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i and a reliable guide. He found both in the person of Donald 

 Macleod, a native of Gualtergill in Skye ; a man to whom 

 Prince Charlie afterwards owed a deep debt of gratitude. 

 Donald, who was a staunch Jacobite, readily agreed to do 

 anything in his power to further the interests of the Prince. 

 i He piloted Macdonald to Barra, and the money was secured. 

 While the two were at the house of Macdonald of Boisdale, 

 Captain Ferguson of the sloop-of-war Furnace Bomb sent a 

 boat ashore, manned by Macleods, with a message to Bois- 

 dale, desiring to speak to him. The Macleods recognised 

 ; Pilot Donald, and on returning to the Furnace, told the 

 I Captain that it would be well to keep an eye on their 

 j Jacobite clansman, whose presence in the island boded no 

 Igood to the Government. ^Eneas Macdonald and his com- 

 panions made a timely escape with the money, reaching 

 Canna after dodging the sloops which were cruising around 

 the coast of the Long Island. From Canna, they made 

 their way to Eigg, whence they reached in safety the house 

 | of Kinlochmoidart, on the mainland. A few days after- 

 wards, they were on the point of setting out for Inverness, 

 when the banker received a letter from Prince Charles 

 giving an account of the battle of Culloden, and asking 

 ; Macdonald to meet him at Borradale. 



The conference between Charles and his friends at Borra- 

 dale resulted in a decision being taken, that the Prince 

 should cross to the Long Island, and make his way to 

 Stornoway, where, it was hoped, he would succeed in 

 chartering a vessel to convey him to France. Those who 

 jknevv the Outer Hebrides most intimately were opposed to 

 |this plan, considering that in view of the risk of capture by 

 the cruisers which were patrolling the coasts of the islands, 

 Charles would be safer on the mainland. Sullivan, whose 

 influence over Charles was considerable, supported the 

 I contrary view, and the Prince, wavering between the con- 

 flicting counsels of his friends, finally decided to take 

 Sullivan's advice, which accorded with his original deter- 

 mination. The next thing was to find a reliable pilot. 

 Macdonald's recommendation of Donald Macleod 





