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glad to learn that, through the influence of his Tutor, Donald Macdonald of Benbecula, and other influential friends in Scotland, his estates had been preserved to him.

While in France Clanranald made the acquaintance of Penelope, a daughter of Colonel Mackenzie, who had been Governor of Tangiers under Charles II. "This young lady was not more distinguished by the beauty of her person than by the brilliancy of her wit and sweetness of temper. She was universally admired at a Court famed for the beauty of its women, and her prudence added not a little to the lustre of her charms. With such a person, possessing such a mind, it cannot be doubted that she had various offers of marriage, but she preferred Clanranald to all others, and satisfied that, with such a man, happiness could be obtained anywhere, she at once agreed to marry, and accompanying him to his native hills."* They soon returned to Scotland, and arrived safely in South Uist, where, though remote from society, "Yet so completely did their tempers accord with each other, that their uniform hospitality, polite attention, and affable manners, drew company from all parts of the kingdom, and a little Court, well befitting that of a chief, was actually formed," which was favourably spoken of in all classes of society throughout the country.

On his return to Uist, Clanranald made up titles to his estates, as his father's heir, by precept, dated 28th of July 1704, and was infefted thereon in November and December 1706.

It is generally believed that he was in correspondence with the Court of St Germains before the rising of 1715, for no sooner had the Earl of Mar raised his standard at Braemar, than Clanranald sailed from Uist with his followers, and summoned his vassals of Moydart, Arasaig, and the small isles. He is among the chiefs charged to appear in Edinburgh to give security for his good behaviour, by a certain day, and refusing, he was denounced, with other leaders of the clans, a rebel against the Crown. His reply was at once to declare openly for the Chevalier, in whose service he was appointed a Colonel. He received orders to march into Argyleshire to harass the Earl and prevent the Campbells and other neighbouring clans from joining the Government forces; and while on his way he was joined at Fort-William by a body of Camerons and Macleans, with whom he attempted to surprise the garrison at Inverlochy. In this he failed, but on the 17th of September he captured two redoubts, which, however, he was unable to retain for want of artillery. On the 6th of October he arrived at Strathphillan with about 700 of his own clan, and was joined by Glengarry and several other chiefs with a considerable following, the army on the 16th numbering some 2400 men, with whom on the following day he marched back in the direction of Inveraray, arriving there on the 19th. The town was defended by a large body of Campbells, who refused a demand to surrender made in writing, by Clanranald and Glengarry; but Sir Duncan and Colonel Campbell came out to meet them next morning on a rising ground between the town and the invaders' camp, when the two Macdonald chiefs stated that the Earl of Mar's orders were to respect the country if they disbanded their men, but that, if they kept in arms, it was to be laid waste. Next morning a message was received, Lord Isla (the Earl's brother), who was in command, declining

* History of the Family, p. 148.

to treat with any one in arms against the Government. The Macdonalds immediately proceeded to waste Kintyre and the Earl's lands in the district, after which they returned to Strathphillan. This raid kept many of the Campbells at home to protect their property and friends, and Clanranald compelled many others to pledge themselves not to move out of the district. This proved of great advantage to Mar. On the 3d of November the camp was broken up, and the whole body marched by Castle Drummond to Perth, where they joined the main army, under the Earl of Mar; and about the same time, Sir Donald Macdonald, Seaforth, the Chisholm, and other Highlanders, made their appearance. On the 9th a council of war was called, at which it was decided to march to Dunblane. The history of this march and the battle of Sheriffmuir are sufficiently well known. All the Macdonalds behaved with their wonted valour and bravery, and no one more so than the gallant Chief of Clanranald, who fell mortally wounded-"a man universally esteemed and respected by foe as well as friend, and whose memory is still cherished in the Highlands with the utmost fondness." Even Patten, the renegade author of "The History of the Rebellion," after stating that the Captain of Clanranald, with 1000 men, all with their chief, were against the Government and in the rebellion, says :- "This clan did act the part of men that are resolute and brave, under the command of their chief, who, for his good parts and genteel accomplishments, was looked upon as the most gallant and generous young gentleman among the clans; maintaining a splendid equipage; keeping a just deference to the people of all sorts; void of pride or ill-humour. He performed the part of one that knew the part of a complete soldier; but a fatal bullet from the King's forces, through the body, disabled him but did not daunt him; so finding a necessity of yielding to the fate of his wound, he withdrew, and told he could do no more; only his well-wishes attended his King and his country. He was lamented by both parties that knew him." It was on this melancholy occasion that Macdonald of Glengarry exclaimed to those who were disposed to mourn over the fallen hero, "Let us have revenge to-day mourning to-morrow"-a suggestion which was instantly acted upon with terrible effect.

As already stated, he married Penelope, daughter of Colonel Mackenzie, Governor of Tangiers, without issue. He was interred at Innerpephry, in the burying-place of the noble family of Perth, when he was succeeded by his only brother,

XX. RANALD MACDONALD, thirteenth of Clanranald. During the rebellion of 1715 he was in France. When the news of his brother's death at Sheriffmuir reached him, he determined to set off for the Highlands, but before he could start information arrived that the rebellion was suppressed. He therefore decided to remain until he could hear further particulars from his friends at home. Intelligence soon came that he was among those who had been attainted, and that steps were being taken to deprive him of the family estates. He delayed coming home; but an excellent friend of the family, Alexander Mackenzie, Principal Clerk of Session in Edinburgh, interested himself in Ranald's behalf, purchased large debts which had been accumulated by the late chief and Ranald himself, mainly for prosecution of the Stuart cause, and got them all vested in his own person. He then raised an action of abjudication in

the Court of Session against all the Clanranald estates, for the accumulated sum of £95,000 Scots, and obtained a decree in his own favour, all with the view of handing the property over to the representative of the family as soon as a pardon could be procured or the attainder removed. Ranald, however, who was never married, died at St Germains in 1725, before a pardon could be procured or the estates conveyed to him. Thus the whole male line of Sir Donald Macdonald, ninth of Clanranald, became extinct, and the dignity and succession reverted to the nearest male heir of Ranald Macdonald, immediate younger brother of Sir Donald last named, as follows:

RANALD MACDONALD, second son of Allan, eighth of Clanranald, and immediate younger brother of Sir Donald, ninth of Clan.ranald, by his wife, a daughter of Macleod of Macleod, received from his father, Allan, the lands of Barrow in Benbecula, Gartgimines, Baile-nan-Cailleach, Bailefinlay, Bailemeanach, Uachdar, Benbecula (called the two Airds), Knockworlane, and part of Machar-meanach ; also the lands of Ardness, Lochylt, and Essan in Arasaig. Afterwards, John Macdonald, tenth of Clanranald, granted to this Ranald and to his son, Ranald Og, a feu-charter, dated 12th of April 1625, for infefting themselves in these lands, and infeftment followed in favour of the elder Ranald, recorded at the Chancery of Ross on the 21st of June following. These deeds are afterwards con

firmed by the superior, the Earl of Argyll, on the 14th of March 1633.

Ranald, son of Allan, ninth chief, and immediate younger brother of Sir Donald, ninth of Clanranald, married, first, Maria, daughter of Archibald Macdonald, brother of Donald Gorm Mor, seventh, and sister of Sir Donald Macdonald, eighth baron and first baronet of Sleat. By this lady (who was forcibly seized and ravished by Sir Lauchlan Mackinnon of Strathardale, and for which act he was afterwards forfeited in 1722) Ranald had no issue. He married, secondly, Margaret, daughter of Angus Macdonald of Dunyveg, with issue

1. Ranald, designed "Ranald Og," to distinguish him from his father. 2. Angus Og, so called to distinguish him from his uncle, Angus of Clanranald. From Angus Og descended the families of Dalilea and Milton. Ranald was succeeded in the lands of Benbecula and others above mentioned by his eldest son,

RANALD OG MACDONALD, who had some difference with the chief of Clanranald about the payment of his feu-duties and services. This landed him in an action in the Court of Session, where judgment went against him. They soon, however, arranged matters, and became reconciled. On the 7th of October 1652 he was infeft as fiar upon his father's charter of 1625, and the infeftment is duly registered in the Chancery of Ross. On the 16th of December 1655 he obtained from John Macdonald, tenth of Clanranald, a discharge of all feu-duties and services; and on the 25th of March 1675 he entered into an agreement with Donald, eleventh of Clanranald, by which his lands were to be held direct from the superior, the Earl of Argyll; but this arrangement was afterwards departed from before it was finally ratified.

Ranald married, first, a daughter of Macneil of Barra, by whom he had issue

1. Donald, who succeeded, as fourteenth of Clanranald, on the death, without issue, of Ranald thirteenth chief, and of whom presently.

Ranald married, secondly, in 1653, Anne (or Agnes) Macdonald, daughter of John Macdonald, tenth of Clanranald, with issue

2. James, to whom his father gave the lands of Belfinlay, Ardbeg, Ardmore, and others. This James had a son, Allan of Belfinlay, who also had a son, Allan of Belfinlay, who married Jane, eldest daughter of Lachlan Mackinnon of Corry, the entertainer of Pennant and Dr Johnson, with issue-Allan, a Major in the 55th Regiment, who married Flora, daughter of Peter Nicolson of Ardmore, with issue-Captain Allan Macdonald, now of Waternish, Isle of Skye, and others.

3, Donald Og, who died without issue.

4. Moir, or Marion.

On the death of Ranald, thirteenth of Clanranald, in 1725, in France, he was succeeded by his cousin as above.

(To be Continued.)

THE HON. ARCHIBALD LOVAT was quite a character; many are the stories told about him. Once, while staying at Fraser's (afterwards Bennett's) Hotel in Inverness, he took a fancy to divert himself by ringing all the bells in the house between two and three o'clock in the morning. As soon as he heard the waiter or chambermaid coming to answer one bell, he ran into another room and rang another, and so on, until the whole house was disturbed. An English traveller happened to be in the hotel, and, understanding who it was that was making such a disturbance, and knowing Lovat to be a very vain man, he ran out and caught him, exclaiming, "You scoundrel, do you not know that my Lord Lovat is in the house?" Quite flattered by what he considered such a high respect paid to him, he at once retired, and sent for the traveller in the morning, whom he complimented on being a gentleman, knowing the respect due to his superiors.

ANOTHER story of the same Lovat is as follows:-In his time the Beauly was famous for the great quantity of salmon it contained. In one part especially, called the Salmon Leap, it is said that a person could not stand for ten minutes without seeing the fish leaping high out of the water. Lovat made a bet with another gentleman that he could cook a salmon without its being touched by any one, and he won the wager thus. He caused a fire to be made close to the water with a large pot of boiling water placed on it. He and his friend stood by, and, within a quarter of an hour, a fine salmon, leaping out of the water, fell into the pot of hot water, and so was cooked to perfection without being touched.—Invernessian for August.

There is a dispensation, "dated at Ellan Raald, the 8th of June 1653," granted for this marriage by "Dominicus Dingin," under authority of a commission from the Pope, "to dispensate in such business," written on the 10th of December 1651. The parties are described as "in the second and third degree of consanguinity," whereas all marriages "contracted within the fourth degree, inclusively, are, by the universal Church of God, prohibited and declared of no force or value without a special dispensation from the said Church."

TALES AND ADVENTURES OF A BOTANIST: ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE MANNERS AND SUPERSTITIONS OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND,

AULDO U R.

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HERE Miss Grisilda and one or two of her nieces screamed outright. Captain sprung to his feet to catch the first that should fall, and the Doctor laid hold of a decanter containing cold water which happened to stand on the table, believing from the paleness of the ladies' looks that it would be instantly needed. The bare sight of it, however, seemed to act as an antidote, and by its means and the help of smelling-bottles together, all the terrified fair contrived to keep their feet, and by-and-bye recovered in some degree their vanished colour. As soon as they had recovered from their trepidation, Maclaine at their request proceeded with his narrative.

"Having got rid of this goblin

"But how, pray, got you rid of him?" said Miss Grisilda.

"Why, being ashamed to turn back, I made all haste to pass him. I looked behind me after I had proceeded a few paces, and I still beheld him as if slowly following me. You will readily suppose I did not wait for his company, but pressed on with all possible expedition till I thought myself beyond his reach, and had left the silent cemetery at some distance in rear of me.

"When I next looked behind me, I saw no sheeted corpse, but was scarcely less surprised to behold a faint light glimmering, apparently through one of the windows of the ruins of the chapel. I watched it for a few moments, and bethought myself of Kirk Alloway; but while I yet hesitated whether I should return to examine the phenomenon more narrowly, it suddenly vanished and left me again in darkness.

"My anxiety to gain the gloves would not allow me to make another pause till I had penetrated towards the centre of the corry. Here a faint noise, like that of horses' feet, at a distance attracted my attention. I recollected the story of the phantom troopers, who are said to hold occasionally their nocturnal parade there, and regretted much that the darkness would prevent me from seeing how they went through their exercise. While I stood to listen, the noise increased in force and distinctness. The impression of each thundering hoof upon the solid turf left no room to doubt that a powerful cavalcade was approaching. I already felt the ground in tremulous motion around me, and became somewhat apprehensive of being trodden under foot without any possibility of avoiding the danger. They passed me, however, at some twenty yards' distance. They seemed to consist of about a dozen horses. I could faintly discern their figure through the gloom, but could not distinguish their riders, though something rung in my stunned ears like loud laughter as they again vanished into darkness, and the sound of their footsteps waxed faint in the distance.

"I met with no further surprise till I reached the Uaimh-a-Bhodaich,

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