IQ THE SUTHERLAND CLEARANCES. 



that day ; and, upon this, they left them to do so. Next they went to 

 Ravigill, where they met Charles Gordon, who said that he would pay 

 ten pounds, if the houses were not down next day. They did nothing 

 here but comprised one of the houses for Mr. Sellar's shepherd. 

 During all these removings, he knows of no injury done by Mr. Sellar, 

 or by his orders ; saw no instance of cruelty, and no damage was done 

 to the furniture. Value was allowed for the moss-fir, which, on an 

 average, formed about the tenth part of the wood in the house, as. by 

 the practice of the country, it belongs to the out-going tenant ; but 

 nothing was given for the birch wood, as this belongs to the proprietor. 



7th, Alexander Sutherland, in Backies of Golspie ; was a witness to 

 the removings. The party met first at Badinloch ; they went to Gar- 

 vault ; the warrant was read, and the furniture then turned out, no 

 injury being done to it. They next went to Rhiloisk, and proceeded 

 in the same manner there ; they received orders not to do any injury ; 

 they then went to Rhimsdale. Mr. Sellar said, that he had a letter 

 from the minister of Farr, stating, that there were sick people in that 

 place, and therefore that they must not proceed in the ejections. Then 

 they went to Badinloskin ; they arrived there on the Monday forenoon. 

 Chisholm had taken part of the divots off his house ; witness saw an 

 old woman ; she was lying on the floor of the byre on a shake-down, 

 and she had been removed from the house-end to the byre-end ; there 

 was a fire close to her on the floor of the byre. Mr. Sellar had not 

 arrived at this time, having stopped with his shepherd. On his arrival 

 near the place, he asked witness if he had seen an old woman, and 

 witness answered she was in the bothy. Neither Chisholm's house nor 

 byre were set fire to till a considerable time after the old woman had 

 been removed. The bothy was thirty yards or so distant from the 

 house and byre. Witness heard no cruel expressions from Mr. Sellar 

 as to the old woman. The house, barn, &c., were worth about twenty 

 shillings. Fire was not put to the house till after the comprisement 

 had been made. Cross-examined Witness saw the old woman brought 

 out by her friends, and heard her utter some cry. Part of the house 

 was taken down before the woman was brought out, but this was done 

 by Chisholm. The house end was taken down by the party before the 

 woman removed from the byre-end. Mr. Sellar was at this time at a 

 distance. Chisholm's furniture was all out before the fire began, and 

 he said nothing of bank notes. Before the woman was brought out, 

 there was a smoke, but this seemed to arise from the divots falling 

 from the roof on the fire. Some growing corn, at the back of the house, 



