the next person that was following catched hold of [Sidenote: _fol._ 572.] him by the breast and held him till the said Donald Cameron returned back and came to them and recovered both. At last they got over this so dangerous pass, by which they pass'd the first line of the troops, and different nights after this they passed the other four lines of the troops creeping on their hands and feet betwixt the sentries. [285] See f. 172. * * * * * The above account was taken from the said Donald Cameron his own mouth, so it can be depended upon. After this follows the rest of Mr. John Cameron's journal, the next words being these, 'When they came to Glenmoriston they got six stout,' etc.[286] [286] See f. 172. * * * * * _N.B._--The proceeding narrative appears to be the same with that account which Dr. Cameron's lady gave to Dr. Burton from the best of her remembrance.[287] [287] See f. 550. [Sidenote: 22 Dec.] At the same time (December 22nd) I received from Dr. Cameron's lady a copy of Mr. John Cameron's journal,[288] and as the copy I had made my transcript from happened to be very [Sidenote: _fol._ 573.] unexact and confused, so I was not a little desirous to compare my transcript with that copy which I received from Mrs. Cameron; and upon comparing them together I found them to be one and the same, there being no other difference betwixt them than what ordinarily proceeds from the carelessness and inaccuracy of transcribers. Even the copy I had from Mrs. Cameron was none of the correctest as to orthography. [288] See f. 155. In the course of our conversation Mrs. Cameron said it was a very remarkable thing that the Prince landed (in his course from the island Eriska) in Lochnannua, at Boradale in the country of Arisaig[289] and in the parish of Ardnamurchin, and that at the very same spot he went on board the eight-oar'd boat after the battle of Culloden, to sail for the isles, that he was thereafter coming from the Isle of Sky, and likewise that at the very same spot he imbarked for France upon September 20th, 1746, when he was forced to leave Scotland and to seek [Sidenote: _fol._ 574.] for safety in foreign parts.[290] ROBERT FORBES, A.M. [289] Or rather Moidart, Lochnannua being the boundary betwixt Arisaig and Moidart. See f. 640. [290] See ff. 180, 281, 352, 355, 522. Copy of the Petition of George, Lord Rutherford, etc.[291] [291] This was George Durie of Grange, who claimed the title of Lord Rutherford as grand-nephew of the first Lord. His claim was disputed by a gentleman of the Rutherford family, and to determine the dispute the Lords' Committee of Privileges ordered both to lodge their proofs, and in end disallowed both claims. To the King's Most Excellent Majesty the Humble Petition of George, Lord Rutherford.