11
The reader will find two original letters of the Duke of Montrose, with that which Mr. Graham of Killearn despatched from his prison-house by the Outlaw’s command, in the Appendix, No. II.
12
About 1792, when the author chanced to pass that way while on a tour through the Highlands, a garrison, consisting of a single veteran, was still maintained at Inversnaid. The venerable warder was reaping his barley croft in all peace and tranquillity and when we asked admittance to repose ourselves, he told us we would find the key of the Fort under the door.
13
Letters from the North of Scotland, vol. ii. pp. 344, 345.
14
Mad herdsmen – a name given to cattle-stealers [properly one who deserves to fill a widdie, or halter].
15
The winds which sweep a wild glen in Badenoch are so called.
16
Appendix, No. III.
17
Such an admission is ascribed to the robber Donald Bean Lean in
18
Some accounts state that Appin himself was Rob Roy’s antagonist on this
occasion. My recollection, from the account of Invernahyle himself, was as
stated in the text. But the period when I received the information is now
so distant, that it is possible I may be mistaken. Invernahyle was rather
of low stature, but very well made, athletic, and an excellent swordsman.
19
This fatal piece was taken from Robin Oig, when he was seized many years afterwards. It remained in possession of the magistrates before whom he was brought for examination, and now makes part of a small collection of arms belonging to the Author. It is a Spanish-barrelled gun, marked with the letters R. M. C., for Robert MacGregor Campbell.
20
Note D. Author’s expedition against the MacLarens.
21
Published in Blackwood’s Magazine, vol. ii. p. 228.
22
Childe Harold’s Pilgrimage, Canto II.
23
See Appendix, No. VI.
24
Such, at least, was his general character; for when James Mhor, while perpetrating the violence at Edinbilly, called out, in order to overawe opposition, that Glengyle was lying in the moor with a hundred men to patronise his enterprise, Jean Key told him he lied, since she was confident Glengyle would never countenance so scoundrelly a business.
25
Note E. Allan Breck Stewart.
26
The Trials of the Sons of Rob Roy, with anecdotes of Himself and his Family, were published at Edinburgh, 1818, in 12mo.
27
James died near three months before, but his family might easily remain a long time without the news of that event.
28
It does not appear to whom this letter was addressed. Certainly, from its style and tenor, It was designed for some person high in rank and office – perhaps the King’s Advocate for the time.
29
This curious epistle is copied from an authentic narrative of Marshal Wade’s proceedings in the Highlands, communicated by the late eminent antiquary, George Chalmers, Esq., to Mr. Robert Jamieson, of the Register House, Edinburgh, and published in the Appendix to an
1
As it maybe necessary, in the present Edition(1829), to speak upon the square, the Author thinks it proper to own, that the communication alluded to is entirely imaginary.
2
Note A. The Grey Stone of MacGregor.
3
Note B. Dugald Ciar Mhor.
4
See
5
See Appendix, No. I.
6
His courage and affectation of foppery were united, which is less frequently the case, with a spirit of innate modesty. He is thus described in Lord Binning’s satirical verses, entitled “Argyle’s Levee:”
7
Mr. Grahame of Gartmore’s Causes of the Disturbances in the Highlands. See Jamieson’s edition of Burt’s Letters from the North of Scotland, Appendix, vol. ii. p. 348.
8
“At night they arrived at Luss, where they were joined by Sir Humphrey Colquhoun of Luss, and James Grant of Plascander, his son-in-law, followed by forty or fifty stately fellows in their short hose and belted plaids, armed each of them with a well-fixed gun on his shoulder, a strong handsome target, with a sharp-pointed steel of above half an ell in length screwed into the navel of it, on his left arm, a sturdy claymore by his side, and a pistol or two, with a dirk and knife, in his belt.” —
9
Note C. The Loch Lomond Expedition.
10
The first of these anecdotes, which brings the highest pitch of civilisation so closely in contact with the half-savage state of society, I have heard told by the late distinguished Dr. Gregory; and the members of his family have had the kindness to collate the story with their recollections and family documents, and furnish the authentic particulars. The second rests on the recollection of an old man, who was present when Rob took French leave of his literary cousin on hearing the drums beat, and communicated the circumstance to Mr. Alexander Forbes, a connection of Dr. Gregory by marriage, who is still alive.
11
The reader will find two original letters of the Duke of Montrose, with that which Mr. Graham of Killearn despatched from his prison-house by the Outlaw’s command, in the Appendix, No. II.
12
About 1792, when the author chanced to pass that way while on a tour through the Highlands, a garrison, consisting of a single veteran, was still maintained at Inversnaid. The venerable warder was reaping his barley croft in all peace and tranquillity and when we asked admittance to repose ourselves, he told us we would find the key of the Fort under the door.
13
Letters from the North of Scotland, vol. ii. pp. 344, 345.
14
Mad herdsmen – a name given to cattle-stealers [properly one who deserves to fill a
15
The winds which sweep a wild glen in Badenoch are so called.
16
Appendix, No. III.
17
Such an admission is ascribed to the robber Donald Bean Lean in
18
Some accounts state that Appin himself was Rob Roy’s antagonist on this
occasion. My recollection, from the account of Invernahyle himself, was as
stated in the text. But the period when I received the information is now
so distant, that it is possible I may be mistaken. Invernahyle was rather
of low stature, but very well made, athletic,