Account of some Scrapes of Journals, which Mr James Elphinston had got from Mr Walkingshaw, London.

Saturday’s Afternoon, FebryFebruary 18th, 1749,
when Bellfinlay was with me, I was
favoured with a Visit of the RevdReverend
Mr William Bell, &and Mr James
Elphinston, both from EdrEdinburgh, who wit-
nessed what passed between Bel-
finlay &and me; . Mr Elphinston inform’dinformed
me, that, when in London, he had
got several Scrapes1 of Journals
from Mr John Walkingshaw, who
had desired him [Elphinston] to
be at Pains to put them together
in a coherent chronological Me-
thod, which at last (he said) he
had made out at his Leisure
Hours; &and that he had brought it
to me, that I might compare it
with my Collection. Accordingly
he delivered it into my Hands.
It bore this Title

Monday, March 6th, 1749, I read
&and considered the said Account at
some Leisure, &and compared it with
the different several Journals
of the foresaid Period of Time
in my Collection. Upon this Com-
parison I found the said Account
pretty exact &and true (some few
Things excepted) in it’sits Contents;
but then the Person, or Persons,
who had taken the Scrapes2 of
Journals ^down in Writing,3 had been in
too great a Hurry; for they ^[the Scrapes] had
not contained scarce one tenth
Part of what might have been
inserted ^in them from the Mouths
of those, who had been personal-
ly concerned in the Escape, &and
who were carried Prisoners to
London. If I bring in tointo the Reck-
oning Kingsborrow’s Part of the Histo-
ry, Donald Roy MacDonald’s Account,
the Journal drawn up by young
Clanranald, Glenaladale, ^&and CapnCaptain
AlexrAlexander MacDonald, &cetc, &cetc, &c.etc. all
which the People in London could
know very little or Nothing about,
then indeed the foresaid Account
is very lame &and imperfect. The said
Account ended with Captain John Mac-Kinnon’s1218(1218)
Kinnon’s Part of the Management
along with the old Laird of Mac-
Kinnon, an exact Copy of which
is as follows.