The companions of Pickle: Being a sequel to 'Pickle the spy'Lang, Andrew
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The companions of Pickle: Being a sequel to 'Pickle the spy'
Lang, Andrew
Jacobites
Highlands, the, the old times and the new in, 254;
deer driving, 254;
poverty, 255;
ignorance, 256;
a Highland home in 1747, 257;
emigration of the clans, 257;
the Glengarry estate a typical instance of clan holding, 258-262;
evidence concerning, 263, 264;
poetry, 264;
Strathnaver crofters, 265;
living cows’ blood mixed with oatmeal for food, 265, 283;
hardness of living, 265;
rents, 266;
the truck system, 267;
thriftless agricultural methods, 268;
tyranny of the tacksmen, 269;
Forbes of Culloden’s leases, 270;
customary services and ‘casualties,’ 271, 272;
rent paid in kind, 271;
commutation of services for money, 272;
copy of a formal rent, 273 _note_;
evictions, 273;
the eviction of the Macphersons from Badenoch, 274;
the Mackenzies as landlords, 275;
the Camerons as tenants, 276;
evictions a part of clan warfare, 277, 278;
obligations of the chiefs to the necessitous, 278, 279;
times of scarcity, 280;
blackmail, 280, 281;
the creed of communism, 281;
association of Sutherland farmers to suppress sheep-stealing, 282;
attitude of landlords, 284;
clan affection becomes clan hatred, 284;
old times contrasted with new, 285
Hodgson, Captain, 127
Holderness, Lord, 51
Holker (of Ogilvie’s regiment), 229
Howard, G., letter on Barisdale’s protection, 115
Hume, David, 55;
letter from Marischal concerning Rousseau, 56;
disseminates an anecdote reflecting on the courage of Charles, 58;
letters from Marischal, 59-64
Hunter, Mrs., of Polmood, 87
Huntly, 11, 13
Ibrahim (the Marischal’s Turk), 31
Innes, George (head of the Scots College), 179
Innes, Thomas (historian), 179
Inverness, Lord, 26
Izard, Captain, 124, 195
James (the Third, Chevalier de St. George), urged to quit France and
join his adherents, 9;
his wintry welcome at Perth, 11;
after Sheriffmuir, 12;
escapes from Scotland, 12;
at Avignon, 14;
his assassination planned by Stair, 20;
his bride, 20;
endeavours to relieve his destitute followers, 21;
pension from Spain, 26;
at the tomb of Clementina, 28;
his trust in Balhaldie, 33;
believes in ‘lying still,’ 39;
opposed to desperate ventures, 49;
deserted by the Earl Marischal, 52;
announces the French King’s resolution to help him, 75;
appealed to about the French treasure, 140;
his name forged by Young Glengarry, 155;
cited, 27, 181, 182, 222, 226, 228, 230, 275
Johnson, Dr., quoted, 259, 266
Johnston, Captain, 160
Johnstone, Chevalier, 107, 109, 178
Jones, Captain, 149
Kaunitz, Count, 238
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