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Crosbie and Mr Walter Riddell, merchants, as hostages for 

 £1000 more, which was yesterday sent them to relieve these 

 gentlemen. I was at Thornhill, the 21st, in the morning (when 

 I heard of their approach) with a company of 100 men which I 

 mentioned in my List, and about 50 seceders. I retired here and 

 keepd them together till the evening, when I had certain advice 

 the greater part of the Highland army was in Dumfries, and that 

 everybody had laid down their arms, upon which I dismissed 

 the people and desired them to secure their arms and horses. 

 The 22nd, in the morning, I left this {i.e., Drumlanrig), with all 

 my family except nine servants by daybreak, and went to my 

 father's house at Craigdarroch. The 23rd, about seven in the 

 morning, two letters from Murray, their secretary, and another 

 from one Riddell, a Fife gentleman and an acquaintance of mine, 

 who is with them, were brought here and sent from this by 

 express to Craigdarroch, where they found me about ten. The 

 contents were telling me their Prince was to lodge here that 

 night, and requiring me to provide quarters for their whole army 

 in this house and the adjacent village. They neither mentioned 

 their numbers nor directed me what quantity was to be got, but 

 only desired I would cause kill a great number of black cattle 

 and sheep, and provide a great quantity of meal. I retired 

 immediately into the Gralloway hills, about eight miles further, 

 without giving them any answer, and carried the person who 

 brought me the letters with me. When they came here they 

 laid straw the whole rooms for the private men to lye on, except 

 your Grace's bed-chamber (where their Prince lay) and a few 

 rooms more. They killed about 40 sheep, part of your Grace's 

 and part of mine, most of them in the vestibule next the low 

 dining-room and the foot of the principal stair, which they left 

 in a sad pickle, as they did, indeed, the whole house. Under the 

 gallery they keepd several of their horses, which they made a 

 shift to get up the front stair. They have destroyed all the 

 spirits and most of the wine in your Grace's cellars — of both 

 which there was a considerable stock and very good, which has 

 been laid in gradually since I came here— a good deal of hay, 

 and what corn they could get, all my ale and spirits, and. other 

 provisions. They have broken several chairs and tables, melted 

 down a good deal of pewter by setting it upon the fire with their 

 victuals, cai'ried away a good deal oi linen and several other 

 things, which I have not yet time to know particularly. I 



