1ig 
goitted him to Duncan Earl of Fife to 
bring him through ail the counties, and 
tohave him proclaimed inall the boroughs 
heir of the crown. In this tour Shaw 
Macduff accompanied his father, and got 
into the favour of the young Prince, who 
afterwards preferred him. Shaw, fixing 
his refidence in the North, and being 
called, Mac-an-tofch, Hie is, ** the 
thane’s fon,’ this became the furname of 
the family. His fixth defcendant, named 
Anges Macintofh, was the fon of Fer- 
quhar Macintoth, by Mora, daughter of 
Angus oig, Lord’ of the Tfles,. which 
Ferquhar was the fon of William bya 
daughter of the Thane of Caider. This 
Angus married Eva, the only child and 
heir of Dowal Dal,- chief of the Clan 
Chattan, azzo 1292. By her he obtain- 
ed the lands of Locharkeg, Glenlay, and 
Strathlochie, which remained. with «the 
family of Macintofh till they were fold to 
Ecchiel in 1665. Argyle paid the pur- 
chafe-money, and is fonbs tor of thofe 
lands. From that time the Macintofhes, 
Macpherfons, Macheans, Shaws, Mac- 
gilroys, Macqueens, Smiths, Macinteers, 
&c. as one incorporated body, owned 
Macinrofh for their captain, or leader, for 
fourhundred years. In thofe time of bar- 
barity and violence, {mall tribes, or clans, 
found it necefiary to come under the pa- 
tronage of more powerful] clans. In the 
fourteenth century the Clan Chattan pof- 
fefled the greateft part, of the country of 
Badenoch, and lived happy and refpected ; 
but a fatal difcord between two of their 
tribes broke their harmony, and sccafion- 
ed the memorable combat on the North 
Inch of Perth in 1396. The Earls. of 
Crawford and Moray, by commifiion from 
the King, attempted to reconcile them in 
vain; wherefore they propofed that thirty 
en each fide fheuld decide the quarrel by 
the iwordin preience of the King and No- 
bility. Who the combatants were, and 
what the difference between them was, fee 
Mil. Hilt. page 216. The ‘parties, like 
the Roman Aoryati: and Curat:1, accepted 
the proposal ; 
the day lpadutt ed, ene of the Clan Chat- 
tan hed abfented through fear, and aimith, 
named Henry Wyne, offered ta fupply his 
place for a4 gold crown. The cenfli& 
\was fierce and defperate: of the Clan 
Cay uwenty nine were killed, and the 
hice efcaped by fwimming the Tay ; 
and of the. Clan -Chattan nineteen were 
dil icd . The vitory was much owing to 
Henry Wyne, which gave rife to the pro- 
verb, * He did very well for his own 
hand, as Henry Wyne did.” His pofte- 
t 1 
Prefent State of the County of Bamff. 
but when they wete met on 
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rity were incorporated with the ClanChats 
tan, and called Shkechd a Gune Chruim, 
{. e. the iffue of the ftooping Smith. 
When a nobleman’s purfuits are fo be- 
neficial to his country, and fo honourable 
to himfelf, it becomes'a fubject of congra- 
tulation to his country men to difcover that, 
while fo many are diflipating their health 
and fortune, and Shortening their lives, in 
the ignominious anxieties of nocturnal 
games, the trivial and: childith pomp of 
equipage, or felfifh gratification, the Earl 
ot Fife enjoys in old age the health and 
{pirit_of youth ; and adds yearly to his 
immenfe territorial property by bis manly 
and patriotic plans, the offepring of the 
foundeft judgment and moft benevolent 
heart. His Lordfhip invariably rifes at 
five or fix, ia’ the morning, and when he 
has enjoy ed the beft part ot theday, views 
with pity and compafiion his fafhionable 
friends in bed. Mar-lodge, his Lordfhip’s 
fhooting-quarters, is perhaps the mioit 
beautiful and romantic feat in Scotland. 
The foreft about it is twenty-five fquare 
miles in extent, and abounds with eveny 
kind of game. There are herds of two 
or three hundred deer often feen not a quar- 
ter of a mile frdt Mar-lodge. ‘The river 
Dee, in its paffage through his foret, 
forms many beautiful cafcades. iis 
Lordfhip has built 
over this and fome leffer rivers, fo that it 
is accefirble on ali fides. The wocds are 
{pontaneoufly produced ; many of the 
-old trees meafure fix feet in diameter, and 
are much more durable than foreign wood, 
In faé&t, fuch is the beauty of this place, 
that a complete idea cap anly be formed of 
it eee thofe who have feen it. Lord Fite 
as the firft in the North of Scotland wha 
fet the example of planting, particularly 
hard-wood, as oak, lyburnum, &c. 
which has turned out nel for his intereft 
and the ornament cf the country. Many 
neblemen and gentlemen pay thoufands to 
architects and “planners. His . Lordfhip 
never employed any of thefe. All hip 
plans are formed by himfelf, and execut- 
ed nnder his own immediate eye ; and all. 
that fee them muft admire his Lordfhip’s 
refined tafte both inthe plan and execu- 
tion. On one eftate in the county of 
‘Bamf, his Lerdfhip, ,fince the year 1797, 
has planted more than fix hundred acres 
with. fir, larch, and hard-wood. -The 
thinnings of thefe plantations bring him 
more than one thoufand pounds per an- 
num, and they are every year increafing in 
value. His attention to the improvements 
in farming is highly remarkable. He has 
is many farmers, gins to his own 
farms, 
five ftone-bridges: 
