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Whenever possible, these have been omitted from filming/ II se peut que certaines pages blanches ajout^es lors d'une restauration apparaissent d( he raifed up from his own loins ft numerous race of brave warriors, the eldefl of whom is now eighty-three years old, and the youngeft only nine. Nor, in all pro- bability, would this lad clofe the rear of his immediate progeny, if his prefent wife, the boy's, mother, had not now attained to the forty and ninth year of her age* ..V. .-A It •(l^'iTf «Mlifcf. c ( * ) It was formerly ciiftomary in Scotland, a» well as other countries in Europe, for gen- tlemen of landed property to make provifion for their fons by fettling them, in fome charader and fituation or other, on their own eftates; fo that the fame tradts, and even diftrids of land, came, in the natural courfe of things, to be occupied by people of the fame name and kindred, who lived together like one great family, drawn to- gether by mutual fympathy, and often more flrongly united by antipathy to fome com- mon enemy. Sometimes an eftate was par- celled out among feveral brothers, whether in equal or unequal divifions ; fometimes large and advantageous farms weie let to the younger fons, who, at an eafy rent paid to the elder branch and reprefentative of the fa- mily, enjoyed their pofleffions under the name of tackfmen: and thefe pofTeffions, fubdivided and fub-let to inferior tenants, palTed by a kind of hereditary right, which it would have been deemed a fpecies of impiety to violate, in the families of the original tackf- men, from generation to generation. As the tackfmen were often the immediate . defcendents i 'i ;en- lifion ibme their and tural bple lived to- lore :om- deicendents of the independent baron or te* nant of the Crown, fo alfo the fubtenants were, for the moil part, connected by ties of blood with the tackfmen. All the capital and moft of the fccondary poflcflions, and all the offices or places in the eftate, from the fa^or Or land-fleward down to the ground- officer and game- keeper, were in the hands of men who boafted of the fame name and the fame defcent with the chief Such, in general, was the ftate of fociety, and fuch the mode in which landed eftates were par- celled out, under the feigneur, in feudal and Warlike times j wheu men of family had not the fame refources in manufactures and trade that they have nowj and which, if they had enjoyed, they would have defpifed. Let it not therefore feem any ways incre- dible, to thofe who are educated in a com- mercial age, that Serjeant Donald Macleod, the fubjed of this Narrative, is the fon of John Macleod the fon of Roderic Mac- leod, Efq; of Ulinifli, by his wife Margaret Macleod, daughter to Macleod of Talifkar, in the parilh of Bracadill in Skye, and county tf Invernefs, North Britain, A 2 Sir 1/ 1 ( 4 ) • Sir Roderic Macdonald of the Ifle of Skyc, anceilor to the prefent Attorney-General, and Roderic Macleod of Ulinini, coufins iii the fecond degree, fent their children Ifa- hella Macdonald and Jolin Macleod, to be educated in Invernefs. In former times, more fimple than the prefent, it was com- mon for boys and girls, of the beft families, to be brought up together in the fame fchools, as it is among common people, in common fchools in Scotland, even at this day. Ifabella Macdonald, accordingly, and John Macleod had been brought up together, in a familiar manner, at the public fchool of Invernefs, for feveral years, when they ac- knowledged the mutual influence of love. Ifabella was in the fourteenth year of her age, when John, in his fixteenth year, ran away with her from fchool, and married her. The firft fruit of this union was our hero, Donald, who was born at Ulinifhmore on the 20th of June i688, as appears from the parifli regifter of Bracadill already men- tioned. •..*. . , . •X Sir Moderic Macdonald, informed of the e^ifly ^nd unfortunate marriage of his :-'" - ' ^ daughter. '■is) daughter, banlfhed her, together with her young hufband, from his prefence, and vowed revenge againfl Roderic Macleod of UUnifh, John's father, to whofe privity and contri- vance, in the firfl tranfports of his paflion, lie attributed all that had happened. But, in the lapfe of time, his anger abated, and, on the pregnancy of his daughter, when her time drew nigh, he agreed to meet the laird of Ulinifli on peaceable and friendly terms, for the purpofe of providing an eflablifliment of fome kind for the very young couple, that were the natural objects of their com- mon concern. At an interview between thofe gentlemen it was fettled, that John Macleod fhould be put in the exclufive poflefllon and right of the village and farm of Ulinifhmore, by his father; and that another farm, of about equal value, (hould be added to this by the father of the young lady. Sir Roderic Macdonald, On this ground, contributed from different eftates, the father and mother of our hero were fettled, and lived in perfed: romfort for fix years, at Ulinifhmore ; where, befides their firfl-born, who faw light, as already A 3 mentioned. I i ( o mentioned, in the year of the Revolution, they were comforted by the birth of an- other fon in 1690, named Alexander; that of a third in 1692, named Roderic ; and that of a daughter, Agnes, in 1694. — But this ftate of domeftic innocence and felicity was foon converted, on the part of the fond hufband and parent, into a life of great dif^ quietude and danger to himfelf, as well as negledt and unnaturality to his offspring, by the death of his wife, who never recovered after bearing Agnes ; for that melancholy event drove him to a courfe of diflipation, which terminated in a military life, and in the alienation of all his paternal inheritance from his family. Being a man of high fpirit and feniibility, and at no time reftrained by the flridteft laws of moderation, he gave a loofe rein, after the lofs of his wife, to unruly paffioas; and, while he wafted his fubftance by gaming and vari- ous kinds of expensive excefs, he incurred general difpleafure and diflike by challeng- ing, in his cups, even his beft neighbours and friends to fight him with the broad fword, on, an* hat and But city bnd dif, 1 as by ered holy ( 7 ) at which he was efleemed uncommonly ex- pert and dextrous. But all the power of extreme difllpatlon was not able to efface, from his mind and heart, the image of his dear and almoll in- fant partner. The whole fcenery around, every objed:, recalled to his imagination that beloved image, together with tender regret and forrow, that fhe whom it vainly reprefented was now no more ! A year had not elapfed, from the death of his wife, when he mort- gaged the land that had been made over to him, for feven years, for a fum of money ; left a country, the light of which was become painful to him; went to fea; and, after vari- ous viciflitudes of fortune, became a Lieu« tenant of Marines in the Chatham Divi- ion. By the time that the term of years for which he had granted the pofleffion of his land had expired, he came home, fold it, re- turned to fea, and purfued his fortune. He rofe in the naval fervice to the rank of Captain of Marines, in a fhip of war, and fell at Belle-Ille, in the year 176 1. * ifi * si ■it' A 4 Captain ( 8 ) Captain Macleod, when he went to feaj left his children, four in number, in the care of their grand-father, Roderic Macleod of Ulinifh } who was not able to do much for them, as he had a family of his own by a fecond wife, young, numerous, and yearly increafing. His children and grand- children amounted to the number of twenty-three, wixo lived all of them together at Ulinifhmore; the youngeft part going every day a fpace of about four miles, even amidft the fevered wintry ilorms, to the parifh-fchool of Bra- cadill. Sometimes Donald was obliged to carry his little brother Alexander, fcarcely five years old, on his back. At the fchool of Bracadill Donald learned to read Englifli, and to write j though his lingers have now become fo ftifF, through age, that it is with difficulty he can fign his own name. It would coft him greater exertion to write one page than to walk an hundred miles, or to go through a trial at the broad-fword. The regimen and manner in which he, with his little brothers and uncles, feme of whom were younger than either he or any of hi3 brothers, were brought up, was as follows/ •: . ,. --* They '1' ( 9 ) They were clothed with a woollen fhirt, a kilt, or fhort petticoat, and a fhort coat, or rather a waiftcoat with fleeves, reaching down and buttoned at the wrift. This was the whole of their clothing. No hats, nor bonnets, no ilockings, nor yet Ihoes, either in fummer or winter! in fun-fliine, rain, froft, or fnow ! If the elder boys had one pair of brogues, or coarfe ihoes, formed rudely by leathern thongs out of raw and undrelTed hides, it was rather for ornament than ufe; for particular folemni- ties than for conftant wear. For the moft part, their heads, necks, legs and feet were quite bare. It was only when the youth approached to manhood, and became, as we would fay, beaus, that they were indulged with either fhoes or bonnets. How, thus flightly attired, they could endure the rigour of an hyperborcal winter, appears to be aftonifhing and fcarcely credible. But mark what I am going to relate. In the morn^ . ings, the moment they came out of bed, they wafhed themfelves all over in large tubs of jcpld water, which feafoned them to the wea- ther, whatever it was, and gave them the temperature of the day. In the evening again. V'j- M'' m ' s*' I i tgain, they waflied with cold water before iheir going to bed. This fecond ablution was neceflary to clear away the dirt occa- iioned by going without flioes and flock- ings. The application of water was the more necelTary, that the ufe of linen was then but little known, or in fafliion. But, whatever were the circumftances and views that determined the Highlanders, in trains ing up their children, to make free and frc-t quent ufe of the cold-bath, certain it is that they did make fuch ufe of it. It is affirmed by many writers, and, indeed, on grounds ahnoft certain, that not only the Lowland Scots, but even many of the Highland tribes, as the Campbells, Mac-, lecds, Macpherfons, 6:'^ are not of Celtic, but of Scandinavian, that is. of Scythian or Tartarian origin. Now, it is well known, that the Tartarian tribes, the fame people with the ancient Scythians, are in the con- dant ufe of dipping their children in cold water, into which they put as much fait as they can fpare. By this means they think their conftitutions are invigorated, and prepared to ore ion ca- k- the as ut. ;wa in-, re- is t6 encounter all inequalities and rigours of climate. ... With regard to the food with which our young hero was nouriflied, it confifted, for the mofl: part, nay almoft folely, in meal, or flour of oats and barley boiled up into gruel or porridge, or formed into cakes- with milk ; and fifh, which are caught on the weftem fhores of Scotland in extreme abundance. As to flefli-mcat, it feldomor ever icame within his reach j for, though the Illc of Skye fends thoufands of fmall bullocks annually to the Englifli market; this very circumftance, this very abundance in cattle, induces the poor natives to hufband well thife article, as the only fund for railing a little money. Without corn fufficient for them- felves, without mines, and without manufac- tures, the exportation of cattle is their only ar- ticle of commerce. Herrings, whitings, cod, ling, &c. &c. croud upon their fhores ; but they want fait, they want capitals, they want the foftering breath of rich indivi- duals as well as that of government, to fwell their fails, and fpread their vefTels over the furrounding feas. What I' , ( ,2 ) Whatapity that fourmillions ftcrlingfhould have been expended for liberty to fifh on the other fide of the globe for ftinking whales, when even a fmall part of thatfum, judicioufly laid out on fome fuch pra he had contrived to get into his hands, and one lihen fliirt in his pocket, our young adventurer, before it was yet day, fet out from his mailer's houfe at Invernefs, fe- cretly, \^ithout any other deftination than that of \ finding him refolutc to purfue his jour- ney, fhe put a fhilling in his hand, and a warm handkerchief about his neck, and committed him, with many prayers for his fafety, to the care pf Providence. Turning eaflward from Aberfeldie, he purfued his journey along the north fide of the Tay till he came to Logierait, at the jun(3tion of the Tay and the Tumel. This lafl river, that he might not fpend one far- B 3 thing ( « ) thing of his fhilling by taking the ferry-boat, he boldly determined to ford, and adually did ford it, though the water was breafl- high. But as he journeyed onward to Dun- keld, he was met by a well-drefTed man on foot, with another man a little behind him who appeared to be his fervant. The iirfl of thefe, who was one of the gentlemen robbers fo frequent in Scotland in thofe days, flopped our young traveller, and after feveral queflions, afked him what he had in his pocket. Donald, trembling for his ilillling, affirmed that he had nothing. But the ap- plication of a piflol pointed to his breaft, extorted his whole treafure without delay. The unfeeling plunderer held on in his way northward, and the haplefs youth whom he had plundered proceeded on his jouj-ney, to which he knew not when or where there would be an end. ), ii«is rj .U'h/? J^i i.Ai,k,i.> ,./ It was now in the dufk of the evening, and being overcome with fatigue, cold, and great forrow at the lofs of his (hilling, he felt an irrefiflible propenfity to go to lleep. No houfe or hut was near in which he might obtain friendly fhelter ; but he efpied a flieep- ( 23 ) 'S» jlL (heep-cot as he advanced, in which he found a very warm and comfortable night's lod_,'In<^ and mofl profound and refrelliing rc'pofe, among the flieep and the goats. I'hc n' xt morning difcovered a village, not far dillant, in which he was refrefhed wdth both' oatmeal and milk : on the ftrength of wl^ich rt^pail: he pafTed on to Dunkeld, crolfcd the Tay, and, about two o'clock, ar- rived at the town of Perth. Here he thought himfelf, at firft, at a ■greater lofs, amidfl; allthe.conyeniencies and 'wealth oJf a very confiderable town, than he had i>. n vyhile he wandered from mountain 'to mountain, and found, at long diftancfes, the thinly fcattered and humble abodes of the ■poor fljepherds. Though gentlefolks, or thofe who conlider themfelves as fuch, would oc- cafionally give a bit of bread, he knew that they were very fhy of affording quarters. He was, therefore, eagerly looking about for fome mean hoiife, where his application for a night's lodging might not give offence or meet^ with infult, and where the poor inha- bitant, taught fympathy, perhaps, by fuf- Tering, might be difpofed to have compaffion JJ 4 on ( H ) on the unfortqnate ; when he faw, in the ' ftreet called the Skinner- Gate, occupied chieHy by people froin the |iighlands, a woman, in a fniall ihop with an earthen floor, fpinning[ at a wheel, and watching a few articles which ihp was ready to fell. Thefe circumftanccs of poverty, togethc^r VfiiYi a benignity pf foal exprelTed in the countenance of the woman, encouraged him to apply for pcrmiflipn tp ^-eft ^ Utjtle in the houfe : nor did hp apply in yain. The wo- man, whom he afterwards found to be a widp\y, received him into Her little manfipj|, and treated him ^yith the utmoil kindnef^. To Iter queflipns r^fped^ing his iituatfps^, he anfwered, that he was a poor apprentipp who had run away from his maftcf. The woman, looking earneftly in his face, with tears darting ii^tp her eyes, faid, " He n^uft be a bad man frpni whopfi you have rup away." Ponald replied, that his mafter was not indeed a cruel man, though aeceility inade all of them wprjc, and with yeiy little fuftenance, by night and by day. The tender-hearted woman loft no time to give him a bafon of gopd broth, with a lij^rs^ -»vJ ... « t€ him ■' • •> the yl^en )ip arofe, and found his good hoftef^, ^t tli^t latp hour, ftiiifpinniqg.r-." Welir 6id ftp. '' my pretty boy, will ypu have any thing tp e^ now ?" For he had fallen afleep ^/ter tafcr ing the broth, without taftin^ a bit of th? meat th^t ha^ been bgilf d in it. fie (Ji4 n9t defire to eat a^y ^hing inpre than he had done, but begged leave to go agsiin \o bed. Early in the morning tjie gppd ^VQH^an )iad lighted her fire, and fat dpvyn ^o fpiq, when her young gueft arofe, and, afraid pf b,eing too long troublefonie, offered tp \^ke h^f leave, with ipany thanks for Jier great l^indr fiefs. " Woe is me," faid flie^ " ypi; have " peither ihpes nor ftpckipgs !'* With that fhe brought forth, put of an pld cjiefl:, a pair pf ihpes an4 Apckings which l^elonged to one of her own children, tb^t h^d been dcafl a^ouV fix mpntjis, and whi}e (h^ trie4 hp\y they wpul4 fit her yo^pg gueft, \\^hich they did pretty well, fhcd |i\ap.y tfarf . She now invited il I Mliiti .r-f'T Mil >• • ( 26 ) invited Donald to flop another night, and, in the mean time, converfed with him, in the Gaelic tongue, about the place and peo- ple he had left, and about his own family. Being now at a tolerable diftance from In- Vernefs, and pretty fafefrbrn the purfu it of the flone-cutters, he linbofomed himfelf to Mary Forbes, for that was his landlady's name, with great freedom. — " Oh !" faid, he, " is there any body in this place, do you ^* think, that would keep me ?" "I don't '** know," Mary replied, " but there is. Stay in the houfe, and mind the little things at the door till I come back." Having faid this fhe went out, and foon re- turned with a young man, of very genteel 'appearance, who kept a fhop in Perth near the fouth end of the Water-Gate. He was a Strathern man ; his name James Macdohald. Mr. Macdonald being fatisfied that the boy could both read and write, and that he had 'a pure as well as a fair fkin, (for, in thofe fad times, cutaneous diforders were almoft univerfal), took him immediately to his houfe, and let hini deep in the fame bed with him- felf; for he' had but two in the houfe, in one. of «i w< ti « of which lay his mother and a i^rvant girl. When Donald left Mary Forbes he promifed to fee her often -, and he kept his word/^^'^' Mr. Macdonald, as he walked homeward to his own houfe, faid to his little fervant, I had once a boy, older than you j ijnd after I had been very good to him he rirt ," away With all the money that he could " find in the fhop." '* He rnuft have been " a very bad bidy," Donald replied; ** but. I " will fponW die than behave in fuch a man- ner." — " I couM fwear, faid Mr. Macdonald, ' - that y6u Would." ^'^^^^^^ ^'' ^^^^^^ '^^^ . The good old gentlewoinan, Mr. MiCd- donald's mother, at her fon*s requeft, fur- Yiifhed his little man with (lockings arid fliirts. He was alfo equipped with a new Voat and a- bonnet. He might have had breeches too, according ' to the lowknd fafhibn, but he preferred the philebeg, and 'fiis mafter indulged him in his choice. He give perfect fdtisfadiion to his tnafter in every [thing, and particularly' in the bufinefs of ■going on errands, which he did with aftonifh- "ihg expedition. At that time there was not '^ny general poft in Scotland ; and therefore *•-- •=► the ibf5 intw.^urfe hp.tw^n rocrch^nte w^p car- ried Qn by (pm4 lueffisDgdrp. Mf. JVjA^r donald put fucb egnfideocc ja hip ywoj; foatm^n as to f«ji4 km to Ed.inbuFgh, with ii^ty-ninp pounds ip g9ld» fcw<;d wpi by pon^W'p advi(?e, in hi^ plgthe?. Jh^ 4if-r )t^ce from F?rth to Edinburgh, by fthip nwr* fft: tp^if is twcnty-pight Scotch, or forty JPpgliflj i^iks. Dur young courier, with bread find j?hcc/c, ^ndtwQ iji^lings \i\ his pocket, kt oyt frpm Perth at eigfet p'cjg^ jin the Wiprnr ij^g, juad arrive4 af Wnghprft ^t(\^ in tJie even- ing, when he luckily found ^ bP4t* th^i, ia ^ little ixiQrc than an hour, carried hm Qverthc Fr^th of Fprth tg f^^iit j froi?> whence be raiji ^p E^ii>bi|rgh ift half ^ ho^r, delivered bi| lyw^jfafejy, received ^ proper reoeipt, with ^ filling to \i'mfpl( f![om the fhop-ke?per5 tp whpw the iponey, in different pprtion^, w^ yconligned, flept all night at ^ Stahlpj-'s, in thp C|inonj5?l;e^ recrofled the Frith iwxt ^loxningt and, towards the evening, returned to Perth. ,f he p}d wonvin, Mr?. Macdpnald^ who wa« fif^ing in the kitchen, e^cl^imed, " O Don^Jdf " what has happened ^ what h^s brpught ypu " back V But, hy this tii»f^ hf M given a hit ( *5 ) cUnd of thtf ikfe delivei^iK^tf 6f the tA($ii«y^ At thi» time thtrti WJis ii ASctUitttig ffAfty iH fetthi b^tltii Up f^ y6huM6^ts t^ ft^in kii> Majefly Kiilg WiUittm IlL in Ihe regiiikf^ df the Royal itot^, comAliitdbd^y Khe Barl of Of kii^. Thejr Wore m& iipt, i^d We« irtnsd 'With Bo-^i artd a^rbWS, and fWwdi artd <*rget*. Donald Maefeed, ftptick \Vith fhe Aidrtial Cighi vttid fennd of t^ie little imnd, felt hi* hiart kstt tkld to the fhitti^ ptt arid druih ; afid, forgetting hi§ fta'fttfi attd years', riot yet thirteen, ^g^rit iip' afid otfered his fefviceS to the fefjoniit Th6 ferjcarit, lookirig. oh hin* with a fihile of cotti|)iaceriey, fkid, "Nay/ riiy goOid laid, yoii are toidr frtiall : howevct", as you fcerii a fpi- f itcd and well-made yoiith, I will take yoii ** totheCaptafifi/' The Captain, whofcnamtf was^ Macdonald, ftrCirigly prepoffefTed With his appearanfce, enquired who he wa:^, and Whe'nce he had come. He told this officer til tlie tnith, and fhe^ied hrrifi the ind^nijUTe executed, ort Ms account,' between R6di6^rte Macleod of Ulinifti, M^ ^aAd-fat^ei^i and ' -- . - . - ..;-■= •■:-:-i:''^:{ ilofktfi t* it HI I I (30) ■ ftone-cuttfcrs. On this, the Captain rccog-* pizing him to be the dcfcendant of a gen-, tleman, and, as it feemed, his own relation, immediately e. lifted him by giving him a fhilling, in the King's name, of Englifh mo- ney; and, at the fame time, the promife of being foon promoted to the rank of a fer-, jeant. He now took leave of his good friend Mary Forbes, and James Mardonald, an in- dulgent mafter, with fome regret, and fet out for Edinburgh with Captain Macdonald "who prefented him, in that city, to Lord Orkney, informing his Lordfliip, at the fame time, of his family. In thoi'c days it was not an uncommon thing for the younger fons of gentlemen, and fubflantial farmers and manufadurers, to go into the army as vo- lunteers, with the view of bv^ing loon made at leaft non-commiflioned olliccrs. The army was not then, as it is now, the com- mon receptacle of all that carry the name and appearance of men. The art was not then known, or profefled, of bending the greateft black-guards and poltroons into brave men, by the povver of difcipline : Regard was had to morals, to perfonal courage and ftrength, and to political and perfonal attachments. The ( 31 ) . The noble Earl of Orkney highly applaud- ed the martial fpirit and appearance of his young volunteer ; and foon after even truft- cd him fo far as to fend him, in the capa- city of recruiting ferjeant, virith a confider- able fum of money, a party of thirty men, and a trufty corporal, into the fliire of In- vernefs. A certain number of thefc re- mained with himfelf, where-ever he went. The reft were fent, in fmall parties, under corporals, into different quarters. The fuccefs of our young recruiting of- ficer was very uncommon. He returned to Edinburgh, after an abfence of only a few months in the county already mentioned, with a great number of recruits; and foon thereafter embarked with his regiment at Berwick, in 1703, for Flanders. The French King, Lewis XIV. at this pe- riod aimed at nothing lefs than univerfal monarchy in Europe. The grand theatres of military adtion were thofe regions that are watered by the great rivers, the Rhine and the Danube, both of them having their fource in the neighbourhood of the lofty country of Switzerland ; but the firft, run- ning from fouth to north, and falling into the i in i ( 5i J ifi6 6ctftiJirt St^ cm thfc cdalti 6? thig almoll as hot as the High- lander, a challengij was mutually given, and ■ received. At the time and place appointed a duel was fought, with fwords, in which the Frenchman fell, giving his antagonift his gold watch, and confelfmg, with his laft breath, that what had happened was owiiig ' to his own vantonnefs. — After the peace was coacluded, and the army was preparing t9 n, and minted -vhich gonift islait )wiiig peace aring t9 . ( 35 ) to re-embark for Great-Britain, parties wel-e fent out in fearch of deferters. Serjeant Macleod was fent with a party to the town of Breda* Whether there was any thing in the air and manner of the Serjeant, that was conftrued by the French, whom he met with near that place, into ftudied infolence, cr no, is not here affirmed ; but certain it is, that a French oliicer came up to hii/i, and faid, ** I enUfled the two men whom you want, and (fwearing by a great oath) I will keep them." A warm altercation cmu^d. Macleod challenged him to fingle combat. The French lieutenant obtained leave from his fnperior office •• to nght with Macleod, though only a ferjeant. The Frenchman fell in the duel ; and the two men in queilioa were given up by the fu- perior officer on Macleod's paying the en- liiling money, which amounted to fifteer.. ducats. — On another occafion, and in ano- ther town, to the befb of his remembrance Liile, as he was walking with two ladies on the rampart, a German trooper, looking flernly at our hero, faid, in German, " The ** Devil take the whole of fuch dogs." c 2 " What ifi: <■ '•■vr' ' ( 36 ) «* What is that you fay ?" — The German repeated it — Macleod immediately drew hie fword — the trooper ran off: but a Ger- man officer, who had come up to take his part, faced Macleod, £.id a fharp conflict cnfued. The Oilicer had more courage and ftrength, t ..' :.vill, at the broad-fword, and it would have been an eafy thing for Macleod to have cut him off; but he had no quarrel with the gentleman who had generoufly come up to the afliflance of his countryman when his life was threatened. He, therefore, finding that he was fully miifter of his man, determined to proceed by degrees. He firft cr: o^t a part of the calf of his large and th - i'^g. The Captain Hill perfevered in the o nbat — the Serjeant wounded him fmartly in the fword-arm. He gave up the contefl on this, and faid, ** It is enough." The officer was affifted to his quarters; and, wounded as he was, he infifted on Mac) . J's accompanying him home, and drinking vv ita him j which they did very plentifully. They both cried, and kiffied at parting. — Such is the nature of man, divided by fdtifh and fecial paffions, according T ^^ C 37 ) according to various ^fituations ! Duelling, in thofe days, was more frequent in the army than now, but lefs common among aU ranks in civil life. Lord Orkney's regiment, on the peace, was fent to Ireland, in order to keep the country quiet, and to quell fome riots and infurred:ions. By this time Serjeant Mac- leod's name was highly diftinguifhed as a trave and expert fwordsman. An Irifh bully, called Maclean, while the Royal Scots lay in the barracks of Dublin, came to challenge him to i^ght with fword and target. He was prefented, by a Lieutenant Maclean, his name's-fake, a Scotchman, to Captain Macdonald, to whufe company our hero, now in the very prime of life, his 26th year, belonged, as has been already men- tioned. Lieutenant Maclean hoped that Captain Macdonald would not be offended if his name's- fake, the fwordsman, fhould chal- lenge Serjeant Macleod to the broad-fword. The Captain gave his hearty concurrence, for he had the mofl perfect confidence in the agility, experience and addrefs of the c 3 Serjeant. P PI et €f « ( 38 ) Serjeant. The Bully went, in company with Lieutenant Maclean, to Donald Macleod. I hear," faid he, ** that you are a good fwordfman. Will you iight me for fve guineas ?'* " As you are a Maclean," Donald replied, " it fhall not cofl you fo ** much: I will, for the Lieutenant's fake, ** fight you for one guinea." They now fliook hands, in token of mutual good-will : but Maclean gave fuch a fqucezc to Ma- cleod' s fingers as made him roar, to the great diverfion of Lieutenant Maclean and the Bully; who paid dear for this joke before they parted. Maclean had great mufcular ilrength, and was, befides, of gigantic flature. His hand, by frequent ufe, had acquired fuch a power of fqueezing, that it might be com- pared to a fmith's vice ! He now, before they Ihould proceed to the fword, would lay a wager, he faid, that there was not a man in the company, nor in Dublin, that could turn his wrift an inch, one way or the other, from the pofition in which he fliould place it. There was a bet laid of two guineas. The Bully laid his right arm fiat on a table : but Donald, by a fudden jerk, turned his I wrift. ( 39 ) ■ , - wrift, and gained the wager. The champions now fell to fwords, and Macleod cut off Ma- clean's right arm. The Scots Royals had not been more than a year in Ireland, when they were called over to Scotland, by the Earl of Marr's rebellion, in 171 5. They joined the main army, comman- ded by the Duke of Argyle, near the town of Stirling. Among the rebels, under the Earl of Marr, who lay at Perth, was a Captain Macdonald, a highland robber of Croydart. This man drew near to the Duke of Ar- gyle *s camp, with a trumpet from the Earl of Marr, defying the whole army to fingle combat. Lord Marr was willing to infpirit his undifciplined troops by this braggadocio. The Duke of Argyle, who was an excellent fwordfman himfelf, and kept a band of ex- cellent fwordfmen always about him, did not defpife and negled: this challenge, as he might have done, but gave permillion to Serjeant Donald Macleod, who was pointed out to his Grace, on this occaiion, as the fitteft ahta- gonift to the rebel champion, to meet him. They met accordingly, without feconds, un- accompanied, and all .lone, at a place ap- pointed, nearly midway between the two c 4 armies. I M in t 111 11 } ( 4 wounded, and difperfed the officers of juftice : when Serjeant Macleod, with a party of 30 men, was fent to fufprize, if poffible, and to fe- C e him in his houfe, at Tulloch-Gorum. The ferjeant came upon 1 *m fuddenly, and early in the morning, while he was in bed. He left the men wiihout, difpofed at fmall diftances from each oth.r, around the houfe. He himfelf we; t boldly in, armed with a dirk, a fwofd, and loaded piftols. His wife, a very kdy-likc woman, was up and drefTed, early as it was ; for it was cuflomar/ for fbme trufty perfon to keep watch, while the *reJ robber flept. At the fight of Mac** leod Mrs. Stewart was greatly difcompofed, for (he fufpeded his errand -, but fhe endea- voured to diffemble her tears, and \o fbothe her fufpicious guefl by all the officioufnefjj. [- ■ ' - ' 1 '■■-.,{' * So called from the colour of his liair. D » of >i ( 52 ) of hofpitality. " Madam," faid Macleod, " I am come to fpeak to James Roy. He is " in the houfe, I know, and in bed." This he faid at a venture j for he was not fure of it: but his firm and determined manner over- came the poor gentlewoman; fo that Ihe affented to the truth of his information. Stewart Roy, on hearing what pafTed, jumped out of his bed, with his clothes on, in which he had lain, and, armed with a dirk and piftols, feemed defirous at firft: of mak- ing towards the door; but Macleod feiz- ed the pafs, and the robber, difTembling his intentions, alTumed a courteous air, called for whilkey and bread and cheefe, and preiTed his uninvited gueft to partake heartily of fuch cheer as his houfc afforded. ** I know," faid he, " you are not alone ; for no man ** ever duril to come into my houfe alone, <* on fuch an errand." . .. , *. i'v ' * , . ■ I ' ' - The Serjeant, without acquiefcing in this lafl fentiment, but, on the contrary, with an aiTeveration that he feared not tlie face of man or of devil, acknowledged that a company of men lay not far from them both at that moment. " Very well," fiiid Stewart, ** but, I hope you are not; in a hurry; fit . " down. fC d( t< ( 53 ) ♦' down, and let you and I talk together, and " take our breakfaft." Macleod agreed to this, and a bottle of whifkey, at leaft, was exhauiled in good fellowfhip, before a word was faid of bufinefs on either fide. At length, Macleod, after a fliort p^iuf'^ in the converfation, faid, " Jamie, what did you ** with the thirty head of cattle you drove away from the Laird of Glen BifTet's, and the fix fcore, or thereabout, that you took away from the lands of Strathdown ?" It was in vain to deny the fadt ; Macleod had not come to try, but to fccure, and produce him for trial. Stewart, therefore, waving all difjuflion of that point, faid, " Serjeant Ma- ** cleod, let me go for this time, and neither ** you nor the country will be troubled with " me any more." " Jamie, I cannot let ** you go: you have flafhed many men, and " ftolen much horfe and cattle. How many ** ftraths * are afraid of you ? — ^Jamie, you muft ^o with me." — " Serjeant Macleod, let me go for this time, and I will give you a hundred guineas." " It was not for guineas, Jamie, that I came here this • Vallles. « (C « fifon to the gallows^ he called for fome rolls and: cold meat, that he recollected had iUj;; been. ( 59 ) liccn left in his cell. This beafl, however, (o inveterate and often ridiculous is the pride of Clanfliip, growled fome expreflions of dif- contcnt that Stewart was honoured with the right hand, as they were led forth to thc' place of execution, ; ^ ! . After the melancholy fate of Stewart, his family were foon involved in fo great diftrefs, that they were obliged to throw themfclves on the charity of the world. Now the treachery of Serjeant Macdonald, who, on pretence of faving the life of Stewart, had robbed his family of almofl all that flood be- tween them and ruin, was difcovered, and excited univerfal indignation. He was giveu up by Sir Robert Munro, his Colonel, to a judicial trial; and, for that and other crimes of ^ fimilar nature, was hanged at Invernefs. Our worthy Serjeant Macleod, not long after his expedition to TuUoch-Gorum, was fent with a fmall party to catch James Robertfon, a horfe-fteajer, in Athol. Thc ferjeant, in his way, flopped and took a very liberal potion of whifkey at Aberfeldie j fo that, when he went to Robertfon' s houfe. 1 . (60) he was fomcwhat elevated with liquor. The horfc-ilealer was at no lofs how to interpret the fudden appearance of a ferjeant of the Black Watch. He, therefore, en- deavoured to cajole him as much as pofTiblc into good humour, in order to protradl time, and devife fome means cf efcape. M- This horfe-ftcaler had four handfomc daughters, with one of whom Donald fell greatly in love. " Jamie," faid he, to her fa- ther, " I believe I mufl have one of your lalTes to-night." " Yes, my dear," faid James, you are welcome to make yourfclf agreeable to any of my girls that you chufe. Make up matters between yourfelves, and your court- ing fliall not be diflurbed by Jamie Robert- " fon." Aftcragrcatdeal of amorous dalliance, our hero, without any further ceremony, re- tired with his Brifcisy and fhe became his wife. In lefs than an hour, when Donald had for- gotten every thing but the objedt of his love, behold three fine young fellows in the houfe, wkh rufty fwords, ramping and raging like lions 1 One of them particularly, a very flout man, of the name of Meldrum, the lover of her whom Macleod had fancied, made a great \- ' noife. «« « <« n u €i ma ;une, ( 6' ) noifc, and vowed vengeance. The men who luid accompanied the fcrjeant, as he deter- mined to pafs the night in Robertfon's, he had difmifTed to a neighbouring village till next morning. There was nobody near to help him. But up jumped our hero from the fragrant heather- bed, grafpcd his fword, and laid about him fo luftily, that the four f i^f.rs, who had been flily fent for by old Robertfon, not unnaturally, were glad to confult their fafety by flight. Robertfon endeavoured to make Maclcod believe that the young men had come to his houfe by accident ; but the ferjeant fufpeding the truth, told him that he was a traitor, and fwore that he would call his men, and, binding him flifl:, furrender him to the oflicers of juftice. But the fweet girl, whofe charms had captivated our hero's heart, threw her arms around his neck, and with many kilTes and tears implored lenity to her father. On this occafion Serjeant Macleod a£lcd a very different part from that of Colonel Kirke *. Thoui.ni he mipht have * Amidft the executions that followed the defeat of Monmouth, in 1685, a young maid pleaded for the litb of it kill P i her ( 6z ) hive veiled feverity to the father of thd young woman, whom he had gained in fa fhort a time, under the name of juftice, and natural retaliation for intended afTaflin.ation, he agreed to connive at Robertfon's efcape, on condition of his giving back the horfes to thofe from whom he had llolen them. — As the Britifli laws, made fmce the Union, had not yet free courfe in the Highlands, and depended, for their execution, on military aid, 4 great difcretionary power, in all cafes of this kind, was affumed and exercifed by mi- litary officers of all ranks. If it (liould be thought in any degree in- credible, that the horfe-ftealer, Robertfon, her brother, and flung hcrfelf at Kirke's feet, armed with all the charms which beauty and innocencfij kithed in tears, could bcftow upon her. The tyrant was enflamcd with defire, not foftened into love or clemency. He pro* mifed to grant her requcft, provided that fhe, in her turnj yvould be equally compliant to him. The maid yielded to the conditions: but, after {he had palfed the night with him, the v\ anton favage, next morning, fliewed her from the window her brother, the darling objedl for whom flie had facriliccd her virtue, hanging on a gibbei-, which hd had fecretly ordcret there to be creeled for the txecution* Kagre, dcfpalr, and indignation, took poiTellr'- t of her aiitid, and dcprivefi her, for ever, of her fcnfes. would ••^**»^H^S»Xa^«!»SSSlS!«™HS•w«KWl^MW Mli»'liiMilli»^gl . ■»«< thd ( 63 ) tvrould fo readily confent to the requefl of Macleod refpeding his daughter, let it be recolledted that the Higlanders of the lower ranks, agreeably to what is affirmed by the excellent hiftorian Cunningham, make no great account of the poffelTion of virginity ; and that, in general, the northern nations are lefs fcrupulous on the fubjecfl of chaftity than thofe in warmer climates. Some of the northern nations of Afia carry their polite- nefs fo far as to offer to their guefls their wives and daughters ; to refufe v/hcm v/ould be reckoned an infult. •' '. . . , ' Donald Macleod has nothing with which to upbraid himfelf on the fcore of Eliza Ro- bertfon. He cheriilied her as every good and tender hufband ought to cherifli his wife, till the hour of her death, which hap- pened in child-bed. The boy of whom Ihe was delivered is now a taylor, of the name of Robertfon, in Edinburgh. Towards the clofe of the year 1739, the independent companies of Highland Watch were encreafed by four additional compa- nies, and the whole formed into a regiment, being the 42d, under the command of their s~-^-:,\ i ' .#■ ( 64 ) their iirfl: colonel John Earl of Crawfurd About a year thereafter they were marched to London; and, previoufly to their going abroad, were reviewed before the King in St. James's Park. What happened on that bccafion falls within the memory of many perfons now living, and will be long re- membered as an inflance of that indignant fpirit, which juftice and broken faith infpire on the one hand, and of that gradual encroach- ment which executive and military power are prone to make on civil liberty on the other. Many Gentlemen's Tons, and near relations, had entered, as private men, into the High- land Watch, under the engagement that they {liould never be called out of their own coun- try. That promife, made long before, in times of peace, was forgotten amidft the prefent exigencies of unfuccefsful war ; and it was determined to fend the Hie-hland com- panies as a reinforcement to the army in Germany untier the Duke of Cumberland. A, fpirit of refinance and revolt, proceeding from Corporal Maclean, pervaded the whole regiment. The whole of the Guards, and all the^ troops itationed about London, were • V fcut ( «i ) kilt for to furround the Highlanders, quetl what was now called a mutiny, and reduce them to obedience. A great deal of blood WAS Ihed, and lives loft, on both fidesa The long fwords of the horfe -guards were op- pofcd to the broad- fwords of the Highlanders in front, while one military corps after ano- ther was advancing on their flanks and rear* Yet5 in thefe circumftances, a confidera- ble party of them forced their way through the King's troops, and made good their re- treat northwards, in their way home, as far as Yorkrtiire, where, being overtaken by a body of horfemen, they took poft in a wood, and capitulated on fafe and honourable terms* But, in violation of the engagements come under, on that occafion, to the Highlanders, three of them, among whom was the high- fpirited Corporal Maclean, the prime mover of the feceffion, were (liot ; the rell fent to. the plantations. , , . ,,<, ',. , ; ,- ., -■ Though Serjeant Macleod was not of the number of the feceders, he was indignant at the ufage they had met with ; and Tome of the horfe-guards, bore, for years, marks of hi§ refentment, — But the lefs that Hffil ( 66 ) is faid 6n this fubjedt the better. Tht Highland companies, cr the 42d regiment, were now fent over to the Low Countries, and to Germany, where they were engag«d in different battles, and particularly that of Fontenoy, in which Serjeant Macleod waa not a little diftinguifhed. On the day be- fore the main engagement there was fome fkirmiihing j and the j\.2d regiment was fent to ftorm a fix-gun battery. Led on by their Lieutenant-Colonel, Sir Robert Munro, they attacked the enemy in theic entrenchments, and filenced the battery ; but at a very great expence of men. They fuffered much from the French fire, as they advanced to their works; but when the Highlanders threw themfelves in the midft of them, flaihing terror and death with their broad-fwords, they were feized with terror, abandoned their works, and fled in great confufion. Mac- leod, as they approached to the French lines, received a mufket ball in his leg, yet he did not drop down, nor yet fall behind, but wa* among the firft that entered the trenches : nor did he make this wound an excufe for retiring to the hofpital; but, on the con- "^ trary. n giment, un tries, ngag«d that of od wag day be- fome v^as fent )y their o, the^ iments, •y great h from their threw lafliing Avords, d their Mac. 1 lines, ^e did Jt wa& iches ; fe for con- trary. ( 67 ) trary, he made as light of it as poffible, and Was in the heat of the engagement the next day, in which, fo great was the carnage, that on either fide there fell, as is computed, about twelve tfioufand. The Highlanders, with an impetuolity that could not be reftrained, vr guided by difciplinc, rufhed forward, out of the line, and loft more than two thirds of their number; but not till they had com- mitted ftill greater flaughter, and revenged their fufFerings and lofs on the enemy. The battle, where the ^26. regiment was ftationed, was clofe and hot, and individual was op- pofed to individual ; or one, fometimee, to two, and even a greater number of antago- nifts. Serjeant Macleod, with his own hand, killed a French Colonel, of the name of 'Montard ; and, in the midft of dangers and death, very deliberately fervcd himfelf heir to 175 ducats which he had in his pockets, and his gold watch. He had not well gone through this ceremony, when he was attacked by Captain James Ramievie, from Kilkenny^ an officer in the French fervice, whom he killed after an obftinate and fkilful contcft. By this time the prowefs of our hero drew £ 2 more t 68 ) more and more attention, and he was fet upon by three or four Frenchmen at the fame time; and, in all probability he muft have yielded to their ferocity and numbers, had not a gentleman of the name of Cameron, though of a humble ftation only in the French fervice, come to his aid. This gen- tleman came feafonably to his relief, and he came over with the Serjeant, whom he had faved, to the lide of the Englifli. His Scotch blood, he fald, warmed to his countryman in fuch a fituation, and he immediately tpok his part. * ' ' ' ' Xhe rebellion, which broke out in Scotland in 1 745, called over the Duke of Cumber- land, with his army, to Britain. But, after what had happened on the occafion above- mentioned, in St. James's Park, it was not judged proper to march the 42d regi- ment, which had been re-inforced, after the battle of Fontenoy, by a number of recruits, into Scotland. When the Duke marched northwards, the Royal Highlanders were, therefore, left at Barnet ; from whence they went to Coventry, where they lay a fortnight. Frgm Coventry they marched L._ i ( 69 ) ' •into Wales; from whence, after the rebel- lion was extinguifhed, they went to Carlifle, and from thence to Ireland. They landed at Limerick in 1746, and marched from thence to Dublin. They were Rationed, at different places in Ireland, for more than ten years; during which time they had frequent encounters with the White- boys, and Hearts of Steel, and other infur- gents ; to all of whom the Highland impetu- ofity ahd broad-fwords were objedts of great terror. Serjeant Macleod continued to be formidable to Irifh bullies and braggers, and performed various exploits that fully fup- ported the charadler he had acquired of being an excellent fwordfman. ' ' • ■ About the year ly^y, after the ^id regi- ment was ordered to America, Serjeant Mac- leod was fent over, on the bufinefs of recruit- ing, to Glafgow. At Belfaft, where he halted with the party he commanded for a few days, he had an adventure, in the fighting way, with one Maclean a taylor, and a native of Invernefs. This man, hav-^ ing heard of the prowefs of Donald> and par- • . , ; ,!. .u . E 3 - ticularly I '! ? II }''flW ■ ( 70 ) ticularly how he had, a great many years ago^ maimed a Maclean, came to a refolution, one day, when he was in his cups, of doing no- thing lefs than cliallcnging the Serjeant to fingle combat with broad-fwords. Macleod, perceiving that the man was fluflercd, and unwilling to take any unfair advantage, ad- vifed him to re-confider the matter ; telling him, that if he fhould perfevere in his de- termination of fighting, he would meet him on the following day. But the more that the Serjeant was pacifically inclined, the more obftreperous and infolent was the taylor; fo that an encounter at laft became inevitable. They went, with their feconds, to a field be- hind a garden, in the out-fkirts of the town, and fet to work immediately. The taylor, who was a well-wmde and a very nimble fellow, attacked his opponent with great ala« cnty, and not without a confiderable degree of art ; but he foon exhaufted his fpirits and llrength, and was entirely at the mercy of the veteran, whom he had rafhly dared to provoke to an engagement. Donald firfl cut off one of his ears, and then another } yet the taylor, with a foolifh obftinacy, ftill * main- I agoi one no- U to leod, and ad- ling s de- him that the yhr; able. I be. )wn, ^lor, iiblc ala« jree and rof to ir/l en nil ( 71 ) maintained the eonflid:, and fwore that he would rather die on the fpot, than yield to any Macleod in the Britifli Ifles ; fo that the Serjeant, in felf-defence, would have been obliged, as he expreffed it, to /ay offer the Tay- lor s belly ^ if he had not fortunately brought him to the ground, by cutting a fincw of his hough. . ' Soon after the Highland regiments arrived in America, Macleod was drafted from the 42d into the 78th regiment, commanded by General Frafer, to fill the honourable and ad- vantageous ftation of a drill-ferjeant. In the courfe of the war in Canada, in 1758 and 1759, Macleod became perfonally known to General Wolfe, the poor man's friend, and the determined patron of merit in whatever ftation he found it. The General, finding that our Serjeant, to courage, honour, and ex- perience, added a tolerable knowledge of both the French and German languages, employed him on fundry occafions that re^ quired both addrefs and refolution. He ac>- quitted himfelf always to the GeneraPs fa- tisfadtion ; which he expreffed in handfomc prefents, and in the moft fincere and cordial J*irurances of preferment. At the fiege of E 4 Louifbourg, % t !« ^ i 'till '1 ^! i' Louifbourg, witJi a handful of men, he fui*. prifed a fmall party of French, (lationed as an out-port:, and cut thcni oft* without leav- ing a man to tell tidings. This adlion, wliich was volunteered by the Serjeant, fa- cilitated the redudlion of a poH: called the Light- Houfe Battery, from whence our fire was played with eifetfl on the enemy's vef- fels, and the batteries on the other fide of the river. A few days after the fiege of Louifbourg was begun, a party of the be- fieged had the courage to make a fally on the affailants. They were led on with great firmnefs and intrepidity by Lieutenant Colo- nel O'Donnel, an Iriihman in the French fervice. This bold fortie made an impref- fion that might have led to difart:rous confe- quences, if it had not been counteraded and overcome by the fpirit of the Royal High- landers, a part of whom faced the Irifh Bri- gade that had made the fortie, while the reft: threw themfelves between them and the town, and cut off their retreat. O'Donnel, fighting valiantly, wa§ flain, but did not fall till his body was pierced through with feve- fal bayonets. His men were all killed qr S ... .. ". , um, .. , ^: taken 1 ( 73 ) taken pnfoners, and brought within the Bnti^h lines. In this engr.gemcnt Serjeant Macleod received a violent contufion, by a mufket-ball, on the bone of his nofe, which was more painful, and is even now more fenfibly felt, than other wounds, where balls have pierced him through and through. At the glorious battle of Quebec, Ser- jeant Macleod, amongft the foremoft of the grenadiers and Highlanders, who drove the fhaking line of the enemy from poft to poll, and compleatcd their defeat, had his fhin- bone (battered by grape fliot, while a niuf- ket ball went through his arm. He was af- fifted to retire behind the Britifli line ; and, in doing this, was infoimed of the multi- plied wounds that threatened the immediate diflblution of his admired and beloved Gene- ral. It was, under this weight of adual fuf- fering, and fympathetic forrow, fome confola- tion to the good old Serjeant, (for by this time he was feventy years of age,) that the tender which he made of his plaid, for the purpofe of carrying the dying General to fome conve- nient place off the field of a in a frigate of war, named the Royal William. Minute guns were fired from the (hips at Spithead, from the time of the body's leaving the fhip, to that of its being landed at the Point of Portfmouth. AH due honour being paid to the remaint of General Wolfe, by die garrifon here, the body was put in a travelling hearfe, and car- ried to London. Although there were many ihoufands of people allemblcd on this occa- fion, there was not the leail difturbancc. Nothing was to be heard but murmuring and broken accents, in praife of the departed hero. On the 20th of November, at night, his body was depofited in the burying-placc of his anceflors at Greenwich. A monu- ment was afterwards ereded to his memory in Weftminfler Abbey. . , • .^ Ponald Macleod was admitted, on the 4th of December thereafter, an out-penfioner of Chelfea Hofpital. This was all that war done for our hero, thpugh his own merit, and the very occafiqn^and circumftances in which ( 75 ) he returned from America, might well hare drawn more countenance and protedion. 1 lis . wounds, however, foon healed, and he was enabled, by a perfctl recovery of his ftrength, to go a recruiting to the Highlands, for Co- lonel Keith and Colonel C:impbell, who raif- cd fome companies of Highlanders for the war in Germany. It was in that recruiting excurfion that he married, at Invernefs, Mrs. Jane Macvane, hio prefent wife, who accom- panied him to the Continent, where, with the rank and emoluments of a pay-mafler Ser- jeant, he ferved as a Volunteer under Colo- nel Campbell, until there was a cefTation of arms. In the courfe of different engage- ments, in 1760 and 1 76 1, he received a muf- ket (hot which went in an oblique manner between two of his ribs and his right (lioul- der. This wound, in cold and froft/ wea- ther, and after violent exercife, fuch as walk- ing againft time for wagers. Hill gives him a good deal of pain. He received alfo, in the fame compaigns, a mufket ball in the groin, which could not be extracted, and on ac- count of which he flill wears a bandage. After the peace he came home with Colonel '♦'; * Campbell's >:f 11 5^ % ./ I ( 76 ) Campbell's Highlanders, and received pay for two or three years from Chelfea Hof- pital. He went now to Scotland, and ftaid about two years and an half at Invernefs, working at Jiis own trade. The conftant nfe of the mell, however, was more than he was able to bear, and threatened to re-open fome of his wounds; he, therefore, came again to England, laid out what money he had faved in the purchafc of a fmall houfe in Chelfea, in which he lived for about ten years with his family, which was every year increafing, and was employed under Mr. Tibbs, in an extenfive manufadure of while lead; but, on the commencement of the late war in America, leaving his wife and chil- dren, with the boufe and what little money he had, he went out in a tranfport called the Duchefs of Hamilton, to New- York, and from thence to Charleftown, where he of- fered himfelf as a volunteer, to the Com- mander of the Britifh forces in that quarter. Sir Henry Clinton, whom he had known in Germany. Sir Henry, flruck with the fpirit of the old man, let him remain with the ar my, under the name which he hinifelf chofe of is! "d pay d Aaid ernefs, >nflant lan he -open ■ { 77 ) cf a drill-ferjeant, and very humanely allow-* cd him, out of his own pocket, half a guinea a week. But when the army began to move iiorthward, that he might be exempted from the fatigues of war, he fent him home ; ac- cording to Mr. Macleod's beft recoUedion, in the New Gallant frigate, which carried home difpatches from his Excellency to Go-^ vernment. ^^.^ _. , ,,...,,;,:.;' . :-* J He came to a refolutlon now, fince he found that he had no farther profped of being employed to his mind in the army, of retiring, with what little wealth he had, to the Highlands, where he might live cheap, and, when he fliould die, where his bones might reft with thofe of his kindred and an- ceilors. He fold his houfe in Chelfea for about two hundred pounds, to which he added fome fmaller fums that he had depo- fited from time to time, in the hands of Mr. Alexander Macdonald, a clerk in the King's office, Chelfea, and who there kept a Pub-r lie Houle at the fign of the Serjeant and Crown. As. his wife was very much afraid of the fea, he left her, v/ith the little ones, to purfue their journey home to Invernefs by ■v land. f i 4-. n I \\ i i ■ : I I I ( 78 ) land, while he himfelf, with the chief part of the money, and feveral large trunks full ©farms, clothes, and other fluff, on which he fet a great value, was to make for the fame place by fea. The fliip in which he embarked was the Margaret and Peggy of Aberdeen ; the Mafter's name Captain Davidfon. Off the coafl of Yorkiliire a tempefl arofe, which drove the iliip on the rocks, and funk her to the bottom. Mac- Leod alone, of the pailengers, faved his life by lafhing himfdf to a plank when the {hip was finking. He was taken up almoft dead, hetv/r.cn Whitby and Scarborough, and car- ried to the houfe of a gentleman, originally from Air (hire, whofe people had come to look after the wreck. By that gentleman, as well as by his lady, he was treated with the utnioft humanity. He afked him, after he came to his fenfes, if he knew where he was ? Mr. Macleod replied, that all he knew at that moment was, that he was under the roof of fjme good people, who had taken compallion on his misfortune ; but that, if it fhould pleafe God to recover him perfedl- ly, he would be able to tell where he was, v/hefi ^ ief part ks full which for the lich he aptain lliire a on the Mac- hls life "le {hip 1 dead, id car- ginally •me to leinan, ■ with , after Te he knew ;r the taken lat, if rfedl- was, vvhc^ ( 79 ) wheh he fliould be taken out into the ontfrt air. Mr. Boyd, in the kindeft manner, dd vifed him to compofe himfelf for reft,, and, in the mean time, gave it in charge to his /ervanti to wait upon the ftranger, and to adminifter all proper refrefhment and neceHaiy aflift-* ance. For three or four days he was kindly detained by Mr Boyd, who knew many of- ficers known to Mr. Macleod, and who had himfelf a brother. Major Boyd, in the army* As Macleod's clothes were wet and torn b? the rocks, he fitted him as well as he could, with a fuit from his own wardrobe, two fhirts, and a filk handkerchief for keeping his neck warm ; and though he had a gold watch in his pocket, as well as a ring of fome little value on his hand, Mr. B<:)yd in- filled on his acceptance of two guineas. Nor did his generous goodnefs flop herej he of- fered his carriage to take the old Serjeant to Durham, from whence he might hnd conve- nient means of travellirig to Nev/caflle and Edinburgh, in both of which places he had feveral acquaintance. That favour, how- ever, Macleod pofi lively and refolutcly de- clined to accept I and, after the warmeil ac- knowlodgemciits « i. H'l '1 i I ( 80 ) knowiedgcments of gratitude to the honouf* able family, took his leave. — Still the ge- nerous cares of Mr* Boyd purfued him. He fent his chariot after him on the road, with orders to the coachman, to pafs himfelf for the driver of a ret4»Sr chaife going that way by accident. The coachman did (o, and after walking about a mile or two before Mac- leod, and converfing with him, offered him " a lift," which he accepted. He was made acquainted with the generous deception at the inn at Durham, ']-, ' . • Donald Maclcod, after all his toils, fuffer- ings, and gains, found himfelf at laft fet down at Invernefs, not much richer than when he ferved as an apprentice to the ma- fons and flone-cutters ; except, indeed, wo account as riches, a very fa.diful and attached wife, and a plentiful flock of flourifliing children, fuper-added, in his old age, to a pretty numerous off-fpring procreated in his younger years. As his memory is now con- fiderably impaired, he docs not pretend to make an exad enumeration of the whole of bis off-fpring ; but he knows of fixteen fons, the cldelt of whom is turned of eighty, and the 11 He ( 8i ) the youngeft of nine ; befides daughters : of* whom, the eldeft, by the prefent wife, is a mantua-maker, in pretty good bufinefs, in Newcaftle. Perhaps this intimation may have the good effedl that is certainly in- tended. Of the fixteen fons, that he knows of, not a lefs number than t'»velve are in dif- ferent ftations in the army and navy ; and, of courfe, in fome fhape or other, in the mili- tary fervice of his country. He hved from 1780 to 17S9 in Invernefs and the neigh- bourhood ; where, old as he was, he did a i e buiinefs in his own profeflion of mafonry. But fome neglcdl or delay having happened in the payment of his penfion, he fct out on foot, accompanied by his wife, in the fummer of 1789 J and arrived in London in the be- ginning of Auguil. He laid his fituation before Colonel Small, a gentleman of un- bounded philanthropy^ univerfiUy refpe(5led and beloved, and under whom he had fjrved for many years in Ireland and America. The Colonel treated him with the utmofl: kind- nefs, entertaining him hofpitably at his houfe, and allowing him a iliilling a-duy while he re- mained in London, out of his own pocket. By his advic« a memorial and petition, fet- t ting ''r* '4 i ■I i ( 82 ) ting forth the mi^rits and fuii<;rings of Ser- jeant Macleod, was drawn up; and, with the coimtenance and aid of the Colonel, and other officers, he was favoured with an op- portunity of prefenting it to the King. The very firft day that his Majefty came to St. James's, after his indifpofition, Macleod, ad- mitted to the ftair-cafe leading to the draw- ing-room, prefented his petition, which his Majefly gracioully accepted, and looked over as he walked up flairs. At the head of the flairs the King called him. The old Ser- jeant was going to fall on his bended knee, but his humane Sovereign, refpeding his age, would not fuffer him to kneel, but laid liis hand upon the old man's breafl; and, making him fland upright, exprefTed no lefs furprize than joy at feeing the oldefl foldier in his fervice, in the enjoyment of fo great a fliare of health and flrength. The fentiments that filled his own royal brcail, he eagei'ly exprefTed to the different noblemen and gen- tlemen that were near him. He gave it in clxarge to a gentleman prefent, Mr. Macleod thinks Mr. Dundas, to take care that the prayer of his petition fhould be granted, which was modefl enough, being no other than •f Ser- 'itJi the '^» and an op- The to St. |od, ad, draw- ich his -d over of the d Ser- knee, IS ^ge, lid his taking fprize n his /hare nents g:ei-ly gen^ it in leod tl)e ted, :her ban ( 83 ) than that he might have what is called the King's Letter, that is, being put on the charitable lift, or a lift of perfons recom- mended by his Majefty for a lliilling a-day for life, on account of extraordinary fervices, or fufterings. On that lift Lord Howard, the Governor of Chclfca Ilofpital, imme- diately put the name of Serjeant Donald Macleod : and this circumftance, with ten or eleven guineas received out of his Majcfty's hand, together with many exprellions of kindiiefs, agreeably to what has been accu- rately enough ftated in different newfpapers, fent home the old Serjeant and his Lady, with their fmall annual penfion, as happy as princes. — But fee again the crooks of one's lot, the labyrinths of life ! Though Mac- Icod's name was inferted in the King's Lift, he was lo wait for the actual receipt of a ftiilling a-day until there ftiouldbe a vacancy, which lias not yet happcnci]. — Uehold, there - fo'-e, Serjeant Macleod and Mrs. Macleod again in London, in September, 1790, after a journey performed on foot, from Invcrnefs, upwards of five hundred miles, in the Ipace of three or four weeks, accompanied by their youngcft fon, a lively little lad, about F 2 nine I m i ( 84 ) • nine years old, as above-mentioned. Tliough it does not appear that any negledt has been Ihewn to his Majefty's orders refpedling his old ftrvant, yet it is difficult to perfuade the good old man, and ftill more difficult to fa- tisfy Mrs. Macleod, that, if his Majefly's courtiers had been as fincerely interefted in his welfare as his Majefly himfelf, fomething fubftantial might not have been done for him before this day. And he is firmly perfuaded, that when his Majefly, to whom he hopes to be again admitted, comes to underiland how he has been treated, he will be very angry. In the mean time, it is to be hoped, that he will draw a liberal fupply from the publi- cation of his pi(fture, which may be had to be bound up with this Ikctch of his life, or fe- parately, as the fubfcriber pleafcs. Before that fupply be wholly exhaufted, it is to be expedted tliat he will be in the pofieffion of fome regular provifion from the generofity, and, indeed, the juflice of a country which, in his humble fphere, he has ferved with moil ciiftinguiflied reputation. It is ex- tremely afflicting to the reader to be informed, that inilead of fecurity and eafe, this gallant vetjran was lately attacked by a confederacy of 01 wmm lough been g his tJ the to fa, ed in thing ■ him lopes (land 'gry. that Jbji- d to rfe- fore be lof ^h, ith " X- :d, • nt -y ( 85 ) of aflafnns, and was in the utmofl danger, after braving death fo often in the field of battle, of pcrifhing by the hands of thofe niifcreants. On Saturday the 18th of De- cember laft, after leaving the llage-coach, from Uxbridge, where he had been on an invitation from that elegant hiflorian of anti- quity, Dr. Rutherford *, and walking a little way down Park-lane, he was fet on by three footpads. lie made all the refinance that he was able, and, with a Ihort ftick that iic * The Doctor, wifliing to converfe with this Itv/'ng antiquity, chofe, for inviting him, the time of tlic public examination of his flourifhing academy, that he might gratify the young gentlemen with a fight of him before the Chriflmas vacation. Ffc fliewed, i:i the public fchool, in the prefence of a moft arcom- pliflied fcncing-maRLr, a fine fpecimen of his (kill in the ufe of the broatl-fword ; and he was greatly de- lighted with the proficiency that feveral (-f the young gentlemen had made in the noble fcicncc of J-jfencc. Their proficiency in other fludles was no Icfs nJmira- blc ; but fencing was the only exercife of which he pretended to be a judge. He faid, that Dr. Ruther* ford's academy would be a fine nuifery for rioble recruitSt The young gentlemen, as well as the Doiloi's Lady and Family, behaved lo Macleod in a mofl refp\v-tful and af- fetStionate manner: worthy of the virtue of Sparta, Ke was treated at Uxbridge with great kindnefs* F 3 has ' :< i III 4 II ( 86 ) lias carried about with him for near half a century, knocked down oneof the villains, and drove a knife cut cf his hand, with which he aimed at flabbing himj but the other two came behind him and having brought him to the ground, robbed him of fixteen lliillings. I lis clothes were torn, and his body fo much bruifed in the fcuffle, that he kept his bed from Saturday to Monday even- ing: nor is it certain that he would have efcapedfrom the robbers with his life, if they had not been forced to retreat v\ ihin the Park- wall, at the approach of a gentlei .an on horfe- back, who, calling a coach, fentMacleod home to his quarters, and a number of men in fearch of the mifcreants ; but to no purpofc. It is to be regretted that, old as Donald Mac- leod is, he ftill thinks it neceffary to keep up tlie fpirit, and to ftrain after the a(flivity and power of a younger foldier. It is lu;; by caution and prudent fubmiffion that ;".c leeks to efcape ; as it is not by means of the law that he willies to revenge injuries. In every thing he fliews the fpirit and the ideas of a Ibldier and hero. A pleafant -enough proof of this we have in the following Anec- dote — A man, who is a good-enough en- • ' graver. lalf a s, and •h iie two 'light teen |i his at he vcn- havc they ( 87 ) graver, and can alfo take off the outlines of a countenance, made an engraving of Macleod, which, as the expvrcflion of the countcnunce, or phyfiognomy, was fcarcely touched, and the drefs and arms of the highlander were mifreprefented, did not give entire fatisfadion. /nftrudtions \fere therefore given to make tome improvements, and fome corredions. But the wretch — after the old Serjeant had iat to him as often as he plcafcd, Hiewed him where he had erred, and advanced five guineas in partial payment — the wretch, with whofe infauftous name Macleod (for he i« not a little tindured with fuperftition) begs that thefe Memoirs of his Life may not I c defiled, attempted to publifh the portrait, intended for the benefit of his aged anu generous employer, on his own account*. This acl of piracy, he apprehended, would * A ftrikinglikenefsof Mack ', drawn by Mr, Bi^gs, artid engraved by Mr. Grozier, 1 , fold, for the benefit of the old Serjeant, by the publiftiers f thefe Metncirs. It is fubmitted to the Polygraphia Society, whether they might not employ their cui lous art 1 m a manner worthy of their liberality, in multiplying cxadl wiveneiTes of this living antiquity, and circulating them, at an eafy rate, through Britain, Europe, and the world. r 4 excite 11 I i i IMAGE EVALUATION TEST TARGET (MT-3) 1.0 1.1 11.25 Uit2S 125 150 ^^^" Hi^B Hi li^ ■ 2.2 m Mi m IS! U ■ 4.0 I 2.0 Photograjiiic Sciences Corporation 23 WEST MAIN STREET WEBSTER, N.Y. 14580 (716)S72-4503 « > 1 V 4 ( 88 ) ' r ^ excite the old Serjeant's refentment, and fub- jed: him to the difcipline of his cudgel : he therefore, although in both fize and appear- ance he bears a great refemblance to a middle- aged brawny porter or coachman, thought it necefTarv to ikulk from Macleod, like a w^.- lefad:or from the officers of juflice ; but our magnanimous old Soldier, in order to quiet the apprehenfions of the pirate, declares that he may live for him, till fome hangman hang him, or a flea fell him ! Donald Macleod, in the prime of life, was five feet and feven inches in height. He is now inclined by age to five feet five inches. He has an interefling phyfiognomy, expref- five of fincerity, fenfibility, and manly cou- rage, though his eyes have lofl their luHre and become dim and languid. With regard to his mental qualities, that which is moft impaired is the faculty of memory, and of difcriminating lively conceptions or ideas, from hiflofic£-l truths or realities. What pafied in the firft fifty years of the prefent century, he remembers more diftindlly than the occurrences of the laft. In company, where the cuflom of giving toails is kept up, it is the beauties of the lail age that are 2^'";'-' commonly m ( 89 ) commonly given by Mr. Macleod, though they have been in their graves for many years j a circumftance vv^hich, in the vivacity of animated converfation, (for he has exceed- ingly high fpirits,) he is very apt to over- look. His flanding toafts are Her Majefty Queen Anne; Sarah, Duchefs of Marlbo- rough ; and the Countefs of Eglinton. I have noticed the pronenefs of the old Ser- jeant, in the prefent debilitated ftate of his mind, to confound mere imaginations w^ith realities; that a juft diftindtion may be made between this weaknefs and deliberate decep- tion. It really often happens, that when his mind is warmed by a lively defcription of fcenes, in which he could not have been pre- fent, he imagines that he had adually feen them paiTmg before his eyes. ' ' - '■' - -' • The queftion is often put to Macleod, How do you live ? to which he as often re- plies, " I eat when I am hungry, and drink when I am dry, and never go to bed but v/hen I can't help it." This laft maxim re- quires a little illuftration. He can never be perfuaded to go to bed till he falls aileep. If he is taking a glafs after fupper, and a pro- pofition be made for the company to wifli << « one it C 90 ) one another a good night, he will ob&rvc, " My eyes are not fbut yet." It is only when he feels himfelif under a n«ceflity of clofing his eyes, that he h willing, to ga to> reftj and, what is not a Iktle ludicrous, one of his eyes being much weaker, goes fooner to reft than the otlier. O^i the other hand, he ne- ver lies a~bcd longer than he is fail! alleep. The moment he awalces, up he fprings, wafbes his face and hands, and goes fome where or other; for he feems to have an averiion to reft, and h conftantly in motion. He is of a wandering difpofition, and never likes to ftay long in one place : a very trifling motive, even at this day, would fuffiee to carry Donald Mac- leod to America, or to the Eaft Indies. Mr. Macleod talks, not unfrequently, on the fubjed: of death, and in a religious ftrain. But he fpeaks oftener of the feats of his youth and manhood ; and of men and women who have lived to great ages, feveral of whom he reckons in his own family. Alexander Macleod, Efq. of Ulinifli, Sheriff of a Dif- trid of Invernefs-fhire, his uncle, is now in the 1 00th year of his age. -^ •• -*-''» • ^ Since the publication of the jirji Edition ef thefe Memoirs, an incident happened to Mr li [only of or to> one r ta Jie- riic 5 his ber; id- k ( 9\J Mr. and Mrs. Maclcod of a very affeding nature. One of their fons, falbwing the wandering genius of hi^ country and fomily, had come about ten years ago to England, in the charader of a journeyman gardener ; and while he fteadily purfued his profcffion, and uniformly maintained a good charader, en- countered a variety of fortune : fometimea adting as a head -gardener, and, at others, workins: with his hands as a labourer in nar^ fery and other gardens. — It was in this Lifk- mentioned fituation that he ftood in January lalt; wb -n, happening to come to town by the WLi)/ oi Knightf bridge, he fpied on the roiii iide ail old }iii.ddand.:r, for fuch he readily cone, r/ed hmi to be by his drefs, wi;.l: a V -'' ''-^ • " " •• A'fter leaving the inn at Durham, he pro- ceeded to Newcaille, w^here he fell in vv^ith fome old fellow^- foldiers w^o 'had ferved with 'him, and in the fame place, 'half a century before. Their mutual joy was fo great, and their temperance fo fmall, that much dif- ■tre^sto Macleod quickly followed this inter- view. All that had been left to him by the wtives, or 'furnifhed by the beneficence of Mr. Boyd, was fpent ^for 'the ferjeant has no idea of difguifing the truth) at New- ca:ftle. He 'found hhnfelf again in a mofl foflorn fituation ; but, from his relations at Edinburgh, whither he now directed his courfe in his journey northward, he received every mark of kind and anxious concern for his relief, and future welfare. Lady Clanronald, in a letter dated at Eafter Dud- dingfton, December 30, 1785, and directed -to her uncle, Alexander Macleod, Efq; of Ulinifh, by Duhvegan, uniting the fweetefl: humanity with the nobleft condefcenfion, fays — " This will be given to you, if he " lives to get your length, by a perfon, in " whom it » The ferjeant was received by Ulinifh, and his other relations in Skye, with great kind- nefs. But hofpitality, in its very nature, is rather a ftepping-ftone than a refting place, G He ■-•• ...v.-_ i| < ( V8 ) lie 'was tugcr to rejoin his own poor family at Inverncfs. ... ..; . f *• Many other inflances might be here pro- duced of the countenance and kindncfs Ihewn to Maclcod by his own honourable kindred, and of letters from them to him, or concern- ing him, in proof of his veracity. But we avoid the expence which the publication of thefe would occafion. It has been alledged, by fome who have fcen Macleod, that it is impoiUble fo hale and fo hearty a man oan be turned of 1.00. Let fuch wifeacres re- fledt, that the fame vigour of conllitution that prolongs life, prolongs the appearance of health and ftrength. They would have made the fame obfervation on old Parr and Jenkins at the fame period of their lives, though the former lived to the age of 150, and the latter to that of 1 60. MA FINIS n .-■ 4 , r'- ■; <*■ 4 ("i «... 7 family e pro- file wn ndred, icern- Jt we ion of idged, tit is 1 can -s re- ution ranee have r and lives, 150, ^' i