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Charles when he arrived from France at Eriskay, sent a 

 member of his congregation on a similar errand. Both 

 messengers returned, brimful of the news that it was the 

 Prince himself who was at Rossinish. Clanranald at once 

 set out to pay his respects to the leader under whom his 

 son had fought so gallantly; and made the party welcome 

 to one of his cows, which they killed. 



The Rev. John Macaulay, on ascertaining that Charles 

 was really at Rossinish, sent word to his father, the Rev. 

 Aulay Macaulay, minister of Harris. Father and son 

 were alike strong anti-Jacobites, as, indeed, were all the 

 Presbyterian ministers of Scotland. The fear of the Pres- 

 byterians was that the restoration of the Stuarts would 

 involve the re-establishment of Roman Catholicism ; while 

 the fear of the Lowland democracy lay in the danger of a 

 resurrection of the bogey called " Divine Right."* Such 

 being their sentiments, the two Macaulays had no scruples 

 about taking steps to have the Prince seized. The minister 

 of Harris sent a message to the Rev. Colin Mackenzie, 

 Presbyterian minister of Lochs, in Lewis, telling him that 

 the Prince intended making for that island, and suggesting 

 that arrangements should be made with Lord Fortrose's 

 factor at Stornoway to seize him on his arrival. We shall 

 see later the result of this communication. 



Charles and his party resumed their journey to Storno- 

 way on the evening of the 29th April, and in the early 

 morning, reached Scalpa, off the coast of Harris, where 

 they landed to take refuge from the severe weather. The 

 tacksman of Scalpa was Donald Campbell, a brother- 

 in-law of Hugh Macdonald of Baleshare, North Uist, who 

 I subsequently figures in the narrative of the Prince's adven- 

 tures. Campbell proved a friend in need. Caution being 

 at first essential, a plausible story was got up for his 

 delectation. Sullivan was an Orkney merchant named 



* That the Presbyterian and democratic fears were groundless it would 

 require some hardihood to assert, although it is certain that Charles Edward 

 was no bigot. He temporarily embraced Protestantism at a later stage of 

 his career, when too late to be of any practical service to him. 



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