Short Conversation betwixt young Rasay and me Robert Forbes wherein he corrected a Mistake in the Paper he had sent me, etc

Thursday’s Forenoon, SeptrSeptember 8th, 1748,
I had a Visit of John MacLeod of Rona
(i:e: young Rasay) who told me, that,
in the Paper he had sent me up,
there was a Mistake as to ^the Number
of Families upon the Island of Ra-
say; for instead of betwixt eighty
&and Ninety (See in this Vol: pag: 878)
it should be about one hundred
&and twenty Families. He informed
me, that, since sending me the
Paper, he had made a more ex-
act Enquiry into the Number of Fa-
milies. I asked him upon what Day
yethe Prince had left yethe Isle of Sky
for the Continent. He answered upon
Friday, July the 4th. See in this Vol:
pag: 879. —I then begged to know,
if he would use his Interest with
MacDonald of Armadale &and John
MacKinnon to favour me with their
Accounts of Matters as to what they
had done for the Preservation of yethe
Prince. He assured me, he would
do his best to gratifiegratify me []in my
Request, &and doubted not of Success in
his Endeavours. He informed me, that one 1081 (1081)
one AlexrAlexander MacLeod (a Captain of
Militia) had been useful in con-
sulting the Safety of the Prince,
while on the Long Isle, &and that
he would likewise procure me the
said AlexrAlexander MacLeod’s History in
that Matter.