It is with the same practical object that, with the generous co-operation of the publishers, the lecture has been embodied in the little book now commended to the attention of those who take an interest in Scottish history, as well as to that of the British and American travellers who visit in such largely increasing numbers the beautiful and hospitable valleys and highlands of Norway, in which they find so much sympathetic evidence of a common origin of both race and language. LONDON, _March 1886_. Contents. PART I.--HISTORICAL. I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION, 11 II. THE CALMAR WAR, AND SWEDISH MEASURES FOR RAISING MERCENARIES, 18 III. SUCCESSFUL MARCH OF MÖNNICHHOFEN THROUGH NORWAY, 23 IV. ORGANIZATION OF SCOTTISH LEVIES FOR SWEDEN, AND THEIR FORCED DISBANDMENT, 32 V. ORDERS OF KING JAMES I. DISOBEYED BY A FEW SCOTTISH OFFICERS, WHO PROCEED WITH A SMALL PORTION OF THE LEVIES TO NORWAY, 42 VI. THE LANDING OF ALEXANDER RAMSAY IN ROMSDALEN, 48 VII. DESTRUCTION OF THE SCOTS IN GUDBRANDSDALEN, 52 VIII. THE COMBAT AT KRINGELEN, 56 PART II.--TRADITION. I. THE SINCLAIR BALLAD, 71 II. NORWEGIAN TRADITIONS COLLECTED BY THE REV. H. P. S. KRAG, 75 PART III.--APPENDICES. Historical Documents. I. EXTRACTS FROM THE "SWEDEN AND DENMARK CORRESPONDENCE, 1612," IN THE PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE, LONDON, 133 II. COPIES OF DOCUMENTS FROM THE GENERAL REGISTER HOUSE, EDINBURGH, 160 III. DOCUMENTS FROM STATE ARCHIVES, STOCKHOLM, 173 IV. DOCUMENTS FROM STATE ARCHIVES, COPENHAGEN, 180 INDEX TO NAMES OF PERSONS, 187 Part I. Historical. I. SOURCES OF INFORMATION. More than two centuries and a half have elapsed since the date of the occurrence so well known in Norway as the "Skottetog," or Scottish expedition, of which but little has hitherto been authentically known in Scotland. Notwithstanding, therefore, the conspicuous position which the so-called "Sinclair Expedition" holds in the traditions,[1] and to some extent also in the literature and the art,[2] of Norway, a fresh examination of the subject by the impartial light of historical truth is justified by the recent discovery of several documents in the State Archives of England, Scotland, and Sweden.