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Crosbie and Mr Walter Riddell, merchants, as hostages for 
£1000 more, which was yesterday sent them to relieve these 
gentlemen. I was at Thornhill, the 21st, in the morning (when 
T heard of their approach) with a company of 100 men which I 
mentioned in my last, and about 50 seceders. TI retired here and 
keepd them together till the evening, when TI had certain advice 
the greater part of the Highland army was in Dumfries, and that 
everybody had Jaid down their arms, upon which I dismissed 
the people and desired them to secure their arms and horses, 
The 22nd, in the morning, I left this (¢.e., Drumlanrig), with all 
my family except nine servants by daybreak, and went to my 
father’s house at Craigdarroch. The 23rd, about seven in the 
morning, two letters from Murray, their secretary, and another 
from one Riddell, a Fife gentleman and an acquaintance of mine, 
who is with them, were brought here and sent from this by 
express to Craigdarroch, where they found me about ten. The 
contents were telling me their Prince was to lodge here that 
night, and requiring me to provide quarters for their whole army 
in this house and the adjacent village. They neither mentioned 
their numbers nor directed me what quantity was to be got, but 
only desired I would cause kill a great number of black cattle 
and sheep, and provide a great quantity of meal. TI retired 
immediately into the Galloway hills, about eight miles further, 
without giving them any answer, and carried the person who 
brought me the letters with me. When they came here they 
laid straw the whole rooms for the private men to lye on, except 
your Grace’s bed-chamber (where their Prince lay) and a few 
rooms more. They killed about 40 sheep, part of your Grace’s 
and part of mine, most of them in the vestibule next the low 
dining-room and the foot of the principal stair, which they left 
in a sad pickle, as they did, indeed, the whole house. Under the 
gallery they keepd several of their horses, which they made a 
shift to get up the front stair. They have destroyed all the 
spirits and most of the wine in your Grace's cellars—of both 
which there was a considerable stock and very good, which has 
been laid in gradually since I came here—a good deal of hay, 
and what corn they could get, all my ale and spirits, and other 
provisions. They have broken several chairs and tables, melted 
down a good deal of pewter by setting it upon the fire with their 
victuals, carried away a good deal of linen and several other 
things, which I have not yet time to know particularly. I 
