[158] _Ibid._ pp. 312-314. [159] _Letters from the Highlands_, ii. 70 (1818). [160] Glengarry’s Letter Book, MS. (1758-9). [161] _A Journey through part of England and Scotland, Along with the Army, &c._ By a Volunteer. Osborne, London: 1747, p. 176. [162] Lord Selkirk, _State of the Highlands_, p. 42 (1805). [163] Glengarry’s Letter Book, MS. [164] November-December, 1754. _Pickle_, p. 285. [165] _Antiquarian Notes_, pp. 120-134. [166] _Pickle_, p. 217. [167] _Northern Memoirs._ This author does not speak of drinking the blood of the _living_ cow. See _op. cit._ p. 209, and note, p. 372. This correction applies to p. 283. [168] Burt, ii. p. 31. [169] _Ibid._ p. 26. [170] Glengarry’s Letter Book, MS. [171] _Scotland as it was and as it is_, p. 245. [172] Burt, ii. 51. [173] The Gartmore MS. is denounced as full of ignorant Lowland prejudice, by General Stewart of Garth. [174] Burt, Appendix, ii. 357. [175] We have another statement by Culloden: ‘From Perth to Inverness, and thence to the Western Sea, including the Western Islands, ... no part is in any degree cultivated, except some spots here and there in straths or glens, by the sides of rivers, brooks, or lakes, and on the sea-coast. The grounds that are cultivated yield small quantities of mean corns not sufficient to feed the inhabitants, who depend for their nourishment on milk, butter, cheese, &c., the product of their cattle.... Their habitations are the most miserable huts that ever were seen.’ _Culloden Papers_, p. 298. [176] This is the house near Musselburgh, which the wicked Colonel Charteris lent to Culloden, who had defended him from a charge of rape. In one room (when I was a boy) you saw in the centre a great black blotch, and black marks as of footsteps tiptoeing out to the door. A gruesome room! [177] Cumberland Papers, 1753. [178] _Antiquarian Notes_, p. 207. [179] _Antiquarian Notes_; compare pp. 126 and 207. [180] Here is a formal rent from Burt (ii. 56):— _Donald Mac Oil vic ille Challum._ Money £8. 10. 4. Scots £0. 5. 10⅛. Butter 3 lb. 2 oz. Oatmeal 2 bushels 1 Peck 3 Lip. Sheep ⅛ and ⅟₁₆. Other tenants paid in shares the rest of the sheep. Then there would be ‘services,’ engaging Donald’s time and labour. [181] ‘Cluny, May 10, 1724.’ _Stuart Papers_, p. 113, Appendix, pp. 100-105. [182] James to the Duke of Gordon, August 27, 1724. [183] British Museum. The King’s Library, 104. [184] _Scots Magazine_, 1753, p. 498. [185] Burt, ii. 5, 6. [186] MS. 104. [187] _Sketches_, 1822. [188] _Ibid._ i. 40. [189] _Op. cit._ i. 84, 85. [190] Burt, ii. 107. [191] _Sketches_, i. 185, _note_. [192] _Antiquarian Notes_, p. 284. [193] _Sketches_, i. 150. [194] _Ibid._ ii. Appendix, xliv. [195] _Sketches_, i. 139. [196] See also the Introduction to _The Legend of Montrose_. [197] Cumberland Papers, 1753. [198] January 16, 1747. [199] Browne, iii. p. 477. [200] March 26, 1740. _Gleanings from Cluny Charter Chest_, p. 4.