so worthily the qualities of the soldier and the hero. In 1817 the regiment returned to England, and disembarked at Portsmouth. CHAPTER XXXVII. “’Twas a soldier who spoke—but his voice now is gone, And lowly the hero is lying; No sound meets the ear, save the crocodile’s moan, Or the breeze through the palm-tree sighing. But lone though he rests where the camel is seen, By the wilderness heavily pacing; His grave in our bosoms shall ever be green, And his monument ne’er know defacing.” GIBRALTAR—SICILY—MAIDA—EGYPT—WALCHEREN—FLANDERS—1804–1817. Although borrowing a good idea in pursuing a similar plan, we esteem ourselves excused, and not guilty of too slavish an imitation of General Stewart’s account of the Seventy-eighth, in his excellent memoirs of the Highland regiments. Thus, having followed so far the history of the first battalion, we now devote a chapter to the annals of the second battalion, in which the distinguished officer above-named served with honour, exceedingly beloved by the soldiers; and to whom, as an author, we are largely indebted, having, by the vigour of his pen, rescued from the shades of oblivion and the crumbling ravages of time the history of our regiments and the peculiar characteristics of our clans, and so preserved ever fresh these endeared records of our brave clansmen and soldiers. Scotland had already largely contributed to the noble army of defenders which in 1804, during the momentous crisis in our national history of which that year was the scene, had gathered round the constitution and challenged the would-be invader. Of the genuine Highlanders enlisted at this period, the following is a correct record:— For the army of reserve, 1651 Militia—Inverness, Ross, Argyle, Perth, &c., &c., 2599 Supplementary Ditto, 870 Canadian Fencibles, 850 Second Battalion of the Seventy-eighth Regiment, 714 Second Battalion of the Seventy-ninth Regiment, 618 Highlanders as substitutes in Militia regiments, 963 Recruits enlisted by the parties of the line, not 350 exactly known, but estimated at, ——— Total, 8,615