. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . xpressly engaged by Lord Breadalbane for thisoccasion, sang in the great hall. By the Queens command, hehad previously given in a list of some of those Scottish songs forwhich he is so much celebrated, from which Her Majesty selected Lochaber no more, The Lass o Gowrie, Pibroch of DonuilDhu, Auld Robin Gray, Will ye gang to the Highlands,Leezie Lindsay ? and The Flowers o the Forest. Mr. AYilsonsang all these with his usual powerful efiect. No Jacobite songhad been given in the list, but after The Lass o Gowrie, Her 326 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. Majesty
. Memorial of the royal progress in Scotland . xpressly engaged by Lord Breadalbane for thisoccasion, sang in the great hall. By the Queens command, hehad previously given in a list of some of those Scottish songs forwhich he is so much celebrated, from which Her Majesty selected Lochaber no more, The Lass o Gowrie, Pibroch of DonuilDhu, Auld Robin Gray, Will ye gang to the Highlands,Leezie Lindsay ? and The Flowers o the Forest. Mr. AYilsonsang all these with his usual powerful efiect. No Jacobite songhad been given in the list, but after The Lass o Gowrie, Her 326 THE ROYAL PROGRESS. Majesty commanded Waes me for Prince Charlie, and Camye by Athol? Besides these, Mr. Wilson was commanded to sini> John Anderson, my joe, and The Laird o Cockpen. TheQueen was pleased to express herself highly gratified with Mr. Wil-sons exertions. Her Majesty and the Prince retired about elevenoclock to their private apartments, and after a little pianoforte musicand singing, the rest of the company dispersed for the night. CHAPTER XX. REAT were the hopes of every one, from thepromising appearance of the morning of Fridaythe 9th of September, that this day would proveand that the Queen would at lengthbeauties of Taymouth under all theadvantage of bright sunshine. But the cloudsthickened, and by breakfast-time rain began to fall, and continued todo so more or less heavily till late in the day. This was most un-fortunate, as it completely put a stop to all idea of a boating excur-sion on the loch, which had been in contemplation. Prince Albert, however, was not to be deterred by the state ofthe weather from the enjoyment of the sport of shooting ; and ac-cordingly he mounted and set off for the moors of Kenmore hill,above and to the westward of the ground where he had been theday before. His Royal Highness was accompanied by Lord Bread-albane and Mr. Baillie of Jerviswoode. The Prince shot remark-ably well, but the heather was so wet, and the day altogether so 328 THE ROY
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