. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. y, the chief of his clan, as hiscattle-steward or cow-keeper, called in some partsof the country a boman. He now married, andin course of time became the father of thirteenchildren. Unfortunately his fondness for deer-hunting,for which he was, on one occasion, summoned be-fore the sheriff-substitute of the county, when he MAC KAY, 17 UOIJERT. narrowly escaped transportation, according to thestatute, and a satirical ballad which he composedon some transaction in his noble
. The Scottish nation; or, The surnames, families, literature, honours, and biographical history of the people of Scotland. y, the chief of his clan, as hiscattle-steward or cow-keeper, called in some partsof the country a boman. He now married, andin course of time became the father of thirteenchildren. Unfortunately his fondness for deer-hunting,for which he was, on one occasion, summoned be-fore the sheriff-substitute of the county, when he MAC KAY, 17 UOIJERT. narrowly escaped transportation, according to thestatute, and a satirical ballad which he composedon some transaction in his noble masters house-hold, caused his dismissal from Lord Reays ser-vice. One account, but it seems most unlikely,says that the reason of his leaving was his refusalto use the flail himself in thrashing out corn for fodder to the cattle, employing servants to per-form this laborious duty. He was then takeninto the employment of Colonel Mackay, son ofthe gentleman who had patronised him in his boy-hood, when he removed, with his family, to theplace of Achmore, in that part of the parish oiDurness which borders upon Cape Wrath. CAPE WRATH. When the first regiment of Sutherland fencibleswas raised in 1759, he was prevailed upon by thecountry gentlemen holding commissions in it toaccompany them. He enlisted as a private sol-dier, but was never called on to take any part introublesome duty. On the reduction of the corpsin May 1763, he returned to his home, when hewas recalled to his former situation in the em-ployment of Lord Reay. Although dreaded as asatirist, such was the excellence of his privatecharacter that he was elected a ruler elder of hisnative parish. His witty sayings and convivialqualities made him a welcome guest every the sketch of his life inserted in MackenziesBeauties of Gaelic Poetry, (page 186,) we aretold that his society was courted not only by hisequals, but still more by his superiors; no socialparty almost was esteemed a party without him ;no public meeti
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