black rocks, in the darkness of which that gully is lost, far above the glen may be the site of such a rude dwelling. The house of Mac Ian is supposed to be-where, no doubt, it was in the lower and wider part of the glen, where, by the side of the Cona, the wild myrtle grows in great profusion, about two miles to the south-east of Loch Leven. In other respects, as far as vivid impressions, not verified for some time, enabled the Author, he has endeavoured to recall to the recollection of those who have visited Glencoe the subsisting features of its scenery; although he cannot place implicit confidence in those impressions, when he finds a writer like Pennant asserting of the glen, that" its mountains rise on each side perpendicularly to a great height from a flat narrow bottom; so that, in many places, they seem to hang over, and make approaches as they aspire towards each other.” To his memory, Glencoe seems not a narrow defile, as this description would import, but a huge valley between mountains of rock, receding from each other till a field of air of several miles' breadth lies between their summits of which, the last time he saw it, three young eagles, rising from the coarse heather at the head of the pass, near King's-house, took and kept delighted possession.

PERSONS OF THE DRAMA,

AS REPRESENTED AT THE HAYMARKET THEATRE.

JOHN MACDONALD, eldest Son of MAC IAN

ALASTER MACDONALD, youngest Son of MAC IAN

MAC IAN, Chief of the Clan of the Macdonalds of

Glencoe

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Mr. Webster.

Mr. J. Webster.

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Miss P. Horton.

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Mr. Macready.

Mr. Howe.

a youth HALBERT MACDONALD, nephew of MAC IAN-Son of a deceased Chief

HENRY MACDONALD, younger brother of HALBERT

ANGUS,
DONALD,

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Old Men of the Clan of the Mac-f Mr. Santer.

CAPT. ROBERT CAMPBELL of Glenlyon, commonly
called GLENLYON, Captain of a detachment of Mr. Phelps.
the Earl of Argyle's Regiment
LINDSAY, an Officer under GLENLYON'S command

HELEN CAMPBELL, an Orphan protected by LADY
MACDONALD, Niece to GLENLYON

SCENE-Glencoe, and the neighbouring banks of Loch Leven.

TIME-January, 1689.

The first Two Acts occupy one night and the following morning. There is an interval of a fortnight between the action of the Second and Third Acts;--the Third, Fourth, and Fifth Acts comprise the action of the three succeeding days.

GLENCOE;

OR,

THE FATE OF THE MACDONALDS.

ACT I.

SCENE I.-The Hall in the House of MAC IAN in Glencoe. Midnight.-A turf fire burning.-Storm heard without.-JOHN MACDONALD discovered sitting pensively at a table; ALASTER pacing the room.

John. LET me entreat you, Alaster, to sleep;
Three nights of feverish waking, at your age,
May spoil you for a watchman; for your nerves,
Undisciplined by care, throb many hours,
While those of elder and sedater spirits,

Ruled by the time, count one. Rest those slight limbs
On yonder couch of heather;-I would pledge

My word to rouse you at the first faint tread

Which may announce your father, but 'twere needless; In deepest slumber it will stir your heart,

And rouse you to his arms.

How can I sleep?

Alas.
How can you wish that I should sleep, when night
Succeeds to night, and still the unconquer'd wind,
Laden with snow and hailstones, dashes round us,
As if in scorn of Highlanders, content

To yield the fastnesses in which it held
Joint empire with our sires; and still the fear
That it hath dealt its vengeance on the head