Corrieyarrack they were informed by a soldier named Cameron of Cope's march to Inverness. This man deserted from the army of King William for the express purpose of conveying this news to his friends, with whose movements he appears to have made himself fully acquainted. The intelligence was received with exultation, and the Highland army at once descended the southern steep of Corrieyarrack, on their way to the Scottish Capital, leaving Sir John Cope unmolested on his march to the Highland capital. While bivouacked at Dalwhinnie, Dr Archibald Cameron, who appears to have held the rank of Captain in the Highland army, Macdonald of Lochgarry, and O'Sullivan were ordered on an expedition against a small Government fort at Ruthven, with instructions to take the barracks. In this they failed, losing one man killed and two mortally wounded, but on their return they brought in Ewen Macpherson of Cluny, who had just the day before accepted a command under the Government, and received orders from Sir John Cope to embody his clan, numbering about 300 able-bodied, fighting men. Cluny, it may be assumed, was not altogether sorry for his capture, for he is found returning from Perth a few days after to raise his clan for the Prince, who treated him with every consideration during the short time he kept him prisoner.

It is not intended to give a continuous and connected account here of the proceedings and movements of the Highland army. These are already so well-known as to render it quite unnecessary, even did our plan admit of it. We shall only deal with the points in the narrative where the Camerons, or their leader, come prominently on the scene. From Blair Castle, Lochiel, with Lord Nairne, and 400 men went on in advance, entered and took possession of Dunkeld on the morning of the 3rd of September. The same evening the City of Perth was taken by the Camerons, and next morning, Prince Charles having arrived, attired in a superb Highland dress of Royal Stuart tartan, trimmed with gold, they immediately proceeded to the Cross of the Fair City and proclaimed the Chevalier, amid the acclamations of the people. Lochiel was then appointed, accompanied by Macdonald of Keppoch, Stewart of Ardshiel, and Sullivan, to lead 900 men, comprising a large number of Camerons, sent forward for the capture of Edinburgh, with instructions to blow up the

gates of the City, if necessary, to attain their purpose. * They were soon in possession without the spilling of a single drop of blood. When the inhabitants awoke in the morning, they found the government of the Capital transferred from the Provost and Magistrates in name of King George, to the Highlanders in name of King James, and everything in the City was going on, to all outward appearance, as if nothing extraordinary had occurred, the one guard having relieved the other as quietly, according to Home, as one guard relieves another in the routine of duty on ordinary occasions.

At the battle of Preston, fought on the 21st of September, Lochiel, at the head of his followers, occupied the left wing of the army, whose "line was somewhat oblique, and the Camerons, who were nearest the King's army, came up directly opposite to the cannon, firing at the guard as they advanced. The people employed to work the cannon, who were not gunners or artillerymen, fled instantly. Colonel Whiteford fired five or six field pieces with his own hand, which killed one private man and wounded an officer in Lochiel's regiment." The Camerons carried everything before them; the enemy fled, dragoons and artillery, and the foot "were either killed or taken prisoners," except about two hundred, "who escaped by extraordinary swiftness or early flight." The cannon, tents, baggage, and military chest of the King's army fell into the hands of the Highlanders, whose total loss only amounted to four officers and thirty men killed, and about seventy wounded; while five of the King's officers were killed and eighty taken prisoners, many of the latter being wounded. Their loss in men has been estimated at from four to five hundred, with some seven hundred prisoners. Chambers says that "the victory began, as the battle had done, among the Camerons. That spirited clan, notwithstanding their exposure to the cannon, and although received with a discharge of musketry by the artillery guard, ran on with undaunted speed, and were first up to the front of the enemy," who, with Colonel Gardener and his dragoons, immediately reeled, turned, and fol

* It has been stated that immediately before leading on the band, Lochiel met with an accident, in consequence of which he was unable to execute the commission entrusted to him in person, and that Cameron of Erracht took his place on the occasion. We have not been able to procure satisfactory evidence on this point.

lowed their companions. Lochiel ordered his men to strike at the noses of the horses, as the best means of getting the better of their masters; but they never found a single opportunity of practising the ruse, the men having chosen to retreat while they were yet some yards distant. Hamilton's dragoons, at the other extremity of the army, no sooner saw their fellows flying before the Camerons than they also turned about and fled, without having fired a carbine. The whole action only lasted about four minutes, ending in "a total overthrow, and the almost entire destruction of the Royal army," and Lochiel, with his trusty Camerons, had the principal share in securing this remarkable result. Of the four officers killed in the action two were Camerons-Lieutenant Allan Cameron of Lundavra, and Ensign James Cameron, both of Lochiel's regiment.*

(To be continued.)

MURDER OF COLIN CAMPBELL OF GLENURE.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE CELTIC MAGAZINE.

DEAR MR EDITOR,-In your last instalment of the History of the Camerons (Celtic Magazine for May), you are more than unkind—you are unjust—to the Stewarts of Appin. Referring to Colin Campbell of Glenure, you say that he was murdered by the Stewarts of Appin, and this surely is a terrible charge to be brought against the loyal and gallant Sliochd Mhic Iain Stiubhairt, a clan characterised by the contemporary seanachie of the Macleans, as all of them gentlemen of honour, and all of them true and trusty as the steel of the daggers in their belts.

*

Colin Campbell of Glenure was indeed shot dead by a Stewart, but not by a Stewart of Appin. The assassin was Allan Breac Just as the army was marching to the attack the Chevalier appeared at their head, very alert, and ready to lead them to the onset. Lochiel, however, who had a great respect and esteem for him, earnestly entreated him to forbear exposing his person, and advised him to take his stand upon a rising ground, under the guard of a party, from whence he might send his orders to any part of the army during the engagement as he should see occasion; for if any misfortune should befal him they were all ruined to a man; and that too much depended on his safety to hazard his person without more apparent necessity than there was; which advice the Chevalier followed, and retired with a party to a high field to the south-west of Seatoun.-Life of Dr Archibald Cameron.

Stewart, of the family of Invernahadden, in Rannoch. Glenure, as factor on the forfeited estates of Appin and Lochiel was, rightly or wrongly, accused of being a cruel oppressor of the people. At all events it is the case that at the time of his death he was preparing to carry out "evictions" on a large scale, and of the fact abundant evidence was found on his person after death. He was furthermore accused of having borne false witness against some of the gentlemen of the West for their share in the '45, and of thus encompassing the death of far better men than himself. Because of all this Allan Breac shot him dead, and managing to escape to France, another man, entirely innocent of the crime, as is now known, was laid hold of and executed under every circumstance of ignominy that his hereditary foes-the Campbells— could devise. If the manner of Glenure's death can only be characterised as a deed of foul murder, a cowardly assasination, it is equally true that the execution of James Stewart of the Glen (Seumas-a-Ghlinne) was, as it has been characterised by a high authority, with all the evidence of the case before him, neither more nor less than "a judicial murder."

As a descendant of the gallant Invernakyles of Appin, and brave Mac Robbs of Letter-Shuna, I have to request that you will withdraw your cruel and utterly unfounded indictment of murder against "the Stewarts of Appin," a race, let me assure you, far too proud and brave to be guilty of anything so cowardly and mean as the assassination of Colin Campbell of Glenure, even if he had been ten times over the heartless tyrant and oppressor Allan Breac believed him to be. The whole history of the clan goes to prove that when they had to deal with an enemy it was always in honourable and open fight, never once by assassination.

My distinguished friend, the late John Hill Burton, was very proud of his title of Historiographer Royal for Scotland. You, Mr Editor, are now, by common consent, Historiographer Royal of the Highland Clans; and very nobly and impartially, altogether admirably, have you discharged your onerous and important duties, so far as your histories have yet gone. I therefore appeal to you in this matter with the utmost confidence that you will do my claim justice; that you will withdraw the charge to which I call your attention, either by appending a foot-note

to the text, or by an entire obliteration of the words to which I take objection.

With hearty congratulations on the continued success of your excellent Magazine, believe me, yours very faithfully, NETHER-LOCHABER

20th May 1884.

[We regret, in one sense, having roused the Royal ire of our excellent friend, "Nether-Lochaber." In another sense we are not; for we confess to an inclination to "do it again," to draw another letter from him; for we are always pleased to see any of his productions in the Celtic Magazine, even when he hits hard. We have, however, on this occasion, discovered the slip which moved his patriotic soul, and had already corrected it for the separate work, before his letter was received. It will be seen that the unpardonable crime complained of consisted in our having written "Stewarts of Appin" for a "Stewart in Appin."-ED. C. M.]

OLD HIGHLAND REMEDIES.

II.

MARTIN describes several methods which the Islesmen had for inducing perspiration. In Skye, the patient boiled his shirt in water, and then put it on, and this soon had the desired effect. Another way was to pile live peats upon an earthen floor until it became sufficiently hot, when the peats were removed and a quantity of straw substituted. Water was then poured upon it, and the patient lay down upon the steaming straw until the perspiration came on. When it was desired to make any particular part of the body perspire, a hole was dug in an earthen floor and filled with dry sticks and rushes. A red-hot hectic stone was placed upon these, and water being poured over the whole, the patient held the special part of his person over the vapour evolved until he obtained the desired result. A bowl of hot gruel and butter was taken at bed-time to produce a copious perspiration all over the body-a remedy common to this day.