CONTENTS. xvii 



PACE* 



fight at Glenshiel The leaders of the rising and their subsequent careers 



Seaforth counsels his tenantry to pay no rent to the Government Daniel 



Murchison outwits the factors The Mackenzies and the Seaforth Estates 

 Seaforth is pardoned He receives a grant of the arrears of the Lewis feu- 

 duty Removal of his disabilities Sale of the Seaforth Estates Remarks on 

 the Seaforths A review of their Jacobitism Stornoway and its Custom House 



Proposal to remove the Custom House to Loch Broom Death of William 



Earl of Seaforth in Lewis Is succeeded by his son Kenneth, Lord Fortrose 



The public activity of Lord Fortrose ... ... ... ... ... 394 



CHAPTER XIV. 



The rising of 1745 Prince Charles Edward lands at Eriskay He wins 

 over the chiefs Duncan Forbes saves the situation for the Government The 

 prophecy of Coinneach Odhar Lord Fortrose prevents his tenantry from rising 

 The attitude of the heritors of Harris, North Uist, and Barra The Highland 

 Independent Companies The flowing tide of success and the ebb tide 

 Culloden The Prince decides to seek refuge in the Long Island He lands 

 at Rossinish Proceeds to Scalpa The Prince and the Rev. Aulay Macau- 

 layDonald Macleod attempts to hire a vessel in Stornoway The bargain 

 falls through The Prince goes to Arnish Alarm in Stornoway The 

 dilemma of the Stornowegians The Prince is compelled to leave Arnish He 

 lands at lubhard Proceeds to Scalpa Benbecula Coradale The Prince's 

 Boswell How Charles passed his time Another fruitless attempt to find 

 a ship Critical situation of the Prince Goes to Wiay and Rossinish 

 Back to Coradale Loch Boisdale Each man for himself Coradale once 

 more Flora Macdonald The plan of rescue Back to Rossinish The pro- 

 gress of the plan "Betty Burke" The Prince sails from the Long 

 Island A perilous voyage The personality of "Bonnie Prince Charlie" 

 The fate of his attendants The Prince sails for France The later career of 

 Flora Macdonald 426 



CHAPTER XV. 



The effects of Culloden A social upheaval in the Long Island The 

 emigration fever Discontent in Lewis How the factors made fortunes 

 Kidnapping in Lewis Steps taken to prevent emigration Emigration from 

 Uist Emigration from Barra The raising of Highland regiments Lord 

 Seaforth succeeded by Colonel Mackenzie-Humberston The last Lord 

 Seaforth Captain Macleod of Harris and his improvements The Lewis and 

 Harris boundaries Lord Seaforth as a recruiting officer A distinguished 

 proprietor Lady Hood Mr. Stewart-Mackenzie Charter to the Stornoway 

 feuars Sale of Lewis, excluding the parish of Stornoway The island passes 

 into the hands of the Mathesons Proprietary changes in Harris In Barra 

 In South Uist and Benbecula In North Uist 471 



CHAPTER XVI. 



Descriptions of the Outer Hebrides : John of Fordun Andrew Wyntoun 

 John Major Hector Boece Donald Monro Bishop Leslie Official accounts 

 of Lewis Captain John Dymes Reports of Lewis to Cromwell Richard 

 Blome John Morison of Bragar Report by an unknown author Martin 

 Martin John Adair Matthew Symson "The Highland of Scotland in 

 1750" "A Voyage to Shetland, the Orkney Islands, and the Western 

 Isles of Scotland '* Captain Barlow Dr. John Walker The S.P.C.K. 

 Dr. James Anderson John Knox Rev. John Lane Buchanan " General 



