Copy of a long & particular Journal taken faithfully from the hand-writings of young Clanranald, Major MacDonald of Glenaladale & Captain Alexander MacDonald, Dalely's Brother

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576
Upon Monday,Âfternoon,DecrDecember 28th, 1747,
Captain Alexander MacDonald,
Brother-German of Ӕneas or An-
gus MacDonald of Dalely in Moi-
dart of the Family of Clanranald,
&and full Cousin-German to Miss
Flora MacDonald, visited me
in my own Room, &and favoured me
with a Journal of several Sheets
in his own Hand-writing, &and in the
Hand-writing of young Clanra-
nald; &and in the Hand-writing of
MacDonald of Glenaladale, the
Journal having been drawn up
in the Presence, &and by the mutual
Assistance, of all the Three. By
Appointment, the said CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander
MacDonald returned to me next
Day, about nine o’ Clock in the Morn-ing,577(577)ing, &and stayed with me till near
six o’ Clock at Night; in which
Time I went through the whole
Journal with him, at great Lei-
sure, not only the better to pre-
vent my making any Mistakes
in transcribing of it, but like-
wise to have his Observations
upon some ~~Places,~~ ^^Parts to render
them more plain &and intelligible
to those who are Strangers either
to the Subject-matter or to the
Highlands of Scotland, &and to
have his Additions to other
Parts; for he had told me, ytthat
there were some few Omissions
of lesser Matters. — The whole
Journal (from Beginning to
End) is written in a very legible
&and distinct Letter, ^&and the Words are well spelled. — At the same
Time the said CapnCaptain MacDo-
nald gave me his Animadver-
sions upon some Parts of other
Journals, which I read to him,
as will appear hereafter.

Now begins the Journal in 578 (578) in Captain Alexander
MacDonald’s Hand-writ-
ing.

After the Battle of Culloden
(which was fought upon the 16th A-
pril, 1746) his Royal Highness (at-
tended only by one Colonel O Sul-
livan, CapnCaptain Allan ✝ MacDonald (a
Clergyman of the Church of Rome)
Mr AlexrAlexander MacLeod (one of the Prin-
ce’s own AidAide de Camps) &and one Ned
Burk) came that Night late to Fra-
zer of Gortleg’s House, in Stratherick,
where X My Lord Lovat himself stayed
at that Time. He took some Re-
freshment there &and a Couple of Hours
Rest; but went off before Day-light,
&and took his Route by Fort-Augustus,
&and through Glengary. And though his
Royal Highness was vastly needful
of some Recreation there, after such
Fatigue, the Disconveniencies of both
Time &and Place did not allow any
better Accommodations, than a Piece
of a boiled Trout he received there
from some Well-wisher, for his Sup-per

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Vol:Volume 2. p:page 281.

X
Vol:Volume 2. p:page 328. Some Diffe-
rence in ysthis page ^&c.etc fmfrom yethe Account of Ned Burk, an
Eye-witness of the Route.

Robert Forbes, A: M:
579(579)per, at MacDonald’s of Droynachan.
Upon Friday’s ^Morning, being the 18th, he
set off, &and held through Lochharkaig,
where he stayed that Night with
Donald Cameron of Glenpean, mar-
ried to MacDonald of Auchtricha-
tan’s Daughter.

Upon Saturday’s Morning, being the
19th, he came to Oban in Kinloch-
mors, a Corner of Clanranald’s E-
state, and, for their further Secu-
rity, contented themselves that
Night, for their Lodgment, with a
small Sheal-house near a Wood.

Early upon the 20th His Royal
Highness got up, &and went straight
to Arisaig, to a Town, called Glen-
biastill, where the Prince got a
SuteSuit of new Highland-cloathsclothes
from Angus MacDonald of Bora-
dale’s Spouse, the better to disguise
him, &and to make him pass for one
of the Country. — At Glenbiastill
the few Gentlemen (that happened to
come home from that unlucky Bat-
tle of Culloden) of Clanranald’s men
assembled about the Prince, in or-
der to consult &and lay their Schemes,
for his present &and future Safety, being convinced 580 (580)
convinced, that the Enemy would
probably soon be about them, if not re-
sisted. — His Royal Highness stayed
at Glenbiastill for ✝ four Nights; and,
upon the 24th then instant, His Roy-
al Highness concurred in their Opi-
nions, that he should leave the Main
Land, &and go to the Isles.

Upon the said 24th Day, as young Clan-
ranald was absent at the Begin-
ning of their Consultation, he finds
great Fault with His Royal High-
ness’s Resolution of leaving the Con-
tinent so abruptly, but that he should
tarry for some Time to see what might
cast up; &and that he would immediate-
ly cause four small Bothies1 to be
built, at competent Distances, in
different Woods, where he might,
with all imaginable Security, skulk
for some Time; &and that he himself
[young Clanranald] &and some other cho-
sen Men would take a Trip to the
Isles, to look out for a Ship for his
Transportation, if seen requisite.
But then His Royal Highness was so
far over swayed by Colonel O Sullivan,
&c.etc. that he would by no means stay.
Upon this young Clanranald immediately
prepares a Boat &and Skippage,X (Donald Mac-Leod

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X
Vol:Volume 2. p:page 281, &cetc.
581(581)Leod of Gualtergill in Sky being ap-
pointed Pilot &and Steersman) &and got all
Things in the best Order the Place &and
Time could admit of; &and consequent-
ly about the ✝24th then Current, be-
ing Thursday, they set Sail for Uist.
The wind blew pretty reev (i: e: smart
or strong) from South East, that, in
weathering the Point of Arisaig, the
XBowsprit broke in Pieces. It was a
most terrible dark Night, attended wtwith
a violent Tempest &and some Flashes of
Lightning; and, wanting a Compass,
they could not be sure how they steered
their Course. But at Day-break they
providentially found themselves with-
in few Leagues of their wished
for Harbour, &and landed at ⓧ Rossinish
in ⓧ Benbecula, where the eight-oar’doared
Boat did not stave to Pieces, for (to
put

✝
Donald MacLeod, in his own Account,
fixes precisely upon April 26th, with which
Ned Burk’s Account agrees pretty exactly. See
Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 273, 281, 316, 329. — CapnCaptain Oneille,
in his Account, attested by his own Subscripti-
on, makes the Prince arrive in Knoidart
only upon the 28th, Vol:Volume 4. p:page 675. but, in yethe
Copy I formerly took of Oneille’s Journal,
the Prince came to Knoidart the 26th,
Vol:Volume 1. p:page 183. —

X
Donald MacLeod menti-
ons nothing of this at all, Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 283,
284. —

ⓧ ⓧ
The forementioned CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander
MacDonald (well-skilled in the Earse) assured
me, these Words should be spelled as above.

582 (582) put this Matter ~~Matter~~ beyond all
Doubt) the ✝ eight-oar’doared Boat was lately
brought back again from the Island
Skalpay, or, Glass, to the Owner upon
the Continent, X Angus MacDonald
of Boradale. About 8 o’ Clock in yethe
Morning, they arrived, upon the 25th
of April. They refreshed themselves
there for three Days, &and were visit-
ed by the old Laird of Clanranald.
Upon Monday, April 28th, early they
set Sail for the Lews, ilk2 one of them
getting borrowed Names, His Royal
Highness being called φ young Mr Sin-
clair, the Son, &and O Sullivan old Mr
Sinclair, the Father, ^&and Allan Mac-
Donald (the Clergyman as foremention-
ed) being named Mr Graham; but the
Crew retaining their old Designations.
But it is to be observed, that, previous
to the parting with old Clanranald, it
was thought advisable to advertise the
whole Company, they should give out
among the Lews=people, that His Roy-
al Highness, Colonel O Sullivan, Cap-
tain Allan MacDonald, &and Oneille, were
the Captain, Mate, Boatswain, &c.etc. of a
Merchant-ship, φ shipwrecktshipwrecked at the Isle
of Tiry, &and being straitnedstraitened how to get
home to their native Country, the Orkneys,
came to Uist, where Clanranald’s BroyrBrother,
MacDonald of Boystil advised them dis-tresttressed

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Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 270, 280, 284, 287, 343.

φ φ
Vol:Volume 1.
p:page 133. Vol:Volume 2. p:page 286.
583(583)tresttressed Gentlemen to embrace the
Company of his Men to the Lews,
who were bound for the Town of
Stornway there, in order to hire a
competent Vessel to carry some Meal
~~for~~^^from the Orkneys to supply the Coun-
try, and then, if they should suc-
ceed in procuring the said Ship,
Mr MacLeod of Gualtergill would
land them at their own Home in
the Orkneys, still under the bor-
rowed Names abovementioned.

So, after planning their Voyage
on this Order, they set Sail for the
Lews, as aforesaid, upon Monday the
28th, about 6 in the Morning, the
Wind blowing boisterously from the
South West, ^&and they landed, Tuesday’s
Morning, the 29th, about seven o’
Clock, at the Isle of Skalpay, &and
went to the House of Donald Mac-
Ean Oig, alias, Campbell,3 Tenant, mar-
ried to a Gentlewoman of the Name
of MacDonald, a rigid Loyalist. They
took their Repose that Night at Skal-
pay, whereof they had great Need.

Upon Wednesday’s Morning, being yethe
30th of April, they sent off Donald Mac-
Leod &and four Uist-people to bespeak a
Ship at Stornway, in order to concert their 584 (584) their Meal-bargain from the Orkneys,
&cetc. Mr MacLeod went thereabout wtwith
the greatest Expedition &and Fidelity,
though, in the mean timemeantime, his Conduct
thereanent, in the Event, did prove ✝un-
lucky; for, after hiring a sufficient
Brigg of forty TunsTonnes carriage for £
100 sterl:sterling Freight, &and settled all Things
for sailing off, the Master of the Ship
would by no means undertake yethe Voy-
age, cheap or dear; which Turn of
Affairs so far disordered the whole
Scheme, that they were now more
straitnedstraitened than ever in their Life-timeLifetime;
for, it seems, they scented Something
about the Prince. However, Mr Mac-
Leod tried, as his last Effort, to buy
the Ship, &and engaged to give £300
for it. ‘Tis probable, the Captain of yethe
Vessel, being tempted by this unex-
pected Offer &and his own Poverty, was
induced to dispose of the Vessel, though
he could scarcely want it [the Ship]: But,
though Avarice, he exacted £500,
which Donald MacLeod’s Necessity o-
obliged him to promise. But then the
Exorbitancy of the Sum, together with
the Unlikelihood of Mr MacLeod’s Abi-
lity to be Master thereof, suggested
to the Seller it was in Favour &and Be-
hoof

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See this Affair cleared up, Vol:Volume 2. p:page
289. Vol:Volume 3. p:pages 479, 480.
585(585)hoof of the Prince, which he former-
ly suspected. The Bargain was made,
but immediately he so far resiled
therefrom, as to deny he would go
himself alongst with them, but would
allow the Mate &and Crew to go; but,
when these were brought present,
they likewise refused unless the
Captain would go also. With this
the whole Project was blasted at
once, &and not only so, but the Carry-
ing the Affair on thus far did in-
volve them in greater Difficulties
&and Dangers, than though they had
never broached it; for all Kind
of People then began to be of such
itching EearsEars &and sharp-sighted, that
His Royal Highness’s being at the
Lews began to blaze abroad. Donald
MacLeod, conceiving the Imminency
&and fatal Consequence, without Loss of
Time goes back to His Royal High-
ness at✝ Killdun’s House at Arynish,
&and apprizedapprised Him of the whole Story.
Upon this they took the Alarm, &and go
streightstraight to the Yawl they left for-
merely at Loch-seaforth. As they were
launching it out, CapnCaptain MacDonald X
(the popish Clergyman) asked some of
the

✝
Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 288, 330.
X
This is a Mistake; for he
was left at Scalpay, &and returned to South Uist,

586 (586) the Country-people, that followed ymthem
to the Shore in order to be gazing
at them, if there was any amongst
them, that would accept of a reasona-
ble PræmiumPremium for piloting them to
Lochfraon, an Harbour in the Shire
of Ross upon the Coast of Seaforth’s
Country? but there was none that wou’dwould
answer. However, the Meaning of ysthis
Question was to suggest they were
bound for that ~~for that~~ Country, qre-
aswhereas they were to take a ^quite contrary
Course.

They made off late, about six o’ Clock,
upon the 5th of May, these upon the
Shore noticing their Course; but the
Darkness of the Night favoured them
to disappear, &and the Wind blowing con-
trary for their Purpose (though favou-
rable for the Place given out to the
Lews-folk) obliged them to skulk ytthat
Night under the Covert of a hollow
Creek in a small ✝Island, at the ve-
ry Foot of the Loch called Lochshalg,
where they were necessitated by a con-
trary Storm to lurk for three Nights, hav-
ing both the Comfort &and Mortification of
seeing some Lews-vessel passing by,
pretty near them, bound for Lochfraon
in Pursuit of His Royal Highness.

Upon Thursday, 8th May, the Wind choptchopped
about to the North, &and they were that Night
on Sea. They landed Friday’s Morning
at

✝
Probably, Euirn. Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 291, 292, &cetc.
587 (587) at Rairnish near Rossinish in Ben-
becula belonging to Clanranald.
They went from Rairnish to Rossi-
nish, where old Clanranald &and his
Lady came to pay them their Re-
spects with all the Accomodati-
ons the Place could afford. It was
consulted there, whether His Royal
Highness could venture to spend
his short Time at old Clanranald’s
✝House or not; but being voted by a
Plurality in the Negative, it was
determined, the ForrestForest-house4 in
Glencoridale should be repaired for
his Use, a remote private Place,
yet centrical both to maintain a
free Communication betwixt Him
&and his Uist-Friends, and, by it’sits ad-
vantageous Situation, facilitating
his ready Access either to take Sea
or Hill, in Case alarmed, upon
the coming of an Enemy, by the
Advertisement of their Out-spies,
who were planted on all Arts5 of
them; for there was still a Boat &and
Skippage in Readiness for his Recep-
tion in Case obliged to take Sea, as
also

✝
CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander MacDonald, Ned Burk &and Miss
Flora MacDonald agree in telling me, that
the Name of Clanranald’s House in Benbe-
cula is Ballinnagallioch, i: e: the Carl’s House, about
588 (588) also good Guides to conduct him throthrough
the Mountains.

About the 10th of May, 1746, His Roy-
al Highness, with his small Retinue
&and as little Grandeur, repaired to his
famous Palace of Coridale (the House
in the ForrestForest) in South Uist, attend-
ed constantly by CapnCaptain Allan MacDo[-]
nald ✝ (popish Clergyman) Colonel O-
Sullivan, Mr Oneille, the two
Rories7 &and AlexrAlexander &and John MacDon-
nalds, all formerly his Royal High-
ness’s Officers in Clanranald’s Regi-
ment, with a Dozen of other sturdy
clever Fellows, that served as Guard,
&and running several incident Errands
back &and forward. These were all the
People, that stuck constantly to his
Royal Highness at Coridale.X
In

about five Miles from Rossinish, which
is a Kind of a Harbour. — I told the
said CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander MacDonald, that I had
asked at several Highlanders about yethe
Derivation &and Meaning of yethe Word Benbe-
cula; but I could never meet with any
oneanyone, that could give me an Answer. I then
begged him to satisfy me as to that. He answered,
that he looked upon Benbecula as a Corruption of
the Original, which, in Erse, was, Beinnmhaol
(as to the true Irish spelling) but, Beinviol (as to
the vulgar Way of spelling) i: e: a hummle,8 or, bare
Hill, there being such a Hill in the Isle of
Benbecula. —

✝
This Gentleman, no doubt,
has joined the Prince upon his Returning again to
South Uist. —

X
At this Time, ‘tis to be presumed,
from qtwhat follows, that DodDonald MacLeod was upon this Er-
rand on the Continent. Vol:Volume 2. 301.
589 (589)
In the ForrestForest-house the Prince
(when resting himself) used to sit on
a Fail-sunk, i:e: an earthen Seat,
having some Fog9 &and Plaids under
him, &and would step into a By-cham-
ber, which served as a Pantry, and
(when he stood in Need of it) put the
Bottle of Brandy or WhiskieWhisky to his
Head, &and take his Dram without
any Ceremony. Upon the Tenth
Day of June, MacDonald of ✝Boy-
still[], Hugh MacDonald of Bailshair
in North Uist of the Family of Slate,
James &and Lauchlan MacDonalds (Bro-
thers of the often-mentioned CapnCaptain A-
lexander MacDonald) &and Ranald
MacDonald of Torulum of Clanra-
nald’s Family, visited the Prince in his
ForrestForest-XPalace to pay him the Compli-
ments of the Day. Their Drink was only
cold Brandy out of a Clam-shell, ^ without any Mixture at all, &and
the Prince stood it out better than
any one of them in drinking yethe Health
of the Day.10 — The foresaid Hugh Mac-
Donald of Bailshair is that Gentleman,
whom Miss MacDonald pitched upon as the
Prince’s Guardianφ for his greater Safety,
but who ⊕refused the important Trust from Fear

✝
As to Boystil’s seeing yethe P:Prince at Coridale, &and being
merry wtwith him, see Vol:Volume 3. p:pages 462. —

X
The Prince
had different Kinds of Palaces, Vol:Volume 2. p:page 300.

φ ⊕
See Vol:Volume 1. p:page 188. Vol:Volume 3. p:page 526. the Gentle-
man’s Name not being mentioned in either of these
Places.
590 (590)
Fear of the great Dangers attending
it, &cetc.

The Isle of South Uist is reckoned
the only Country best for Game in all
Scotland, where all Species of wild
Fowls are in great Plenty, besides
Deer, &c.etc. So that His Royal High-
ness was pretty oft at✝ his Diversion
through the Mountain, papping11 down,
perhaps, Dozens in a Day of Muir-
Cocks &and Hens, with which this Place
abounds; for he is most dextrousdexterous at
shooting all Kinds of Fowl upon Wing
Scarce ever making a Miss.

His magnanimous Spirit bore all Crosses
&and Adversities with the greatest Christi-
an Resignation &and manly Courage.

Now His Royal Highness’s great-
est Danger was an Invasion from Clan-
ranald’s Continent, where then the Throng
of all his Pursuers encamped. And
as the Enemy were persuaded, he
once came to thirtheir rough Countries
of Clanranald’s, viz, Moidart, &c.etc.. it
was natural for them to guess, he
would pass to the outmost Recess of
his Isles, as being environ’denvironed by the
Sea, &and consequently a faster Refuge.
The old Laird of Clanranald being pretty
oft in his Company, the prudent, old,
reverend Sage did now &and then appre-hend

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591(591)hend the dreadful Danger, that ay12
impended His Royal Highness’s con-
stant Abode in an Isle, and did
(with others) signifiesignify the same to
him; but he would not be dissua-
ded from continuing in South Uist
till further Account. Upon this, old
Clanranald thought it advisable
to go to the Continent, to dive in-
to the Doings there, and, in Case
of any apparent Danger, to ad-
vertise His Royal Highness; all qchwhich
he did. — The People of Uist would
have presstpressed him more, than they did,
to leave the Island, were it not,
they feared, he might think it was
more for their own Safety than for
the Delivery of him, they would
be so importunate.

About the latter End of June, Captain
Ferguson landed at Barra wtwith some
Hundreds of Red-coats. Three hun-
dred of the MacLeods of Sky like-
wise at the same Time arrived
at Benbecula, all in Quest of his
Royal Highness. General Cam^pbell,
with a Squadron, had gone about to
St Gilda, the remotest of all yethe Western
Isles, the Laird of MacLeod Proprietor, and from 592 (592) from thence was to come to Uist.
Besides all this, the Channel between
Uist, Skie &and Canna, was all full of
Ships &and ScoonersSchooners; so that at once his
Royal Highness &and his few Adherents
were to be attacked from all Quar-
ters, environed by Sea &and Land.

It was now full Time to concert Mea-
sures for the evading this prominent
Danger; upon which they sent off
Lieutenant John MacDonald (Nephew
to Captain AlexrAlexander MacDonald frequent-
ly mentioned) to the South-end of yethe
Country to reconnoitre CapnCaptain Ferguson’s
Motions, &and sent Lieutenant Rory Mac-
Donald (Brother of the said John Mac-
Donald) to the North-end to observe,
&and bring Message of, the Route of the
MacLeods, &and appointed, that both these
Messengers should tryst them at Loch-
boystil, a centrical Place, for mak-
ing Use of any future Resolution.
The Gentlemen came back at the ap-
pointed Time &and Place, &and told, that
those two Parties were to [] march
forward from both the Ends of yethe Isle,
in Search of the Prince, till they would
meet in the Midst of the Country.

The Almighty only knows, &and the
Divine Dispenser of human Providence
allennarly13 knows what inexpressible Perplex-ity593(593)ity of Mind &and Anguish of Soul &and
Body His Royal Highness &and his small
Retinue laboured under, when taking
it into their serious Consideration,
that they were now encompassed
by no less than three or four thou-
sand bloody Hounds, by Sea &and Land,
thirsting for the Captivity &and Noble
Blood of their Prince, the apparent
Heir of Great Britain, France &and
Ireland, &and that none of the many
thousands, that should be in Readi-
ness then to relieve him at the Ex-
pence of their Lives, were then
about Him either to protect or ad-
vise Him, but only one O Sullivan,
one Oneille, &and twelve MacDonalds;
&and that very HandfullHandful to be dis-
posed on different Posts for Fear
of being suspected for such a Number.
However, Providence directed ymthem
to the Top of a Hill called Bein-
chillkoinnich in South Uist, from
whose Eminence they might have
an ample Prospect. They here for-
med themselves into a Committee
to consult for the most expediti-
ous Methods to leave Uist (though
late); &and it was here they pitched upon 594 (594) upon the Stratagem of getting Miss
✝MacDonald; &and then they severed, till
they came to the SheallingShieling14 called
Alisary, within a Mile to Milntown,
where Flora MacDonald lived as
House-keeper to her Brother, young
Milntown. At first the young Wo-
man was surprizedsurprised, but then, when
spoke to sincerely, did condescend
to go with His Royal Highness through
the vast World, if it should contri-
bute in the least to his Safety. She
goes off to Benbecula, where yethe Lady
Clanranald was desired to have sui-
table CloathsClothes for Bettie Burk, qowho was
engaged in the Station of a Servant
with Flora MacDonald to go with
Her to the Isle of Sky.

The Lady Clanranald, upon the Ad-
vertisement of this noble Stratagem,
provides all Necessaries for getting Mrs
Burk cled15 suitable to her new servile
Station. And, after getting all Things
in due Order that were proper for
Mrs Burk &and her Mistress, they both
go off to Lochuiskava in Benbecula,
where his Royal Highness, Lieutenant
John MacDonald, Rory &and AlexrAlexander Mac-
Donalds, Ensigns, Little Rory MacDo-
nald (John’s Brother) &and some other Uist-
hands

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In this Vol:Volume p:page 524, &cetc.
595 (595) hands met them with a small Shal-
lop of about nine Cubits Wright-
measure in full Readiness to take
Sea. It was about StSaint Peter’s Feast,
the ✝28th of June. The Lady Clan-
ranald begged of His Royal High-
ness to try on his new Female Appa-
rel, and, after mutually passing
some jocose Drollery concerning the
SuteSuit of CloathsClothes, &and the Lady shed-
ding some Tears for the Occasion,
the said Lady dressed up His Roy-
al Highness in his newX Habit.
It was on Purpose provided coarse,
as it was to be brooked16 by a Gentle-
woman’s Servant. The Gown was of
Caligo, a light-coloured quilted
Petticoat, a Mantle of dun Camlet
made after the Irish Fashion with
a Cap to cover His Royal Highness’s
whole Head &and Face, with a suita-
ble Head-dress, Shoes, Stockings, &cetc.
So that about 8 o’ Clock in the Even-
ing of Thursday, June 26th, His Roy-
al Highness, &c.etc, moved towards the
Boat, where He took Leave of the
Lady Clanranald most kindly.
It

✝

X
Vol:Volume 3. p:page 525. Vol:Volume 2. p:page 218.
596 (596)
It is to be observed, that, some Days
before this, Donald MacLeod, as also
CapnCaptain Allan MacDonald &and Colonel
Sullivan parted from His Royal
Highness at the Side of Lochboystil.
Sullivan droptdropped several Tears, and
loudly roar’droared, when parting with
his Master. Then all the Company
was dismistdismissed, that could not speak
Erse, but Oneille, &and Oneille himself
two Days ere they went off to Skie.

His Royal Highness, at parting
with the Lady Clanranald, thanks
Her for her great Trouble about Him.
They✝ go to Sea about 8 o’ Clock at
Night, and, as they had but a small
Breeze in their Sail, they made but a
very little Progress; so that about one
o’ Clock, Afternoon, next Day, they
were inclosedenclosed with a prodigious
thick Fog, which made them think
it dangerous to continue rowing for
Fear they might err in their Course,
and, perhaps, unawares approach the
Coast of Skie, which, they were in-
formed, was all hemmed with Guards
of the Enemy, to prevent His Royal
Highness’s Landing, &and being safe. So it
was

✝
In this Account the honest &and trusty Neil Mac-
Kechan is altogether neglected. Vol:Volume 3. p:pages 529,
532, 533. Vol:Volume 1. p:pages 149, 150.
597 (597) was thought proper to drop in yethe Oars,
till the Mist dissipated; &and soon after-
wards, the Fog disperstdispersed by a feeble Ca-
ver (i: e: a Breeze) of North-easterly
Wind against them. They mistook
the Point of Snod for the Point of
Watternish; but, as they were obliged
to row close to the Shore for a Shel-
ter from the Wind that blew side-
ling, they descry pretty near them,
about a Musket-shot, a Number of
Men under Arms, &and to the Number
of fifty ârmed Men sallying out of a for-
mal Guard-house, all rushing to
the Shore, crying vehemently to
land upon their Peril. Upon this,
they only changed their Course a lit-
tle further from the Shore, &and did
not much pull their Oars better
than before, for Fear of Suspicion.

Lieutenant John MacDonald (Ne-
phew of CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander MacDonald) sat
at the Helm, &and the other four Mac-
Donalds wrought most strenuously
at the Oars, pulling them most indus-
triously, but without the least Disorder
or Hurry. But, as the Guard saw no Ap-
pearance of their obeying Orders, they
let fly a thick Volley at them, which made 598 (598) made more Noise than Harm. His
Royal Highness rubs up their Courage
not to fear the Villains. The People
replied, they maintain’dmaintained no Fear
upon their own Account, if Provi-
dence should rescue his Royal High-
ness. He repeats, no Fear of him.
Indeed the People were apt to be-
lieve all he could say, God ay17 work-
ing on patent Passages for their Safe-
ty from Time to Time. But, having
seen three✝ Boats on the Shore, they
would pursue them. However, they
wrought the Boat to the utmost of
their Endeavours, doubled the tedi-
ous Point of Watternish, and, by this,
they left all MacLeod’s Country be-
hind them; and, though SrSir AlexrAlexander
MacDonald did not join His Royal
Highness, they were sure to meet wtwith
greater Favour among the worst of his
Men, than among the cold MacLeods.
Besides that, MacDonald of Kingsburgh was
trystedX to meet His Royal Highness upon
the

✝

X
This is an Error; for there
was no Tryst in the Case at all, nor could there
be any such Thing. It was all a Matter of Chance,
or rather, a wise unexpected Appointment of Hea-
ven wtoutwithout any Foresight or Contrivance of Man.
This is plain &and undeniable from Kingsburgh’s
own Words, &and the Words of Miss Flora MacDo-
nald. Vol:Volume 1. p:page 145. Vol:Volume 2. p:page 210. Vol:Volume 3. p:page 532.
599 (599) the Shore of Modhstot, SrSir AlexrAlexander’s
Habitation. They landed upon the
29th of June, Sunday, at Modhstot-
Bay, where Kingsburgh met them
exactly, as soon as they footed Skie.
He directs Miss MacDonald, &and Mrs
Burk ✝ to his own House. Clanranald’s
People, that brought His Royal
Highness from Uist, were desired
by himself to turn Home.

His Royal Highness lodged that Night
at Kingsburgh. From Kingsburgh he
went to Portree,X where CapnCaptain Mal-
colm MacLeod received Him, &and
conducted Him to the Island of
Raisa, &and from thence back again
to Skie, where he delivered Him
over into the Hands of the Old
Laird of MacKinnon, who, without
Loss of Time, provided Him in a Boat.
The old Laird &and four of his Men, viz,
John Mac Rory VicMhic Lauchlan,18 Calum
Mc Ean Yairo,19 &c.etc. ferryedferried His Royal Highness
over from Skie to a Place called Bu-
arblach in Glengary’s Lands. He was
but two or three Nights upon the Mac-
KinnonsMacKinnon's Hands. Here it is to be ob-
served, though he happened to be lan-ded

✝
Kingsburgh himself went along wtwith yethe Prince,
leaving Miss MacDonald, &cetc who overtook them by
the Way, &cetc. Vol:Volume 1. 145, 146. Vol:Volume 3. p:pages 533, 534.

X
Vol:Volume 2. p:page 228, &cetc.
600(600)ded upon Glengarie’s Lands, that he
would by no means go to Knoydart,
which was very near Him, nor to Locha-
bar, but chusedchoosed to strike directly to
Clanranald’s✝ ~~Country~~ Continent to a
Place, called Cross, in Morror; from
whence he was received &and conveyed
by Angus X MacDonald of Boradale,
the first House he entredentered in the High-
lands at his first landing upon the
Continent.

Veir mi niosh a Chorrahimain yuit
fein, gos a faidh mi tuillad Gaosid.
i:e: I leave You the Thrawcrook,20
till I get more Hair. φ

The Night before theⓧ Tenth of July
His Royal Highness set Sail from Mac-
Kinnon’s Country, accompanyedaccompanied byΠ Old
MacKinnon &and another Gentleman of
MacKinnon’s Name (viz, ρ John MacKin-
non, a Captain in His Royal Highness’s
Service before) with the Crew, &and landed
by Day-Break next Morning, being the
Eleventh, at a Bay in Glengary’s Mor-
ror, where he stayed all that Day &and the
following Night. There are two Morors,
the

✝
It appears, the Prince had a particular Affecti-
on for yethe MacDonalds in his Wanderings. Vol:Volume 2. p:page 214.

X

φ
In the original Journal here ended the Hand-
writing of CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander MacDonald, &and then imme-
diately began the Hand-writing of young Clanranald.

ⓧ
This is a Wrong Date. See the true State of the
Case in Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 247, 262, 263. Vol:Volume 6. p:pages 1218, 1224.

Π ρ
See Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 244, 245, 246, 247. Vol:Volume 8. pag:pages 1664,
1831, &cetc.
601 (601) the one belonging to Glengary, &and the
other to Clanranald.

XEarly in the Morning, upon the 12th,
MacKinnon parting with Him, He [the
Prince] sailed into Lochnaives, where,
as he was turning at a Point, he was
met by some of the Slate-Militia,21
who put the ordinary Questions, From
whence they came? where they were
bound? &and they undauntedly answer-
ing, suitable to the Time, the Militia
let them pass without taking fur-
ther Notice. His Royal Highness pur-
sued further into the Loch, &and, how soon
he got out of Sight of them, he land-
ed, and, travelling the Remainder
of the Day &and the following Night
through Hills &and Woods, he arrived
upon the Thirteenth of July in that
Part of Clanranald’s Estate, called
Moror, where being received by the
Laird of Moror (MacDonald, of the Fa-
mily of Clanranald, &and Lieutenant Colo-
nel of the Clanranald-Regiment)
in a small Hut where he lived for the
Time, his own Houses being burntburned by
the Enemy some Time before; &and having
refreshed himself there that Night &and
the next Day, as well as these trouble-
some Times could afford, he set out yethe
Night betwixt the 14th &and 15th, accompanied by
X
Vol.Volume 6, p.pages ^1219 to 1226. ~~&c.etc~~ Vol.Volume 8. P.Page 1831, &cetc.
602 (602) by CapnCaptain MacKinnon &and a Guide, &and arrived
before Day at φ Boradale, the Place of
his first Landing, &and was there receiv-
ed by Angus MacDonald of that Place,
who, having his Houses burntburned &and Effects
destroyed by the Troops under General
Campbell’s Command, was obliged to
remove with his Royal Highness to
a Hut in a neighbouring Wood, qrewhere
he refreshed Him the best Way he
could for three Days.

┍
Upon the 18th of July His Royal High-
ness wrote a private Letter (by John
MacDonald, Junior, Son to the foresaid
Angus MacDonald of Boradale, &and a
Lieutenant formerly in Clanranald’s
Regiment) to AlexrAlexander MacDonald of
Glenaladale, Major to Clanranald in
His Royal Highness’s Service, &and who
was well known to His Royal High-
ness before, commanding his Atten-
dance at the foresaid Place to
concert Measures for His Royal
Highness’s Safety.

Angus MacDonald of Boradale had
two Sons of the Name of John,
viz, John Senior, &and John Junior, the
former of whom was ✝killed at Cul-
loden-Battle.

Immediately after sending off the above-
mentionedX Express, His Royal Highness got

✝

X
Vol:Volume 1. p:pages 165, 172, 173.

φ
Vol.Volume p:page 573. 4 times at this Place.
603 (603) got an Account of MacKinnon’s22 being
taken, which made it be judged pro-
per for His Royal Highness to re-
move, upon the 18th, four Miles
to the Eastward to an inaccessible
Cave (known to very few of the
Country-people) accompanied by
the said Angus MacDonald of Bo-
radale &and his Son (Ranald, formerly
Lieutenant to Clanranald’s own Com-
pany) where he was to stay till Glen-
aladale should join Him.

On the 20th of July, at Night, Glen-
aladale met with the foresaid An-
gus MacDonald at the Place they
had formerly agreed upon; from
whence he was conducted to His
Royal Highness. On the 21st, An-
gus MacDonald got a Letter from
a Son-in-law of his own, acquaint-
ing, that it was whispered about
the Country, that His Royal High-
ness was with them, &and represent-
ing how dangerous it was for ymthem
to stay any longer there, &and mak-
ing an Offer of Place he had
prepared, where they might be more
secure for some Time. Accordingly
Ranald MacDonald was sent to recon-noitre604(604)noitre the Place.

Upon the 22d of July, Lieutenant
John MacDonald being sent to view
the Sea-Coast &and ^to learn Something of
the Enemy’s Motions, he returned wtwith
the News of their seeing a small
Boat, something like one of the Ene-
my’s Tenders, which allarmedalarmed that
Side of the Coast. Upon which His
Royal Highness judged it proper to
remove from his Grotto (without
waiting the Return of the Quarterma-
ster he sent the Day before to take up
his Lodgings) in order to repair to
the Place prepared for Him in the
Glen of Moror. His Royal Highness
being accompanied by Major MacDo-
nald of Glenaladale, Angus MacDo-
nald of Boradale &and his Son, John ju-
nior, when they came to a Place, cal-
led Corry beini Cabir, they were met
by Angus MacDonald’s Son-in-law,
who, as above-mentioned, had a
Place prepared for them in the Glen
of Moror,✝ &and who informed, that Young
Clanranald was within a few Miles
of them, who had come to where he ynthen
was in order to conduct His Royal
Highness to a safe Place he had pre-
pared

✝
In yethe original Journal here ended yethe Hand-writing
of young Clanranald, &and ynthen began yethe Hand-writing of
Glenaladale.
605(605)pared for Him; but His Royal
Highness &and his small Party having
gone on too far towards their de-
signed Quarters, &and it being late
to go where Clanranald was, or
to send for him that Night, they
went on, supposing they would
have Time enough next Day to
send for Clanranald. Accordingly
they pursued their Journey to yethe Glen
of Moror, &and sent Angus MacDo-
nald to provide some Necessaries.
Upon His Royal Highness’s Arrival
at his Quarters, ✝an Information
was brought, that General Camp-
bell, with Six Men of War well
furnished with Troops, had ancho-
red at Lochnaives (the Place qrewhere
His Royal Highness landed (from
Skie) in Glengary’s Country); where-
upon two Men were sent off by
Loch Moror to Lochnaives, to observe
General Campbell’s Motions. But,
before they had Time to return,
Angus MacDonald came back,
upon the 23d, early, without wait-
ing for the Necessaries he went for, and

✝
In the original Journal here ended the
Hand-writing of Glenaladale, &and ynthen began
again yethe Hand-writing of Young Clanranald.
Robert Forbes, A:M:
606 (606) and brought Intelligence, that CapnCaptain
Scott had come to the lower Part
of Arisaig from Glengary’s Moror.

His Royal Highness, &and yethe small
Company that was with Him, find-
ing, upon this Information, that
Clanranald’s Country was surroun-
ded on all Sides by the Troops, &and ytthat,
in all Probability, there could be no
further Security for his Person in ytthat
Country, it was resolved, that His
Royal Highness should leave it wtwith
the utmost Dispatch; especially, since
it was impossible to joinX young Clan-
ranald, the Enemy being already
between them &and the Place where he
was. Accordingly he sets out accom-
panied only by Major MacDonald
of Glenaladale &and his Brother (Lieu-
tenant John MacDonald) &and the other
Lieutenant John MacDonald, junior,
Boradale’s Son, being obliged to part
with Angus MacDonald of Boradale
&and his Son-in-law (Angus MacEachine)
Surgeon formerly to Glengary’s Regi-
ment, that they might the more easi-
ly pass undiscovered by the Guards
placed on their Way;✝ and, by twelve
o’ Clock, they came to the Top of a Hill in

✝
In the original Journal here ended yethe Hand-writ-
ing of young Clanranald, &and then began the Hand-
writing of Glenaladale.

X
Vol.Volume 8. p.pages 1837, 1838, &cetc.
607 (607) in the outmost Bounds of Arisaig, cal-
led Scoorvuy, where having taken some
Refreshment, it was thought proper
to send Lieutenant John MacDo-
nald (Glenaladale’s Brother) to Glen-
finin, the outmost Bounds of Clan-
ranald’s Country, &and Major MacDo-
nald of Glenaladale’s Property, as well
for Intelligence, as to bring two
Men Glenaladale kept still on Guard
there, &and appointed them to meet him,
about Ten o’ Clock at Night, on the
Top of the Hill above Lochharkaig,
in Lochiel’s Country, called Scoor-
nink Corrichan.

Lieutenant MacDonald being sent
off, His Royal Highness set out, and,
by two o’ Clock, came to the Top of
a neighbouring Hill, called Fruigh-
vein, where, observing some Cattle
in Motion, His Royal Highness &and
the other Lieutenant MacDonald
Stood back, &and Major MacDonald of
Glenaladale went to examine qtwhat
that might mean, who, upon Exa-
mination, found this to be some of
his own Tenants removing with their
Cattle from the Troops, who, by this
Time, to the Number of six or seven
hundred, had come to the Head of Loch-harkaig,608(608)harkaig, in order to incloseenclose His Roy-
al Highness in Clanranald’s Country,
while the Search was going on very
narrowly within it. This being yethe Route
they were resolved to hold, pretty
much disconcerted their Measures. Ma-
jor MacDonald of Glenaladale bring-
ing back Word to His Royal Highness
of what he had heard, they resolved
to alter their Course; &and accordingly
the Major sent off one of his own Te-
nants Express to Glenfinnan, about
a Mile off, to call back Lieutenant
MacDonald &and the Guard, if he had
found them, &and sent another of his
Tenants to an adjacent Hill, for one
Donald ✝ Cameron of Glenpean, where
he had removed with his Effects upon
the Approach of the Troops, in order
to learn from the said Donald Came-
ron the Situation of the Forces, that
were at Fort-Augustus, &and if he would
undertake to guide His Royal High-
ness by their Guards, if possible.

While His Royal Highness &and Maj-
or MacDonald of Glenaladale, with
Lieutenant MacDonald (Boradale’s Son)
waited the Return of both the Express-
es, one of the Major’s TenantsTenants’ Wives,
regretingregretting the Condition she saw him
in, &and willing to refresh him the best
she could (she suspecting Nothing of His
R:Royal

✝
Vol:Volume 1. p:page 172. Vol:Volume 3. p:pages 569, 570, &cetc.
609 (609) R:Royal Highness’s being in Company wtwith
him) milked some of her Cattle, &and
brought the fresh Milk to them.
Upon observing the Woman coming
up to them, the Prince covered his
Head with a HandkercheifHandkerchief, &and pass-
ed for one of the Major’s ServtsServants,
that had got an AchAche in his Head.
Notwithstanding the Refreshment
was very seasonable, the Day being
excessively hot, they could very well
have dispensed wtwith the good Wo-
man’s Compliment. However, the
Major thanked Her, &and used some
Policy to dismiss her, having first
taken Care to have some of yethe Milk
reserved for His Royal Highness,
which he drank with Pleasure.

Soon after, the Express, sent to Glen-
finnan, returned; but could find
^neither Lieutenant MacDonald (Glenaladale’s
Brother) nor the two Men, they hav-
ing run express with Intelligence ^to
where they expected to have found
the Major. The said Express brought
Word, that a Hundred of the Argyle-
shire-Militia had come to the very
Foot of the Hill, where His Royal Highness 610 (610) Highness stayed; whereupon it was
thought proper to tarry no longer
there, and as there was no Time
to wait for Donald Cameron, their
expected Guide, trusting in the great
Guide, that directs all, His Royal
Highness, full of Courage &and Confi-
dence, set out about Sun-setting
with his small Retinue, and tra-
velling pretty hard till about Eleven
o’ Clock at Night, when, passing thro’through
a Hollow between two Hills, they
observed a Man coming down one
of the Hills; upon which His Royal
Highness &and Lieutenant MacDonald
(Boradale’s Son) steptstepped aside, &and Major
MacDonald of Glenaladale ✝ went to yethe
Man to examine whether he might be
a Friend or a Foe, and, as Providence
would have it, found him to be their
intended Guide, Donald Cameron, whom,
after some short Conversation, he con-
ducted to His Royal Highness. Do-
nald Cameron gave a Relation, so
far as he knew, of the Situation of
the Forces, &and undertook to guide them
by the Guards. Upon this they pursued
their

✝
As this Narrative proceeds fmfrom Glenala-
dale himself, so it deserves more Credit than ytthat
in Page 550; for Mrs Cameron narrated yethe Mat-
ter only from the best of her Remembrance, &and
that too from Report, that had passed fmfrom Hand
to Hand.
611 (611) their Way ^^^through ~~from~~ Roads almost im-
passible even in Day-light, and,
travelling all Night, they came, at
four o’ Clock in the Morning, upon
the 24th of July, to the Top of a
Hill, in the Brae of Lochharkaig,
called Mamnyn Callum, from whence
they could (without the Help of a
prospective Glass) discern their E-
nemy’s Camp, being not above a Mile
distant; but being informed by the
Guide, that that Hill was searched,
the Day before, by the Troops, they
supposed, there would not be a se-
cond Search that Day; &and therefore
they resolved to pass the Day
there, and, choosing the fastest
Place in the Hill, they took a lit-
tle Rest. After two Hours Sleep
the Major, Lieutenant MacDonald
&and the Guide got up to keep Sentry,
&and by ten o’ Clock of the Day they ob-
served a Man at a Distance, and as
the Guide, (Donald Cameron) being
in his own Country &and very near his
own Place of Residence, knew the
Inhabitants best, he was sent to con-
verse with that Man, and, upon Exa-
mination, found him to be Lieutenant MacDonald 612 (612) MacDonald, Glenaladale’s Brother,
who not meeting His Royal Highness
at the Place appointed, &and getting no
Intelligence of the Enemy’s being so
near till he himself came within Sight
of their Camp, he turned apprehen-
sive of what might happen to be
the Case, and, regretingregretting his Misfor-
tune in parting with His Royal
Highness, went on wherever Provi-
dence directed Him, which (most
happily) brought him directly to the
Place where the Prince was, who
was well pleased to find the Lieu-
tenant safe, as the whole Company
had given him over for lost.

His Royal Highness continued in yethe
Top of the said Hill all that Day,
and; about nine o’ Clock at Night,
set out with his Retinue to the North-
ward, and, by one o’ Clock in the Morn-
ing of July 25th, came to a Place,
called Corrinangaull, on the Confines
betwixt that Part of Glengary’s Coun-
try, called Knoydart, &and that Part of
Lochiel’s Country, called Lochharkaig,
where the Guide expected some Loch-
harkarig ^People to have fled with their Ef-
fects, whom he had Confidence in, &and qchwhich 613 (613) qchwhich was very much desired, as they
had entirely run out of Provisions,
excepting a very small Quantity
of Oat-meal, &and as small a Re-
mainder of Butter, which they
could not dress or prepare in any
Shape, as they travelled continually
(for the most Part) in View of the
Enemy, if in Day-light; their Camps
being (in a direct✝ Line pitched from
the Head of the Loch-iel, in Loch-
iel’s Country, to the Head of Loch-
uirn, dividing Knoydart of that Part
of MacLeod’s Country called Glen-
ealg) within Half a Mile’s Distance
of one another, their CentriesSentries being
placed within Call of one another,
&and Patrols going about every Quar-
ter of an Hour to keep their Sen-
tries alert, that so His Royal High-
ness might be surely catched; should
he attempt to pass through them.

Being pinched in Provisions as
above, His Royal Highness stood
back with the two Lieutenants,23 while
Major MacDonald of Glanaladale &and
the Guide (Donald Cameron of Glen-
pean) went to some Shealing-huts,24
where

✝
See Vol:Volume 7. pag:page 1450
614 (614) where they expected to meet some Peo-
ple, but finding none, they chusedchoosed a
fast Place in the Face of a Hill at
the Head of Lochqhuaigh, to which
Fastness they came about two o’ Clock
in the Morning, having only about a
Mile in walking to it. After taking
an Hour’s Rest there, the Guide &and
Lieutenant MacDonald (Glenala-
dale’s Brother) were sent off to the
Hill above them to furnish some Pro-
visions, if possible, the Major, &and his
Cousin, the other Lieutenant (Bora-
dale’s Son) standing Sentries, while
His Royal Highness took some Rest.
When the Sun shined, they observed
distinctly a Camp pitched at yethe Head
of Lochqhuaigh, &and though they did not
like the Prospect, they waited yethe Re-
turn of their Provisors, who came
back to them about 3 o’ Clock, hav-
ing got only two small Cheeses,
that would ^not be a Morsel to the Piece
of them, &and brought Intelligence ytthat
about one hundred of the Red-coats
were marching up the other Side of
the Hill His Royal Highness lodged
in, in order to destroy &and carry off such of 615 (615)
of the poor Inhabitants, as had fled
to the Hill for Shelter. Notwith-
standing this Alarm (the Search for
His Royal Highness being general
&and very narrow âll around) they stayed in the
same Place till about Eight o’
Clock at Night, when setting out,
His Royal Highness travelled stout-
ly till it became dark, and climb-
ing a steep Hill, called ✝Drimacho-
si, to the Top, they observed yethe Fires
of a Camp directly in their Front,
which they could scarcely shun at
X Glenqhosy. However, being resolv-
ed to pass at any Rate, they came
so near without being observed, as
to hear them talk distinctly, and,
ascending the next Hill, no sooner
was His Royal Highness at the Top,
than He &and his small Party spied
the Fires of another Camp at the
very Foot, where they were to
descend; but turning a little
Westward, they passed between
Two of their Guards, betwixt one
&and Two o’ Clock in the Morning of
July 26th. After travelling two
Miles

✝X
Vol:Volume 7. pag:pages 1448, 1449, 1474.
616 (616) Miles, as they judged, beyond them, they
came, betwixt two &and three o’ Clock in
the Morning, to a Place on the Glen-
ealg-side of the Head of ✝Lochuirn,
called Corriscorridill, where, having
chosen a fast Place, they took such
Refreshment as the Exigency of the
Time afforded them, His Royal
Highness covering a Slice of Cheese
with Oat-meal, which, though but
dry Fare, he ate very comfortably,
&and drank of the cold Stream along
with it.

His Royal Highness passed the whole
Day in the above Place, till about
eight o’ Clock at Night, ^&and the Guide (Do-
nald Cameron) knowing the Road no
further in the Course the Prince in-
tended to hold, he expected to find
some People thereabouts he could trust.
Glenaladale &and the Guide accordingly
went about in order to find them;
but no sooner did they get out of
their fast Hold, than they found,
they had lodged all DayX within a
CanonCannon-shot of two small Camps, &and
spied a Company of Red-coats get-
ting in some Muttons to a Cot, and
chusingchoosing ⓧ out some for Slaughter; upon
which

✝ X ⓧ
Vol:Volume 7. pag:page 1450.
617 (617) which they brought✝ back Word to His
Royal Highness of what they had
seen. Upon this His Royal High-
ness set out, and, by three o’ Clock
in the Morning of July 27th, they came
to Glensheil in Seaforth’s Country.
As they had run out entirely of yrtheir
last Supply of Provisions, the Major
&and Lieutenant John MacDonald (Bo-
radale’s Son) were sent off as well
to furnish some, as to provide a
Guide to conduct them to Polliew
in Seaforth’s Country, where His
Royal Highness had heard some
French Vessels to have been; and,
coming to the Place where the In-
habitants were, the Major bought
some Provisions, &and made ApplicaonApplication
to one of the Inhabitants for a Guide,
which he undertook to provide. In
the mean timemeantime that the Major was
talking about the Guide, a Glenga-
ry-man appears coming towards
them, who, that Morning, had been
chased by the Troops (they having
killed his Father the Day before)
from Glengary to Glensheil. Upon
seeing

✝
In yethe original Journal here ended yethe Hand-writ-
ing of Glenaladale, &and then began yethe Hand-writing of
CapnCaptain AlexrAlexander MacDonald, qchwhich continued to yethe End of the
Journal.
Robert Forbes,, A: M:
618 (618) seeing this Man, the Major knew him,
who, upon conversing with him, found
him to have formerly served in His
Royal Highness’s Army, and, conceiv-
ing him to be a trusty Fellow, re-
solved to make Use of him as a✝
Reserve, in Case they should be
disappointed of the intended Guide,
&and would be thereby obliged to alter
their Course; though at the same time
Glenaladale did not disclose his Mind
to the Glengary-man.

The Major, after furnishing what Pro-
visions he could get, returned to qrewhere
His Royal Highness was, and, taking
some Refreshment, they went to yethe
Face of an adjacent Hill to take some
Rest &and Sleeping, till about four or five o’
Clock in the Afternoon, when they got
up, &and dismistdismissed their
old faithful Guide,
Donald Cameron; soon after whose de-
parture, the Major, upon seeing yethe Glen-
gary-man passing by in his Way to
his Country, sliptslipped out of his Den, &and
brought him to a By-place, till he
would be sure about his intended Guide,
&and, returning to His Royal Highness, con-
sulted with him what should be done
in Regard of the Glengary-man, &and the
Prince

✝
Who could have thought that yethe Troops would
have furnished the Prince wtwith a Guide to make him e-
scape their own Clutches, at the very Nick of Time, when
619 (619) Prince approved of keeping by Him
till their Fate with Regard to yrtheir
other Guide should be known.
About seven o’ Clock at Night, the
Man, who undertook to furnish the
Guide, was seen coming to the Place,
which had been appointed for meet-
ing at betwixt Him &and the Major,
who immediately steptstepped out to the
Place appointed, &and, after some Con-
versation, he found, that the only
French Ship, that had been there,
was gone off, &and that no Guide could
be procured. The Major, finding it
needless to proceed farther towards
Polliew, made the Man believe, that
he intended to return again to his
own Country, &and so dismistdismissed him.

Immediately Glenaladale returned
to the Prince, &and told Him what had
passed; whereupon it was resolved
to change their Course, &and accordingly
the Glengary-man was introduced
to His Royal Highness, &and most chear-
fullycheerfully undertook to guide Him, &and prepar-
ing

when they were hunting after him like a Partridge
in the Mountains? for their chasing yethe Glengary-man
proved the Means of bringing him to yethe Place qrewhere Glen-
aladale was. An Instance of Providence most adora-
bly conspicuous, ytthat made these very Men, qowho were eagerly
panting after his Blood, become (quite opposite to their
Intention) yethe principal Instruments of the Prince’s Pre-
servation!
620(620)ing to pursue their Journey, they set
out late at Night, &and going on about a
Quarter of a Mile, they stoptstopped a little,
which was occasioned by the Major’s
clapping His Hand to his Side, &and
missing ✝ his Purse, wherein he had a-
nother Purse of Gold he had got the
Charge of from His Royal Highness
in order to defray his Charges, &and qchwhich
he had forgot where they had been
preparing for their Journey. Upon
this Glenaladale &and Lieutenant Mac-
Donald (Boradale’s Son) returned,
&and, coming to the Place, found his
Purse, but, opening it, miss’dmissed yethe inner
Purse, in which the Gold he had got
from the Prince was contain’dcontained. In the
Midst of his SurprizeSurprise he reflected,
it might have been taken away
by a little Boy,25 sent by their Land-
lord, Gilchrist MacCrath, with a Com-
pliment of Milk, as the Landlord
supposed, to the Major, who had not
allowed him to know any Thinganything a-
bout the Prince at all. He was the
more confirmed in this Opinion, as they
had left the Boy at the Place where
the Purse was forgot. Accordingly yethe Major &and

✝
This is yethe same Narrative wtwith qtwhat is contain’d contained
pag:page 549 of this Vol:Volume &and serves to correct a Mis-
take there as to the Person qowho lost yethe Purse; for
‘tis plain, that Glenaladale has been yethe Man.
621 (621) &and Lieutenant MacDonald went all
the Way to MacCrath’s House, qchwhich
was more than a Mile off, and,
calling for him, represented to
him the Inconveniency of the Acci-
dent that had happened, &and intreat-
edentreating him to oblige the Boy to re-
store the Purse, which he did to
a Trifle. They returned by a dif-
ferent Road from what they had
gone before, &and came to the Prince,
who was in great Pain for them,
fearing they might have been in-
tercepted by an Officer &and two
private Men, that pass’dpassed under
Arms by the Place where His Roy-
al Highness was in their Absence,
which made him reflect how
much the Hand✝ of Providence
guided Him in all his Ways,
&and particularly in this late lucky
Accident of losing the Purse, qchwhich
stoptstopped them in their Progress;
whereas, if they had pursued their
Journey, they would inevitably
have fallen in with these Persons,
in which Case any thinking Person may

✝
In this Vol:Volume Pag:Page 550.
622 (622) may easily judge how fatal the Con-
sequence of such a Meeting might
have proved. The Prince likewise
used to think much upon the happy
undesigned Event of his Enemies chas-
ing a Guide to him for no less than
thirty Miles, whom Providence led in
his Way to conduct him safe out
of their Hands.

//
Having once more got together,
His Royal Highness &and his small
Retinue set out, and, travelling
all the Remainder of the Night,
came early in the Morning of July
28th to a Hill-side above Strathchlu-
anie, and, chusingchoosing a fast Place,
took some Rest till towards three o’
Clock Afternoon, when they set out,
and travelling by a Hill-side a-
bout a Mile from the Place they
rested in, they heard the Firing of
small Arms in the Hill above ymthem,
which they judged to be some of the
Troops chasing People, that had fled
with their Effects. They steered their
Course northward, and, mounting up a
high Hill betwixt the Braes of Glen-
moriston &and Strathglass, came late at
Night to the very Top of it, &and being very dark 623 (623)
dark they were obliged to lodge
there all Night, the only Shelter
His Royal Highness could have
being an open Cave, where he
could neither lean nor sleep, being
wet to the Skin with the heavy
Rain that had fallen the Day
before, and having no Fuel to
~~warm him~~ make a Fire, the on-
ly Method he had of warming
himself was smoakingsmoking a Pipe.

About three o’ Clock in the
Morning of ⓧ July 29th, the Lieu-
tenant (Glenaladale’s Brother) and
the Guide (the providential Glen-
gary-man) were sent in Quest
of some trustyX People they intend-
ed to find out, in order to conduct
his Royal Highness to✝ Polliew, &and
were appointed to return to yethe Top
of a neighbouring Hill, where His
Royal Highness &and the Remainder
of his Retinue were to meet them.
Accordingly about five o’ Clock
in the Morning His Royal High-
ness set out, &and by seven came to
the Top of that Hill where meet-
ing

✝

X
Vol:Volume 8. p:pages 1661,
ⓧ
1664.
624(624)ing with the Guide on his Return, he
told he had found out his intended
✝Trustees, who had given him Di-
rections to the Major (they knowing
Nothing at all of His Royal High-
ness, only suspecting, that a young Man
they were told was in Company, might
be young Clanranald) to repair into
a Cave in the Brae of Glenmori-
ston, in a Place called Coirag-
hoth, where they promised to come
at an appointed Hour with a Re-
freshment. Accordingly His Royal
Highness set out, &and by the Time ap-
pointed came to the Place, and
meeting with these few Friends,
(who upon SightX knew His Royal
Highness, having formerly served in
his Army), they conducted Him to yethe
Grotto, where he was refreshed with
such ChearCheer as the Exigency of the
Time afforded, and making a Bed
for him, His Royal Highness was
lulled asleep with the sweet Mur-
murs of the finest purling Stream,
that could be, running by his Bed-
side within the Grotto; in qchwhich romantic Habitation

[✝]
The faithful Glenmoriston Men, Vol:Volume 1. p:page 172.

X
Perhaps the Circumstance of “Ha, Dougal
MacCullony, &c.etc.” mentioned by Mrs Cameron, is not literally true;
but I have often heard, that these Men used to call yethe Prince by
yethe Name, Dougal, yethe better to conceal him. V:Volume 7. p:page 1451.
625 (625) Habitation His Royal Highness pass’dpassed
three Days, at the End of which He
was so well✝ refreshed, that he thought
Himself able to encounter any Hard-
ships.

Having Time in that Space to pro-
vide some Necessaries, &and to gather
Intelligence about the Enemy’s Mo-
tions, they removed on the 2d of
August into a Place, within two
Miles of them, called X Coirmhead-
hain, where they took up their Habi-
tation in a Grotto no less romantic
than the former. After taking some
Refreshment, they placed their
Sentries, &and made up a Bed for His
Royal Highness in a Closet shaped
out by Nature, &and seemingly design-
ed by Her for the Reception of His
Royal Highness. He rested com-
fortably all Night. In this Place
he resided four Days; but being
informed, that one Campbell (fac-
tor to Seaforth in Kintale &and Captain
at that Time of a Company of Mili-
tia) had gathered a throng Herd-
ship26 of Cattle, &and pitched his Camp
within four Miles of them, it was
then resolved, His Royal Highness
should

[✝]
It is very remarkable, that the Prince made lit-
tle Rest serve him at any Time (Vol:Volume 2. pag:pages 244, 294) &and that
he was almost indefatigable in walking &and in undergoing
Hardships, Vol:Volume 2. p:pages 238, 239.

X
626 (626) should remove his Quarters. According-
ly upon the 6th of AugtAugust he set out
to the Northward, &and by Break of Day
upon the 7th came in upon the Brae
of the ChisholmsChisholms’ Country called
Strathglass, having left one of
their
Party behind in the Brae of Glenmo-
riston to wait Campbell’s Motions.
That Friend came up to them that
Night (AugtAugust 7th) &and brought Word, that
they needed not be afraid for that
Night. Upon this His Royal High-
ness repaired to a neighbouring
SheallingShieling-Hut,27 where they prepared
a Fire, &and taking some Refresh-
ment, they made up a Bed for
His Royal Highness, which consist-
ed of a long Divot or Fail28 (that
was found lying in the Hut) of six
or seven Foot long, &and laying it flat
upon the Floor, the Grass-side up-
permost, with a Pillow of the same
Kind, His Royal Highness slept on
the earthen Bed all Night. They re-
mained in this Place two Days, &and
in that Time the Prince sent an Ex-
press to✝ Polliew, to know the Cer-
tainty about some French Vessels
being there.

Early in the Morning of AugtAugust 9th,
His

✝
Vol:Volume 1. p:page 175. The Prince used to insist upon
it, ytthat yethe French would still send him Succours. This I
had fmfrom severals. Vol:Volume 2. p:page 214.
627 (627) His Royal Highness set out to the
Northward so far on his Way to Pol-
liew, in Case of any ✝ Encourage-
ment from that Quarter, and, tra-
velling a Muir-Road unfrequented,
came that Night into another Sheal-
lingShieling-Hut,29 about the Distance of 5
or six Miles from where they had
set out. There they remained
all Night, &and set out about two
o’ Clock in the Morning of AugtAugust
10th, &and came about twelve o’
Clock into a Place called Glen-
canna, where passing the Re-
mainder of the Day in a Wood,
they repaired late at Night to a
neighbouring Village, where they
stayed only the Dead of Night.

About two o’ Clock in the Morning
of AugtAugust 11th they set out, &and climbed
aX Hill on the Northmost Side of
Glencanna, where they pass’dpassed the
Day, &and sent off two of their Party
to furnish a fresh Supply of Pro-
visions. At Night they repaired into
a neighbouring SheallingShieling-Hut, qrewhere
they remained two Days, expecting
the Return of the Express sent off to

✝
See the marginal Note at the Foot of
the preceedingpreceding Page.

X
See Vol:Volume 8. pag:page 1665.
628 (628) to Polliew, who accordingly came to
them, &and brought back Word, that
the only French Ship that had
come there, had sailed off again,
&and that a Couple✝ of Gentlemen, qowho
had come on Board of Her, had
actually landed, &and were mak-
ing the best of their Way for
Lochiel’s Country in Search of yethe
Prince. He, becoming anxious
to know if they had Dispatches
for Him, resolved to return to-
wards the Place from whence
he had come in order to meet
with them.

AugtAugust 13th, at Night, they set out
cross the Water of Canna back
again, and, holding by young Chis-
holm’s House, came by two o’Clock
in the Morning to a Place called
Fassanacoill in Strathglass, and
consulting what was best &and fittest to
be done, it was resolved (before
His Royal Highness should venture
any farther) to send some Spies to
the Braes of Glengary &and Lochiel’s
Country, in order to get sure In-
formation whether or not the Search
for

✝
Vol:Volume 1. p:pages 173, 175, 176. Vol:Volume 3. p:pages 556, 557.
629 (629)
for Him in these Bounds was all
over, &and if the Troops had gone
in to their Camp at Fort-Augus-
tus, which being done, His Roy-
al Highness remained there for
three Days in a very fast Wood,
the Inhabitants dreaming Nothing
of his being so near them.

They waited the Return of yethe Spies,
who brought Notice, that the For-
ces had returned to their Camp;
whereupon His Royal Highness
set out by six o’ Clock in the
Morning of AugtAugust 17th, travelled
through an unfrequented Road,
&and came by Ten o’Clock to the
Braes of Glenmoriston, and, pass-
ing the Day in the Top of a Hill,
they set out at Night, &and had not
travelled above a Mile, when
they learned, that a strong Party
had been detached to the Braes
of Glengary in Quest of the Prince.
Upon this it was resolved to proceed
no further on their Journey, untillultil
the Motion of the Enemy should be
farther known; &and then they repaired
into a neighbouring SheallingShieling-Hut,30
where they passed the Remainder of the 630 (630) the Night.

Upon AugtAugust 18th, in the Morning,
three Expresses were sent off, two
to Lochiel’s Country, Lochharkaig,
who were to seek out Cluns ✝ Ca-
meron, &and to tell him from Major
MacDonald of Glenaladale, that
he wanted to meet with him in
a convenient Place; &and the third
Express was to return at the
Brae of Glengary, &and to bring
back Word, if the Party, they
were informed of the Night be-
fore, had returned to their Camp
or not, that so, if the Road should
happen to be clear, His Royal
Highness might be pursuing his Jour-
ney, even while the Meeting be-
twixt the Major &and Cluns Cameron
was a concerting.

Accordingly the Expresses were sent
off, and, upon the 19th, the One
that was to return brought Word,
that the Road was clear; whereu-
pon the Prince &and his small Party,
being then ten in Number, set out
under the Advantage of a foggy Af-
ternoon, and passing through Glenmo-
riston

✝
631(631)riston &and Glenlyne, came late at
Night to the Brae of Glengary.
In their Way to the Water of Gary
the Rain came on so heavy, that the
Water swell’dswelled to a great Height.
Two of the Company went first to
try if they could wade the Water,
&and they found it passable, even
though it came up to their very
Middle; whereupon His Royal High-
ness &and the rest of his Party entering
the Water, they forded it safely,
and, travelling about a Mile from
the Water of Gary, the Night being
very dark, they were obliged to
pass it on the Side of a Hill with-
out any Cover, though it rained
excessively.

In the Morning of AugtAugust 20th the
Prince set out, the Rain still
continuing very heavy, and, travel-
ling six Miles cross Hills &and Muirs,
came about ten o’ Clock to the
Brae of a Place, called ✝ Achna-
saul, where the other Expresses
had been appointed to meet them.
There they pass’dpassed the Day in a most
inconvenient ~~Place~~ Habitation, it
raining as heavy within as without
it

[✝]
It is omitted in this Journal, ytthat Achnasaul himself was
wtwith yethe Prince, Vol:Volume 1. p:pages 173, 174.
632 (632) it. Towards the Afternoon they be-
gan to despair about their Express-
es, and being entirely run ôut of Provi-
sions of any Kind, &and being quite
Strangers to the Situation of Lo-
chiel’s Country for the present,
they began to concert what should
be done, when, in the Midst of
their Concert, the Expresses came
to them, &and brought Word to the
Major, that Cameron of Cluns
could not wait upon him ytthat Night,
but had directed him to lodge all
Night in a certain Wood within
two Miles of them, where He
would come to them next Morn-
ing. Accordingly two of their
Number were detached to take a
View of their intended HabitaonHabitation
who coming to the Place found it
to be very fast.

And here it must be observed, ytthat
that wonderful✝ Providence, which
always prevented His Royal High-
ness’s Difficulties, seemed in a parti-
cular Instance remarkable here.
He &and his faithful Few, as has been
observed above, running entirely
out of all Manner of Subsistence,
&and being at a Loss to know qchwhich Way to

✝
Vol:Volume 1. pag:pages 177, 178. Vol:Volume 3. p:page 610, 618, 619, 620, 621,
&cetc, &cetc, &cetc.
633 (633)
to be provided, they were immediate-
ly supplied by the small Detach-
ment, they having shot the finest
Deer (a large✝ Hart) that could be,
at the very Place, where the Prince
intended to pass the Night.

The Two returning with their Ap-
probation of the Place to His Roy-
al Highness, He (after permit-
ting Major MacDonald of Glenala-
dale to acquaintX D:Donald MacDonald
of Lochgary of their Arrival at
that Place, &and to send for him) set
out for the intended Quarters wtwith
his Party; and coming to the Place
they were most deliciously feast-
ed with their late Purchase. Loch-
gary joined them that Night; after
which they took their Rest.

About ten o’ Clock in the Morning of
AugtAugust 21st, Clunes Cameron joined
them, and, remaining there till to-
wards the Afternoon, Cluns con-
ducted them into a Wood at the
Foot of Lochharkaig, where they
lodged all Night, &cetc.

Timeous31 in the Morning of AugtAugust
22d an Express was sent off to ⓧ Loch-iel

[✝]

X
Ibid: —

ⓧ
The Affair of the Prin-
[ce]’s sending Expresses to Lochiel, &and of Lochiel’s send-
[in]g proper Persons to seek out the Prince, &and at last of

634(634)iel to command his Attendance.
His Royal Highness stayed in the
foresaid Place three Days till the
Return of the Express, who brought
Word, that Lochiel, ✝not being recove-
red of his Wounds &and being at too
great a Distance, could not come,
but he sent his Brother, Dr Ca-
meron to make his Apology, who
came to His Royal Highness upon
AugtAugust 25th.

Augt 26th, the Prince set out with
his Attendants, and, travelling a-
bout a Mile, came to a Wood,
opposite to Achnacary, called Tor-
ramhuilt or Torvauilt, Dr Came-
ron &and Lochgary having parted wtwith
His Royal Highness about three or
four o’ Clock in the Afternoon
to avoid Suspicion, as did also
Cluns Cameron how soon he had
conducted His Royal Highness into this

of their meeting together, as they both intended,
appears to me not to be so distinctly &and accurately nar-
rated in this Journal as in that of Mr John Cameron.
Vol:Volume 1. p:pages 173, 174, 175, 179. As I have made some Enqui[-]
ry into this Matter, I shall note down all I have discov-
ered about it as exactly as possible. Dr Achibald Ca-
meron (Lochiel’s Brother) &and Mr John Cameron (late
presbyterian Chaplain at Fort-William) were the Person[s]
dispatched by Lochiel to use all the Endeavours they co[uld]
to find out the Prince, in which they were happily successful[.]

✝
Lochiel by this Time was X recovered of his Wounds, as is evi-
dent from Dr Stewart Threpland’s leaving him &and making h[is] Way

X
See Vol:Volume 7. pag:page 1479.
635 (635) this last Habitation. In this Place
the Prince remained for eight
Days, during which Time the fore-
mentioned French Gentlemen were
sent for, &and were brought to yethe Place
where His Royal Highness was,
and, after staying two or three Days
with Him, were sent to a safe Place
to be taken due Care of, till such
Time as they could get a Passage
to their own Country.

The Prince, seeing himself in a Man-
ner out of Danger, having got In-
telligence, that all the Forces, which
had been encamped at Fort-Augus-
tus, were dispersed up &and down the
Kingdom, &and that no more was left
there but Loudon’s Regiment and
besides, that all the Militia were
returned home having delivered
back their Arms, &and supposing that
a Chance-Party might come near
the Place where he was, still he
had a safe Retreat South &and North,
as would be thought most conveni-
ent; upon all these Considerations
put together, he thought proper to
dismiss Major MacDonald of Glenala-dale

[W]ay to EdrEdinburgh in yethe Habit &and Character of a Presbyterian Proba-
[ti]oner in the Month of July, long before the Prince &and Lochi-
[e]l could meet. The foresdforesaid Mr John Cameron was the Per-
[s]on dispatched by Lochiel (after meeting wtwith yethe Prince) to EdrEdinburgh,
[in] order to hire a Vessel to take him, &and qmwhom he should bring a-long
636(636)dale home to his own Country near
the Coast, there to look out for yethe
Arrival of French Vessels, which
His Royal Highness expected dai-
ly for conveying Him safely off,
&and to bring Him Intelligence upon
their Arrival, the Prince himself
being resolved to remain in yethe same
Place (unless he was surprizedsurprised)
to wait that Event.

Accordingly; upon SeptrSeptember 3d, the
Major set out, leaving His Royal
Highness attended by Lochgary &and
Cluns Cameron, &and arrived in his
own Country upon the 5th, where
he remained ~~till~~ till the 13th,
when Captain Sheridan &and Lieu-
tenant O Burn landed from on
Board two French Ships, that
anchored in Lochnannuagh upon
the Arisaig-side, in order to car-
ry off His Royal Highness, they com-
ing to the Place where Glenala-
dale then was, &and expecting to find
the Prince with Him.

Lochnannuagh is the Boundary between
Arisaig &and Moydart, so that People can
arrive

long wtwith him, off yethe East Coast. Mr Cameron (by
yethe Assistance of proper Friends) succeeded in this Negotiation[,]
as is well known to some; but qnwhen he returned to inform
yethe Prince of his Success, He wtwith Lochiel, &c.etc. had set out for [yethe]
place, where yethe French were landed upon yethe West Coast to

637 (637)
arrive upon either of these Places
out of that Loch.

Glenaladale set out that very
Night (SeptrSeptember 13th) to acquaint the
Prince of the Arrival of these
Ships, &and to conduct him safely on
Board; but coming to the Place,
where he expected to have found
Him, to his great Disappoint-
ment he could get no Person, ytthat
could give any certain Account
whereabouts His Royal Highness
might happen to be. The Prince
had been obliged to retreat by
a Party, that had come out of
Fort-Augustus under the Com-
mand of Culcairn &and Captain
Grant;32 &and Cluns Cameron, who
had been appointed to acquaint
the Major where the Prince was
to be found in Case he should
be obliged to retreat, having
gone out of the Way without
leaving any Directions for the Ma-
jor either about His Royal High-ness

[to] take off the Prince, &c.etc. so ytthat Mr Cameron was left
[to] shift for himself. He made his Way back to EdrEdinburgh in
[d]isguise, &and at last got off, under a borrowed Name, in yethe
[s]ame Coach wtwith Lady Lochiel &and her Children, for London, yethe
[L]ady passing under yethe Name of Mrs Campbell; for she
[c]ould have no Pass. They all got safely to France. When
[I] happened to be conversing wtwith John Cameron, Uncle of
[yethe] said Mr Cameron, in EdrEdinburgh, Vol:Volume 3. p:page 558. he told me, ytthathe
638(638)ness or himself; these Things put the
Major in the utmost Pain, consider-
ing the many Disappointments
&and Inconveniencies this Piece of
Inadvertency in Cluns might be
the Occasion of. Whilst he was
taken up with these melancho-
ly Thoughts, a poor Woman came
accidentally where He was, &and
told Him the Place where Cluns
was to be found. Immediately
he set out with all Diligence,
&and arrived at a SheallingShieling,33 whi-
ther Cluns came soon after,
with whom he concerted Measures
for sending an Express to His
Royal Highness, who by this Time
had gone where Lochiel was
for the Reasons abovementioned,
that so he might be speedily in-
formed about the Arrival of
the Ships. When the Concert about
sending an Express was adjusted, the

he himself attended Lochiel in his skulking. I told him
it was surprizingsurprising to me, how any Person could find out yethe
Prince, qnwhen yethe Ships landed in yethe West, because he was so
far down yethe Country in his Way Southward, &and then asked
him, if he could inform me, qtwhat Miles yethe Prince might be
fmfrom yethe Ships, qnwhen Notice came to him. He said, ytthat he himself
was ynthen on an Errand enquiring about some of yethe distressed
Gentlemen; but ytthat he was persuaded, yethe Prince was no
less than 60 Miles fmfrom yethe Ships in a direct Line over the
Tops of Hills, &c.etc. as by that ^time he behoved to be in yethe Con-fines

[] 639(639)
the Major returned with all possi-
ble Expedition to the Ships, to
inform the Gentlemen of the Rea-
sons of the Delay, &and that yethe Prince
would be with them as quickly as
possible.

As soon as His Royal Highness
was informed, that the Vessels
were at Lochnannuagh, he set
out with all possible Diligence
for that Place, where he arrived
about the✝ 28th of SeptrSeptember, accom-
panied by Lochgary, John Roy
Stewart &and Lochiel, &and went on
Board the Happy, a Privateer
of St MalosMalo’s, which set sail in-
stantly upon His Royal High-
ness’s being on Board.

Here ends the Journal.
[]

fines, or in yethe Country, of Athol. I said, no doubt, he meant
highland miles. He said, he meant so; for ytthat it would be
less ynthan 70 or 80 ordinary miles, &and, if one was to travelltravel
it by yethe common Roads, it would make no less ynthan 90 or
100 ordinary miles.
Vol: 7. p: 1475.
The Indemnity did not make John Ca-
meron (the Uncle) safe, because he had carried Arms
abroad in yethe first Highland Regiment, &and, qnwhen yethe Prince land-
ed, had a Pension fmfrom Chelsea. He got off to Holland, &and fmfrom
thence to France. He said, yethe Prince, qnwhen skulking, used to retire
sometime, Morning &and Evening, by himself. —