1 6 THE HIGHLAND CLEARANCES. 



lands of Glendale, Lowergill, Ramasaig, and Waterstein, in searching 

 and carrying away drift timber, notice is hereby given that the shep- 

 herds and herds on these lands have instructions to give up the names 

 of any persons found hereafter on any part of said lands, as also anyone 

 found carrying away timber from the shore by boats or otherwise, that 

 they may be dealt with according to law. Factor's Office, Tormore, 

 4th January, 1882. 



The lands over which they were thus forbidden to walk, 

 consist mainly of sheep grazing, in the occupation of the 

 trustees, and managed for them by the factor. The people 

 were also forbidden to keep dogs. 



These notices, it is stated, had the desired effect ; tres- 

 passing ceased, and the crofter, with a sad heart, destroyed 

 his canine friend. Grievances multiplying in this way, it 

 was resolved by some leader in the district to convene a 

 public meeting of the crofters to consider the situation. 

 The notice calling the meeting together, was in these 

 terms : 



We, the tenants on the estate of Glendale, do hereby warn each 

 other to meet at Glendale Church on the 7th day of February, on or 

 about one P.M., of 1882, for the purpose of stating our respective 

 grievances publicly, in order to communicate the same to our superiors, 

 when the ground-officer is requested to attend. 



Such a revolutionary movement as this, the people actually 

 daring to meet together to consider their relations with the 

 laird, and make demands, was not to be lightly entered 

 upon, and it need not be wondered at if some of them at first 

 wanted the moral courage to come up to the occasion. If 

 any one showed symptoms of weakness in this way he was 

 encouraged, and on the appointed day the clansmen met 

 and deliberated on the situation. At that meeting their 

 grievances received full expression. It was in particular 

 pointed out that the township of Ramasaig, which fifteen 

 years ago was occupied by 22 separate crofters, is now 



