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Captain Macdonald replied that Campbell, the inspector of poor, was 

 there to look after them ! 



A crofter asked who is to pay for the witnesses ? 



Captain Macdonald said the country would guarantee that they would 

 be paid. 



A Crofter Guarantee will not do, but the money. (Laughter.) 



Captain Macdonald I have little doubt you will get the money. 



We are not aware that any of the promises above made 

 as to the maintenance of the families of the men, or pro- 

 viding money to pay for their witnesses, have been imple- 

 mented. 



THREE OF THE CROFTERS AGREE TO SURRENDER AND 

 GO TO EDINBURGH. 



At a meeting held immediately after the deputation from 

 theybrr&z/had left, the people decided that the three men, 

 John Macpherson, John Morrison, and Donald MacLeod, 

 should proceeed to Edinburgh by the Dunara Castle, but 

 not by the government gunboat, for they would not have 

 it said of them by future generations of their country- 

 men, " that Glendale men had to be taken away from 

 their homes in a man-of-war". Peter MacLean, Merchant, 

 Dunvegan, strongly urged them to this course, telling them 

 that " There was no doubt an arrangement would be made 

 for the support of their families while they were away. A 

 committee would be formed to gather subscriptions every- 

 where for their support, and they had Captain Macdonald's 

 guarantee that witnesses for their defence would be sent to 

 Edinburgh." We are curious to know, for certain, how far 

 these promises have been kept, as our information at pre- 

 sent is by no means of a satisfactory character, and scarcely 

 creditable to those who made them. 



On the following Monday, the three crofters went aboard 

 the Dunara Castle, after bidding farewell to their families 



