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supplied them with volunteers ; but the fines do not appear 

 to have ever been exacted. The same proclamation offered 

 a reward of 200 for the capture, dead or alive, of the 

 leaders, who are specifically named as Middleton, Seaforth, 

 Kenmure, and Dalziel. " Such a vile sum," wrote Hyde to 

 Middleton, "will be contemned in the Highlands"; and 

 so, in fact, it was, the offer being received with derision.* 



The attempt to wage war by proclamation having failed, 

 Monck had recourse to sterner measures ; fire and sword 

 were now the weapons to be employed. In concert with 

 Morgan, he endeavoured to come into touch with the 

 insurgents in the Highlands, Colonel Brayn, with 2,000 

 foot from Ireland, co-operating in the attempt to hem the 

 Royalists in on all sides, and force them to an engagement. 

 The policy of Middleton was to avoid a pitched battle, and 

 by constantly harassing the enemy, to tire them out and 

 force them to retreat. These tactics nearly proved success- 

 ful, the English troops being reduced to great straits for 

 want of food ; but by his persistent watchfulness, aided by 

 good luck, Morgan at length succeeded in getting in touch 

 with the insurgents, whom he surprised in a defile near 

 Loch Garry, on iQth July. Middleton was caught at such 

 a disadvantage, owing to the nature of the ground, that he 

 was unable to offer battle on equal terms, and an orderly 

 retreat was the most he could hope to effect. His troops 

 behaved gallantly, until the pressure of the enemy became 

 so severe that they were forced to disperse, every man to 

 shift for himself. The loss of life was small, but the dis- 

 persal was complete ; and the insurrection was virtually 

 brought to an end.t 



Monck behaved like the statesman that he was, after 

 Morgan's success at Lochgarry. Instead of inviting a 

 fresh rising by harsh measures of reprisal, he sought to win 

 over the leaders of the insurgents, by offering them fair and 

 reasonable terms. The wisdom of this policy was proved 

 by its results. The back of the insurrection had been 



* Scott. Hist. Soc., Intro., Vol. XXXI. p. 29. 

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