Short Account of a Conversation betwixt me and Mr Murdoch MacLeod, foresaid

N:B: The original Letter from
Malcolm MacLeod, &and the Papers
in the Hand-writing of young Ra-
say &and his Brother, Murdoch MacLeod,
are to be found among my Papers.
Upon Thursday, April 14th, 1748, Mr
Murdoch MacLeod returned to me by
Appointment, when I took an Oppor-
tunity of asking him about the pre-
cise Day, when the Prince set out with [] 879 (879)
with old MacKinnon from the Isle
of Sky for the Continent. He said,
he could assure me, that it was
upon Friday, the 4th of July, 1746,
so that now, I think, I have this Date
well enough ascertained, when I have
got three concurring Evidences for
it, viz, Malcolm MacLeod, Do-
nald Roy MacDonald, &and Murdoch
MacLeod. See Vol: 2. pag: ^247, 262,
263, Vol: 4th pag: 767. ✝— I likewise
asked him about the Wound he had
received in the Action at Culloden.
He told me, that the Bullet entredentered
at the left Shoulder, &and lodged
under the Right-Shoulder-Blade,
&and that one, Balfour, a Surgeon,
took the Bullet out the Day after
the Battle, see Vol: 4th, pag: 712.

Upon the said Day (April 14th) I gave
Mr Murdoch MacLeod an exact Account
of Something, which I desired ^him to nar-
rate to Rasay, senior, Rasay, junior, CapnCaptain
Malcolm MacLeod &and Mr Alexander
MacDonald of KingsborrowKingsburgh, leaving it
altogether to their Discretion whether
or not they would communicate the
same to any other Persons. I took
Mr MacLeod’s Parole of Honour, that he should 880 (880)
should not mention this Subject to any
oneanyone whatsomever but only to the
forementioned four Gentlemen. I
desired him to return to me upon
Tuesday (April 19th) in order to talk
over the Subject again, that so I
might know if he remembredremembered all
the several Parts of it exactly e-
nough. He kept the Appointment
accordingly, &and I found, upon Trial,
that his Memory served him very
well. Perhaps, this Something
may have a Place yet in this
Collection.