neither in size or strength. The Camerons they had observed to be of a peice with the rest, and they wondered where Locheill could find a sufficient body of men of strength and brawn to give such an odd variety of surprizeing wownds. But they did not know that there was as much arte as strength in fetching these strocks; for, where a Highlander layes it on full, he draws it with great address the whole length of the blade, whereas an unskilfull person takes in no more of it than the breadth of the place where he hitts. He is likewayes taught to wownd with the point, or to fetch a back-strock, as occasion offers; and as in all these he knows how to exert his whole vigour and strength, so his blade is of such excellent temper and form as to answer all his purposes.

Various were the accounts that spread abroad of this action in the beginning; but time at last bringing the treuth to light, it became the general admiratione of the whole kingdome. Locheill was by all partys extolled to the skyes as a young hero of boundless courage and extraordinary conduct. His presence of mind, in delivering himself from his terrible English antagonist, who had so much the advantage of him in every thing but vigour and courage, by biteing out his throat, was in every person's mouth; as it is, indeed, often talked off to this day. Nor was the generosity of his foster-brother, who willingly sacraficed his oun life for the preservation of his Chief, less the wonder and astonishment of mankind. The only part of Locheil's conduct I have heard blamed, was his artfull stoping his enemys, who were still double his number, in their retreat, that being contrair to the prudent maxim of giveing a golden bridge to a retiring foe; but there must be still some allowance made for the fire of youth, and for noble ardor of mind that a young warriour is possessed with, in the heat of his courage.

The English, on the other hand, were more pityed than blamed. They did all that men could doe in the circumstances they were in. Not a single man of them betrayed the least cowardice, but fought it out with invincible obstinacy, while any of them remained to make opposition; and their frequent attempts upon the Chief's life, even after quarters were offered, shews that their fortitude and courage remained so firm to the last, that they disdained to be the survivors of a defeate,

which they looked upon as shemfull and ignominious.

In short, they were not conquered, but destroyed; and their ruine may be atributed to these two reasons; the first, that they lost the use of their shott by fireing att too great a distance, for there was not so much as one Highlander killed or wownded by it; the second, that they had no arms suited to the nature of the combate, their heavey musquetts serving them rather to retard the victorey, than to destroy the enemy.

Locheill, immediatly after this exploite, resolving to return to General Middletoun, commanded such of his men as lived near the Garrison to submitt themselves, and make their peace with the Governour, on condition, that he demanded no other terms but to live peaceably. By this wise conduct, he secured his people from being ruined during his absence; but while he waited the return of his men, he met with another opportunity of cutting off a party of the enemy, which happned

on this occasion.

The submission I just now mentioned, having partly removed the fears that the Garrison lay under, the Governour began to send out partys to bring in materials for carrying on his fortifications; and Locheill, being informed of what passed, resolved to make use of the opportunity that their security gave him, and posted himself in a convenient station within less than half a mile Westward of the Garrison. That same morning, the Governour sent out a command of 200 men, upon I know not what errand; and Locheill, to make surer of them, detatched twenty of his to a private place betwixt them and their friends; and ordered them to sally suddenly out, and intercept them in case they should chance to fly that way, as they naturally wowld.

The enemy, having advanced in good order, to a village called Auchintoure, Locheill, who was prepared, rushed upon them with a sudden furry, and easily brock them; for the fatall memorey of Auchadelew had so benumbed their courage, that they made no resistance, but fled at the first charge. The twenty men I mentioned gave them a full fire in the breast, and then attacked them with their swords; but they wowld not be stopt. In a word, they lost one half of their number.

Locheill, having pursued them to the very walls of their fort, he made some few of them prissoners, whom he destributed among such of his men as lived out of the reverence of the Garrison.

A few days thereafter, he marched Northward, at the head of a gallant party, and was received by the General and his friends there with great triumph and joy. The noise of the success in Lochaber and of some others that the General had lately obtained, gave them hopes of being soon in a condition to open their way into the South, where they were sure that the King had many friends; for the severity of General Monk's Government was such, that the people were keen to have ane opportunity of freeing themselves from that untolerable servitude. Nor was less expected, as appears from the following letter to Locheill from his cousine, the Earl of Loudon. This Lord was a person of considerable parts; and though he was deeply engadged in the Rebellion, and a great friend of the Marquess of Argyl's, who was his Chief, yet, from the King's being in Scotland, he became privatly his friend, and keept a correspondance with the Loyalists. He bore the office of Chancelor during the bloody reign of the Covenant; and it seems that the King continued him in that post; at least he acted as Chancellour in the year 1649.

"TO MY MUCH HONOURED AND LOVING COUSINE, The Laird of locheill.

"LOVING COUSINE,

"I hop this will find yow with the Generall, who will communicate to yow all occurances and intelligence from this part of the countrey; which makes me forbear to trouble yow at this time with a long letter, hopping to see yow shortly towards this part. The signall proof yow have given of your affection to the King's service, and true valure in opposing and rancountering the rebells that entered your countrey, I trust, will be keept in thankfull remembrance by his Majesty, and hath endeared yow to all who love their King or countrey; and your comeing alongst with the General, and constancey in the King's service, will procure such recompense and marks of favour to yourself and family

from him, as will make yow think all your pains and hazards yow can be at well bestowed: Which is all I have to wryte at present, but to entreat yow to hasten these other letters to my Lord General, if he be not with yow, assureing yow that I will, upon all occasions, be ready to approve my self,

"Sept. 9, 1654.

"Your most affectionat cousine,
(Signed)

LOWDON."

About this time, the famous Captain Wogan arrived in the Highland camp. He was a very handsom gentleman, of the age of three or four and twenty. When he was a youth of fifteen or sixteen years, he had been, by the corruption of some of his nearest friends, engadged in the Parliament service against the King, where the eminencey of his courage made him so much taken notice of, that he acquired a great reputation, and was beloved by all; but so much in the friendship of General Ireton, under whom he had the command of a troop of horse, that no man was so much in credit with him. But being improved in age and understanding, and falling into the conversation of sober men, he began, by degrees, to discover his error; and the barbarous murder of the King gave him so great a detestation and horrour of these impious rebells, that he thought of nothing but to repair his oun reputation by taking vengeance of those who had cousined [cozened] and misled him.

The fame of the Marquess of Ormond's uniteing with the Irish in favours of the King quickly drew him thither, and he behaved with such signall valour, that that noble Lord gave him the command of his own Guards, and every man the testimony of his deserving it. He came over with the Marquess into France, and being restless to be in action, no sooner heard of Middletoun's being arrived in Scotland, than he resolved to be with him. It was with the greatest difficulty that he could prevail with his Majestie to allow him, and to grant commissions for himself and some other resolute young gentlemen that were willing to accompaney him. The very nixt day after obtaining his dispatches, he and his companions, being seven or eight in number, went out of Paris together, and tooke post for Calais. They landed att Dover, continued

their journey to London, and walked the town, [and] stayed there about three weeks, till they had bought horses. In a word, they were full four-score horse, well armed, when they left that city, and marching by easy journeys, but out of the common roads, they arived safely in Scotland, where they beat up some of the enemy's quarters that lay in their way, and without any misfortune joyned General Middletoune in the Highlands.

They were received with all the honour and respect due to such a gallant companey of loyall adventurers, and performed many brave actions with Mr Woggan at their head. Locheill sone contracted a most intimate friendship with him, and several others of his party, and often shared in the honour of their adventures. No garrison of the enemy was secure within many miles of them, and as they were perpetwally in action, so they became a terror even to the most adventerous of the rebells. But poor Woggan chanceing, in one of these desperat encounters, to receive a small wound, which he at first neglected, it became at last incureable by the excessive fatigue he daily underwent, and the want of skillfull surgeons, so that he died of it, to the great grief of the General, and all who knew him. His comerads continued till the end of the war, and some few of them adventured to return to their own countrey by land, and from thence found their way to the King, and the rest accompaneyed the General.

Monk, in the mean time, observed his former cautious conduct, and was resolved, without risking the hazard of a general battle, to spin out the war in such a manner, as in the end to compell the Highlanders, whom he knew to be destitute of all means of supporting themselves, either to submitt or starve. He still keept his army in two distinct bodys, and within four days' march of each other. They were plentifully supplyed with all things, while Middletoun, who daily observed the decay of his forces, and the ruine of the countrey, and was in great want, was no less earnest to come to a battle with one or other of these armys. He was vigourously seconded by Locheill and most of the other Chiefs, who were keen to open a passage by their swords for their friends in the Lowcountrey to joyn them, and to free themselves from the ravage and fury

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