝ AlexrAlexander MacDonald of
Boisdale, EsqeEsquire, who went to ymthem
the next Day; but, when he found
upon what Errand they were come
to Scotland, he did all he could
to prevail upon them to return
back to France, without making
any Attempt to proceed. His Ad-
vice being in vain, he then went to several 508 (508)
several Persons, to caution them
from being drawn into, either any
Rising, or Promises so to do. By this
Means he prevented some hun-
dreds of People from joining ymthem;
for which he had a Letter of
Thanks from Lord Loudon and
others for the great Services he
had done the present Government.

Kinlochmordart was made a Colonel
&and AidAide de Camp to the Prince, &and was
to have been made a Baronet and
Peer of Scotland. He was an ex-ceeding509(509)
ceeding cool-headed Man, fit for
either the Cabinet or Field. He
was frequently employed in going
from one Friend of the Cause to
another. Upon one of these Expe-
ditions he was either going, or
had been, when both He &and his
Servant were taken by some
Country People, &and sent to the
Castle of Edinburgh, whence
he was removed to Carlisle, &and
was there put to Death upon
Saturday, OctrOctober 18th, the Festival
of StSaint Luke the Evangelist, 1746.
The Place, where he was made
Prisoner, is called Lesmahagoe, &and
he was comittedcommitted to Edinburgh-Ca-
stle on the 12th of NovrNovember, 1745.

Here it will not be amiss to give
a short Account of the vile &and dis-
honourable Method used for seiz-
ing the Duke of Perth, who was
actually in the Hands of two High-
land Officers, SrSir Patrick Murray
of Ochtertyre &and Mr Campbell of
Inveraa, at his own House of Drum-
mond-Castle; but he had yethe good
Fortune to make his Escape
from them. The Manner of both
was as follows.

A Warrant being out to take the
Duke of Perth, it was given to the
above Officers to put it in Exe-
cution. They not daring to attempt
it openly without a large Force,
the Sight of which would give a
sufficient Alarm for him to escape;
they therefore thought of the fol-
lowing scandalous Method. As they
were often hospitably entertain’dentertained
at his Table, they sent him Word, that 511 (509)(511)
that they were to dine with him
at such a Time. He sent them
Word back, he should be proud
to see them. The Time appoin-
ted being come (July 26th,
1745) they went, as usual, and,
according to the Duke’s generous
Temper, were entertained at
Dinner. One of his Footmen,
having spied some Men in Arms
coming towards the House, called
the Duke to the Door of yethe Room,
&and told him what he had seen,
begging his Grace, in the mean
timemeantime, to take Care of himself.
This the Servant did more than
once; but the Duke always
smiled, &and would not suspect
any Gentlemen to be guilty of
any such dirty Action. After
Dinner, the Officers, having drunk
a little While, &and the Time being
come when they had appointed
the Soldiers to surround yethe House
at a little Distance, were pleas-
ed to inform his Grace of their
Errand, pulling out their Orders
for the Purpose. The Duke com-manded512(51[]2)
manded his Temper very well, &and,
seeming not to be much displeas-
ed, told them, he would step into
the Closet, which was in the Room
where they were sitting, &and get him-
self ready. To this they agreed,
as they thought, he could not go
out of the Room. He went into
the Closet, and (gently locking the
Door) sliptslipped down a Pair of back
stairs, which came to the Closet,
&and got into the Wood, joining to
his Gardens, with much Difficulty.
In making his Way through the
Wood (which was surrounded)
he got all his Legs much scratch-
ed ^and wounded with the Briars &and Thorns, and
he behoved sometimes to crawl
on Hands &and Feet to keep him-
self from being seen by the
Sentinels at their different Posts.
The Officers waited some Time, &and
the Duke not returning, they went
to the Closet-door, which being
locked, they called some of the
Servants, who told them, their
Master was gone away on
Horseback in a great Hurry.
After the Duke got out of the Wood,
he lay squat for some time in a dry Ditch, 513 (513)
^Ditch, till the Party should be gone. The
Officers &and their Command, in their
Return to CriefCrieff, the Place where
they quartered, passed so near
the Ditch, that the Duke heard
all that they spoke. When the
Party were all out of Sight, the
Duke rose up to look about him,
and, spying a Countryman with
a little Horse, he desired to have
the Use of the Horse, which the
Countryman readily complied
with. The Horse had neither
Saddle nor Bridle, but only
a Branks (or [Halter) about it’sits
Head. However, in this Pickle
did the Duke ride to ^the House
of Mr Murray of Abercairny.
From that he went to the House
of Mr Drummond of Logie.
At Night, when all were in
Bed, Logie Drummond, enter-
taining ^Fears he could not really ac-
count for, got out of Bed, and,
going to the Duke’s Bed-chamber,
awaked him, &and begged him to
be gone speedily to some other
Place; for that he was afraid of his not 514 (514)
not being safe to stay all Night.
Logie would not leave him, till
he saw him out of the House, &and
the Duke was not well gone, qnwhen
a Party came (in Dead of Night)
&and searched the House very nar-
rowly for the Duke. — It is
worth remarking here, that, when
SrSir Patrick Murray of Ochter-
tyre was made a Prisoner on
Gladesmuir-Field, the Duke of
Perth came up to him, and, ask-
ing how he did, spoke these Words
to him very pleasantly, “SrSir Petie,
“I am to dine with You to-daytoday.”

About the 3d or 4th of August they
had cleared the Ship. The next Day
it was known, that the Prince was
arrived, &and young Clanranald sent
a Guard to attend him.

During this Time all the Messengers were 515 (515)
were very successful, &and several of
the Prince’s Friends began to be in
Motion, &and gathered their respective
Vassals, in order to be ready to
attend at the setting up of the
Standard.

While these were busy raising Men,
&c.etc. others were as much employed
in procuring a sufficient Quantity
of Oat-meal, which, being scarce,
cost seventeen shill:shilling sterl:sterling per Boll.5
In about the space of three Weeks,
having laid up a large Quantity of
Oat-meal, &and having a sufficient
Quantity of Brandy (two of the
most grateful Things that could
be given to a Highlander) the
Prince thought it high Time to
begin to try his Fortune.

About the 11th of AugtAugust, the Prince
sailed to Kinlochmoidart, about
25 miles farther, where he staidstayed
till the 17th. As he went from
hence, he was joined by about 150
Men. On the 18th, he crossed Loch-
shiel, &and lay at Glensiarich, and
from thence, on the 19th, they pro-
ceeded to ✝ Glen-finnan at yethe Head
of the Loch, ^in Clanranald’s Country &and there set up his Standard, 516 (516)
Standard, on which there was no
Motto at all, &and was immediately
joined by Lochiel, Keppoch, &and others
with 1400 Men in all. Young Clan-
ranald had joined him before.

Here it must be remarked, that
Mr Anthony Welch, the Owner of
the Doutelle, an eminent MerchtMerchant
of Nantz, after having landed his Passengers 517 (517)
Passengers &and Cargo, as above-men-
tioned, towards which Expence the
Prince gave him 2000 £ sterl:sterling &and
knighted him, making him a Pre-
sent of a Gold-hilted Sword,
which cost eighty Louis D’ores, &and
was bought for the Prince against
the intended Dunkirk-Expedi-
tion in 1743. This Merchant, I
say, after landing his Passengers,
went a privateering, having a
Letter of MartMarque, &and was of signal
Service to the Highland Army,
by taking six or seven Prizes,
the Chief of which were loaded
with Meal. The biggest of these
he ransomed for 60 £ sterl:sterling &and
also the others in Proportion, on
Condition the Owners would carry
their lading, &and sell it, to the Prince,
&c.etc. but if they did not bring Cer-
tificates of that, then the Ransom
was to be three Times as much.
This Mr Welch chiefly trades
to Martinico. He has 24 Merch-
antmen &and Privateers, one of qchwhich
took 6 Man of War in
7 and sold it to the King of 518 (518)
of France for 15000 Livres.

Upon the 20th of AugtAugust the Prince
proceeded on his March towards
Castle-Blair in Athol. On the
23d he was joined by about 500,
on the 26th by 50, on the 28th by
100, on the 29th by 150 at Garvie-
more.

When they were at Corierag, hop-
ing to fight Cope, they had been
also joined by Ardsheil command-
ing the Stewarts of Appin, Glen-
co, Glengary &and some others. The
Author of Ascanius makes the
Prince avoid fighting Cope; but
it was quite otherwise.

AugtAugust 30th they arrived at Dal-
nacardoch, in the Mountain of
Dirmochter, &and on the 31st at Blair-
Castle, which Duke James quitted
a few Days before, upon receiv-
ing a Letter from ^his Brother, Duke William,
alias, Marquis of Tullibardine.
On the last of AugtAugust, old MacGre-
gor, alias, Graham, of Glengyle,
had seized, by SurprizeSurprise, forty Men
of General Campbell's Regiment,
who were mending the Duke of
Argyle's Roads.

In this Route Lochgary, Dr Came
-ron &and O Sullivan were sent to
Ruthven in Badenoch, to take
the Barracks. Neither Side had
any CanonCannon. The Highland Party
endeavoured to set Fire to the
Door; but the Soldiers fired
through Holes in the Door, kill-
ed one Man, &and mortally wound-
ed two more; &and then the Party
retired. All this Time O Sullivan
hid himself in a Barn. This
Garrison consisted only of 12 Men,
commanded by SerjeantSergeant Molloy.
About this Time a new raised
Company belonging to Lord Lou-
don deserted, &and joined the Prin-
ce’s Army.

I. The Laird of Mackinnon, after
ferrying the Prince over from the
Isle of Sky to the Continent, took
Leave of him, &and then set out upon
his Return Home. The Prince left
Knoidart, &and went to Glenbiasdale,
being about ten Miles, where he
stayed two or three Nights, till he
heard of the Arrival of Captain Scott 521 (521[])
Scott with 500 Men &and General ^Campbell wtwith
400 more, who, having received
Notice whereabouts the Prince was,
were endeavouring to surround
him; they &and their Men being then
within three Miles of him on all
Sides. But notwithstand^ing all the
Efforts of his Enemies, who had
all the Reason imaginable to
expect to get their Prey, yet he,
by God's Providence, sliptslipped them
all once more in the Night, and
travelled 25 Scotch Miles, in a
few Hours, over rough Mountains
into Lochabar. The better to de-
ceive his Pursuers, he got two or
three different Men to personate
him, &and to take different Routes;
by which Stratagem, in all Proba-
bility, he extricated himself out
of the then Danger; &and once more
preserved his Life &and Liberty.