484 HISTORY OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES. 



Indies. While at Leith, the men complained that their 

 engagements had been infringed, and that part of their 

 pay and bounty was in arrears. A mutiny broke out, 

 and Seaforth was temporarily in bad odour with his men. 

 Refusing to embark, they took up a position on Arthur's 

 Seat, where they remained for several days, encouraged in 

 their disaffection by some of the inhabitants of Edinburgh, 

 who supplied them with provisions. The difficulty was, 

 after much negotiation, overcome, and the regiment having 

 served for a time in two divisions in the Channel Islands, 

 sailed for India from Portsmouth on I2th June, 1781. 

 But Lord Seaforth was fated never to reach his destina- 

 tion ; he died on the passage before the regiment reached 

 St. Helena. The death of their colonel accentuated the 

 depression caused by an attack of scurvy, to which a 

 number of the soldiers had fallen victims ; and when the 

 regiment reached Madras, its strength had been reduced 

 by no fewer than 247 men. 



Lord Seaforth, who left no male issue, was succeeded 

 by his cousin, Colonel Thomas Frederick Mackenzie- 

 Humberston, grandson of Colonel Alexander Mackenzie 

 of Assynt and Cononsbay, fourth son of Kenneth Mor. 

 Colonel Alexander's only son, Major William Mackenzie, 

 was married to a daughter of Matthew Humberston, 

 Lincoln, whose name, in addition to his own, the Major's 

 son assumed, on succeeding to his mother's property. In 

 1779 two years before his death Lord Seaforth, who 

 was heavily in debt, and whose estates were in the hands 

 of trustees, conveyed the property to his heir and cousin, 

 Colonel Mackenzie-Humberston, in consideration of a pay- 

 ment of ; 1 00,000. 



The new laird of Lewis did not enjoy his possessions 

 long. In 1783, when only twenty-eight years of age, he 

 was mortally wounded in a naval engagement \vith the 

 Mahrattas, after a short but distinguished military career 

 in India. He was succeeded by his brother, Francis 

 Humberston-Mackenzie, the last Seaforth in the male line 

 who owned the Island of Lewis. 



