When this Levy was made, the Officers took a special Care that none should be enlisted into that Service, but the Sons of the wealthiest and most reputable Farmers in the Country; and the second and younger Sons of some of the lesser Vassals were not asham’d to enlist in a service calculated for restoring of Peace, and establishing Liberty and Property in their Country. And as they were allowed to occupy their own Farms or follow any other Occupation, except upon Muster-Days, or when they were actually employed in pursuit of Robbers, or Disturbers of the public Peace; they, instead of receiving Bounty-Money, made Interest with the Officer to be admitted. In this Shape they continued till they were Regimented, under the Command of the Honourable the Earl of _Crawford_, a Nobleman, whose Character was every way agreeable to them, and made little or no Alteration in their Circumstances. When we have taken this View of their Original and History, down to the Period of their being Regimented, it will be no Matter of Surprize to find the private Men of that Regiment differing much in their Manners from those of other Corps, if we consider that when they entered the Service it was impossible for them to have the least Apprehensions of ever being obliged to leave their own Country where most of them had Farms or other Concerns, and looked upon themselves, and I believe were esteemed by the Country, only as a regulated Militia, at least till such Time as they were Regimented, which was only a few Years ago. The Earl of _Crawford_ enjoyed that Regiment but a short time, when it was given to their present Colonel the Honourable Lord _Semple_. They were quartered last year, the one half of them at _Inverness_, and the other at _Perth_; some Time in Spring the Regiment was informed by their officers that they were to be reviewed at _Musselburgh_, a village within four miles of _Edinburgh_, and afterwards to return to their quarters. Accordingly they had a Rout given them to that place, and arrived there; but were told they were not to be reviewed there, but at _Berwick_ upon _Tweed_; when they came to this place, they were told that his Majesty designed to review them in Person at _London_, and that then they would all return to their Families. When they arrived at _London_, and found that his Majesty was gone, the Regiment were universally dissatisfied, that after so long a March they were disappointed of the Honour of being reviewed by his Majesty.