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a ship on account of the strict examination all persons were obliged to undergo, 

 returned towards Corridale but was told on the way that the Pretender's son 

 had left that place on account of the Skye militia being come into South Uist 

 and was gone to the island of Fuya where he rejoyned him and staid there 

 two days. From thence they went to Loch Boisdale in South Uist. In their 

 passage thither they met two English men of war whom they avoided by 

 getting behind a rock where they remained near two hours and then proceeded 

 on their voyage to Loch Boisdale. They staid there four or five days but Capt 

 Scott landing within two miles of them obliged them to part with Sullivan 

 who they left there with the boat, Capt O'Neille and the Pretender's son 

 going towards Corridale where they was informed that General Campbell 

 was at Berneray and there were severall independent companys coming into the 

 country in search of him, which determined them to go for Benbicula. On 

 their way thither they met Miss Flora McDonald to whom it was proposed to 

 go along with the Pretender's son to the Isle of Skye which she at first refused, 

 but on his offering to dress himself in a woman's habit and to pass for her 

 servant she consented, desiring them to remain on the North side of Corridale 

 and she would send him word where to meet her. Their guide went with her 

 to bring the message. They staid at the place fixt upon all the next day 

 without hearing from her which made them think she had deceived him. 

 Having no hopes of escaping he was just going to send Capt O'Neille to Gen 11 

 Campbell to surrender himself when the guide returned with a message from 

 M s Flora that she would meet him at the head of Rushnish where they went 

 that night but did not meet her, on which the guide was sent for her who 

 brought her the next day about night fall. But hearing there was some ships 

 engaged off Barra he was determined to stay till they heard what was the 

 event. After staying some time they had an account that Gen 11 Campbell 

 passed from North Uist to Benbicula which obliged him to change his resolu- 

 tion. They went from thence at midnight to a point of the island nearer Skye 

 where they saw two or three small vessels who attended Gen 11 Campbell and 

 were oblidged to hide themselves in the heather. There they could not prevail 

 upon Miss Flora to take Capt O'Neille along with them as he did not speak the 

 language of the country and as he had (as she said) a foreign air, upon which 

 he was obliged to part with them with a promise to joyn them as soon on the 

 boat which carried them would come back, which it did some days after and 

 brought a note from the Pretender's son to Capt O'Neille desiring he would 

 joyn him in the McKinnons country, but he could not prevail on the boatmen 

 to go back with him as they had run some risques by having shot fired at them 

 before they landed the Pretender's son. The next day, he, O'Neille, was taken 

 by Capt McNeil a captain in the independant companys in a sheiling near 

 Rushnish where he had waited for an oppert unity to get over to Skye. 



LIST OF PRISONERS delivered to Commodore Smith by Major Gen 11 Campbell, 

 August 3rd 1746. 



1. Ronald Clanronald made prisoner for treasonable practices in visiting 

 and assisting the Pretender's son while on the islands of Benbicula and 

 South Uist. 



2. Ronald McDonald Bailie of Benbicula made prisoner for treasonable 

 practices a materiall evidence against Clanronald, his lady, Buisdale the 

 Bailie of Canna and Hugh Macdonald of Armadael, an officer of the Skye 

 militia. 



3. John McKinnon of Elgol in Skye made prisoner for having been an 

 officer in the rebell army a materiall evidence against the laird of McKinnon. 



4. Malcolm McLeod of Teir (?) in Rasa made prisoner for having been 

 a captain in the rebell army and other treasonable practices an evidence 

 against the laird of McKinnon. 



5. Ronald McGachan, son to Obeg in South Uist made prisoner for 

 having assisted the Pretenders son while in South Uist an evidence against 

 old Clanronald the Bailie of Benbicula and Buisdale. 



