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that upon the hearing of this news, the Marquis of Tinmouth, His Master, 

 and the other gentlemen that came over with this Examinant travelled 

 directly for Aberdeen ; and from thence travelled night and day for Peter- 

 head, where they forced the Master of a ship that lay there to unload in 

 order to take in their baggage. But an English Man-of-warr appearing off 

 that place they thought it not safe to go off then, and therefore went forward 

 to Frazerburgh, 12 miles further ; And a man of warr appearing off there 

 also, they went to Badenoch, except the Marquis of Tinmouth and his ser- 

 vants, who left them that day, — that at Badenoch they came up with a great 

 part of the Highland army, as he supposes to the no. of 800 men, under the 

 command of G-eneral Gordon, and the Erl Mareschal, who went towards the 

 hills to pass towards the Isle of Skie, — that all the Gentlemen in company 

 with his Master went to the Mountains along with the Highlanders, except 

 his Master and one Colonel Scott, (who they mett at Badenoch), and one 

 Capt. Robertson of Straughan. And they together returned South towards 

 the Kirk of Straughan, and from thence to Carie, a house near a Lough 

 almost 28 miles from Perth, — that they stayed there about 8 days, in which 

 time the said Capt. Robertson of Straughan went to visit his nephew at the Erl 

 of Broadalbions (sic), and going there had had two of his servants taken by the 

 country ; and hearing that one Capt. Starling with some of the army was 

 coming up he returned to Carie, & notice being brought to the House of 

 their approach the said Robertson with his Master & Coll. Scott, this Exam- 

 inant & several others to the no. of twelve betook themselves to a boat in the 

 said Lough & continued there all the night. And upon the party's removal 

 they came back to Carey where not thinking themselves safe they removed to 

 another pleasure house of Robertson's of Straughan about 4 miles of Carey 

 called Mount Alexander, — That his Master, Captn. Wyndham, having wrote a 

 letter to his Grace the Duke of Argile, this Examinant was sent to Edinburgh 

 with that letter supposing to find the Duke there, — That in case the Duke of 

 Argile was not at Edinburgh, he was directed by his master to take shipping 

 at Leith for London, if he could ; otherwise to go on towards London by Lnnd . 

 That this examinant came accordingly away from his master with the sd. 

 letter thro' Perth and Edinburgh to Berwick, where he came in alongside the 

 Packett on horseback, & being sent for by the Captn. of the Guard was 

 stopt. — And being examined by Major Green who commands in that Town 

 the letter wh. he was carrying to the Duke of Argile was found on him by 

 the Capt. of the Guard & delivered to him, — That the sd. letter, as this 

 Informant declares, contains offers of Submission from his master to the 

 Duke of Argile about it. That this Examinant was directed by his master 

 to call at Newcastle upon one Mr. J. Whitewell who his Mr. said he had seen at 

 Paris, & St. Germains, & he would furnish him with money to carry him to 

 London : And that Capt. Wyndham's his Master's Mother who lodges at one 

 Mr. Mohun's in Little "Wild Street wd. furnish him with money to return 

 back to him at Carey — where if he was not he would hear of him. That his 

 master at parting told this Examinant that in his letter he had desired the 

 Duke of Argile to direct to a person at Perth. But upon second thoughts 

 had resolved to send this Examinant with the letter and to bring an answer 



