The first particular, you want the truth
of, is his Escape of falling over the
precipice which I remember very
well, and it was the very night we
passed the guards, and it was in Climb-
ing up that hill you’lyou’ll find in your
journalljournal Called ✝ Drymchossey immedi-atly 1449(1449)
atlyately after passing by a Small Camp
pitched in the Bottom of the VallyValley
or Glen of that name, vizvidelicet, GlenChosey
attat the foot of the hill we were
then Ascending, and the night
being very Dark we pass’dpassed so near
that little Camp as to See the Sol-
diers passing betwixt us and the
fires and to hear the Sound of
their Talk but not to Distinguish
what they Spoke, as I Said, we were
Climbing up the hill ImmediatlyImmediately
above the Camp the night being
very Dark and the Hill very Steep,
Donald Cameron being Guide was
foremost the Pr:[ince] was after him and
I followed in his Rear and my
brother and CousineCousin after me,
and Cr[ossin]g a Small rivulet that
gushed out of a Spring as I think
and slydedslid over a precipisprecipice attat
very place we Crossed it, Donald
Cameron Crossed first the Pr:[ince] next
and in Crossing missed a Step, and
‘tis altogether probable he would
fall down the precipisprecipice which we
took to be very high, if he had
not been very full of life and that I 1450 (1450)
I Caught hold of one Arm and Donald
Cameron of the other and recovered
him in a TryceTrice but the hightheight of
the precipisprecipice we Could not Discern
being very Dark. but that there
was a tree or any thing ElssElse in it is
very groundless for it is so near the
topetop of the hill that the winter
SnowesSnows and frostesfrosts would Starve
any wood growing there. there
was but one line of the Troops in
our front, but were planted in little
Camps pitched in a line from the
head of ✝LochUirn, to the head of
Locheil being 27 in all so that
once we Crossed the one line of these
little Camps we had none more near
us to Cross but as the next morning
we were oblidgedobliged to travelltravel along that
line after Crossing it we unadvertant-
lyinadvertently next day lodged all [] day very
near X the wing of that line but we
were under no necessity to Creep
but when Donald CamCameron: and I Exposed
our selves to the ennemysenemies view
when they Drove the Sheep to the
fold to Choose ⓧ out Some for Slaugh-
ter, that we were oblidgedobliged to Creep
back again till we gottgot out of their
view. The 1451 (1451)
The other particular is the Story
of Ha Dougald maccullonny which
is altogether fableousfabulous as there
was no Such thing, for the place
where the Glenmorison people join-
ed us was attat the Cave where
the ✝ fine Spring glydedglided by our
bed SydesSides whereto (upon my send-
ing my brother and our then Guide
to them to Bring them to anean In-
terview with me. in order to guide
me to XPollieu in SeaforthsSeaforth's Country)
they Directed us to Come to; for Do-
nald Cameron ⓧparted with us three
days before to take Care of his wife
and means. and when the first three
of them Came up to us, we resolved
not to ComittCommit the Secret of the Pr:[ince]
person to them unless we found that
they would know him yettyet upon See-
ing him they all knew him; for my
part, if Τ Mr Cameron, was the author
of that paragraph, I think, if there
should be something of it, whereas I
have not the least grounds to Suspect
their honesty, I think, he should, for the
sake of their honesty and fidelity to a
Cause, he seems so much to SettSet a value
upon, refrain from Stigmatizing the poor
people, with the appellation☂ of noted theevesthieves when
1452 (1452)
when of the Glenmorison peoples
neighbours even Camerons there might
be found those that Deserved it as
well. The Names of the Glenmori-
son people are as follows: vizvidelicet John
✝mcDonald, Alexander XmcDonald,
Alexander Chissolm, Donald Chissolm
his brother, Hugh Chissolm another
brother, Gregor mcGregor, Patrick
Grant, and Hugh mc Millan who
Came one day Accidentally upon
us a little before we left the Chiss-
olms Country and knowing us all
we kept him with us and proved
very faithfullfaithful;
As for the manner of Mr McKenzie’s
Death It is what I Can never gettget
the Certainty of, as I gettget so many
Accounts of it which I perfectly
know to be palpable untruths which
makes me give the less Credit to
any I hear of it, Except that he dy-
eddied, but I will be on the Search
and if I gettget any thing worth Trans-
mitting to you Depend upon it I shall
Send it; as for Plundering, Pillaging,
Burnings, and murders I know Certain-
ly a great Dealldeal well vouch’dvouched but I
ammam just now hurryedhurried with other busi-
ness and I must beggbeg to be Excused till 1453 (1453)
till the [next] occasion but my friend
the bearer knows a good DeallDeal
and he’ll tell you a good many
things Especially what happened
in his own Country where every
thing that was portable, or Drivable
was CarryedCarried ofoff, ‘tis true I Saved
every thing I had till the young
GentlemansGentleman’s return to the ConntinentContinent
when as good luck would have it,
my wounds were not three days
Closed when I had a Call to at-
tend and leaving every thing
never Saw another Sight of any
thing but my poor wife and ba-
bies.

I have SealledSealed up Alister’s ✝ letter
and forwarded it to him;
I am heartily Sorry to have the Ac-
count of [] your ReallReal wellwisher
Balfinlay’s Death to give you, hav-
ing Departed on the X 27th Septem-
ber last much regretted by his friends
among whom he Depended on you
as a firm one; I Conclude with
wishing you Lady and family all
manner of health and happiness, both
here and hereafter, and am in all
Sincerely with Esteem and Affection