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attainted and in exile for the share he had taken in the 

 risings of 1715 and 1719, was a grandson of the famous 

 Sir Ewen Cameron Macaulay's " Ulysses of the High- 

 lands " whose prowess against the forces of the Common- 

 wealth has already been noticed. " The gentle Lochiel " 

 was the finest specimen of a Highland chief who was 

 "out "in the " forty-five." His name sheds a lustre over 

 it which brightens its darkest phases. Brave in the field, 

 prudent in the council- chamber, generous to his friends, 

 and magnanimous to his foes, he was a leader who well 

 deserved to inspire the respect and the whole-hearted 

 confidence of his fellow-Highlanders. In his chivalrous 

 character there was not a trace of duplicity or self-seeking. 

 Loyalty to his friends was with him a passion; and the 

 Highlanders well knew that once Lochiel espoused a 

 cause, his high sense of honour would impel him to remain 

 true to the end. Such was the man whose invaluable 

 support Prince Charles secured at Borradale. No one 

 was more alive to the foolhardiness of the insurrection 

 than Donald Cameron. When he left his home to meet 

 Charles Edward, he was fully resolved to have nothing to 

 do with it. But the magnetic personality of " bonnie 

 Prince Charlie " weakened his resolution ; and his un- 

 answerable arguments were as naught when weighed in 

 the balance with an appeal to his feelings. The romantic 

 figure of the young Prince, who had come to the High- 

 lands with eight men to overthrow a dynasty, touched his 

 imagination ; and he exemplified the Celtic nature by 

 permitting sentiment to conquer prudence. When Lochiel 

 agreed to draw the sword for the young Chevalier, the die 

 was cast. 



Meanwhile, the famous Duncan Forbes of Culloden, now 

 Lord President of the Court of Session, was actively 

 employed on behalf of the Government. Forbes was a 

 man of ripe judgment, sound commonsense, and sterling 

 integrity. It is not too much to say that he was the chief 

 saviour of George II., and the chief obstacle in the path of 

 Charles Edward. His services to the Government were 



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