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danger of blockade by Government warships, if their pre- 

 sence in the island became known. All except Seaforth 

 were against remaining in Lewis for an indefinite period ; 

 and the result of the conference was, that the decision of 

 the previous day was confirmed, " tho' plainly against the 

 grain " of Tullibardine and his supporters. 



The expedition sailed from Stornoway for Lochalsh on 

 4th April, but owing to contrary winds, had to put in at 

 Gairloch, where they heard a false report, which was 

 credited, that Ormonde had landed in England. Glen- 

 garry, who had joined the expedition at Gairloch, and 

 Glendaruel were subsequently sent with letters to known 

 sympathisers, urging them to rise. Two days later, the 

 Jacobites sailed for Lochalsh, but again encountered bad 

 weather, and had to return to Stornoway on the 7th. They 

 again set out on the nth, but were once more driven back 

 within four leagues of Stornoway. The wind changing, 

 they were at length enabled to reach their destination, on 

 the 1 3th, and on the following day, were re-joined by 

 Glendaruel, with a "gentleman of no small considera- 

 tion."* ' 



And so the Jacobites finally left Stornoway, where 

 Seaforth's chamberlain, Zachary Macaulay, turned their 

 visit to good account, by supplying the Spanish ships and 

 the troops with provisions valued at ;i53-t 



It is unnecessary to detail the events which followed 

 their arrival on the mainland, culminating in the battle of 

 Glenshiel and the dispersal of the insurgents.]: Sir Walter 

 Scott states that Seaforth raised a "few hundred High- 

 1 landers in Lewis," but there is no contemporary evidence 

 to show that a single Lewisman accompanied the expedi- 

 tion. When it was decided to muster Seaforth's men, it 



* Memoirs of Marshal Keith. Mar's Distinct Abridgement. Scott. Hist. 

 Soc., Vol. XIX. 



t Hist. MSS. Com., Report X., Part I., p. 123. 



t Full particulars of these events and of the battle of Glenshiel are to 

 be found in Vol. XIX. of the Scottish History Society's publications ; in 

 Terry's The Chevalier de St. George, compiled from contemporary sources ; 

 and in Hist. MSS. Com., Rep. X., Pt. I., p. 196. The famous Rob Roy 

 took part in the fight. 



