. The "Red and white" book of ck gun slungover his shoulder, the attitude suggesting him going forth to fight the battles ofhis country— Like firmest rock, in battle shock ! They stood their ground since then ; And onward dash, like lightning flash, Its brave and gallant Highland-men. On the north panel there is a figure of a modern Highland soldier of theBlack Watch in the act of recording the various battles taken part in by theBlack Watch from its formation to the present time—the first on the list beingFontenoy, regarding which the poet says :— Witness, disastrous Fontenoy,When
. The "Red and white" book of ck gun slungover his shoulder, the attitude suggesting him going forth to fight the battles ofhis country— Like firmest rock, in battle shock ! They stood their ground since then ; And onward dash, like lightning flash, Its brave and gallant Highland-men. On the north panel there is a figure of a modern Highland soldier of theBlack Watch in the act of recording the various battles taken part in by theBlack Watch from its formation to the present time—the first on the list beingFontenoy, regarding which the poet says :— Witness, disastrous Fontenoy,When all seemed lost, who brought us through ?Who saved defeat, secured retreat ?And bore the brunt ?—the Forty-two ! —The Black Watch.—YixxgiXCi. Dhu. On the south side is a medallion of Her Majesty Queen Victoria, with the 442 THE RED d- WHITE BOOK OF MENZIES. [ inscription— 1887. The Year of Jubilee of Queen Victoria, &c. The east panelhas a long inscription setting forth the formation of the 42nd, &c. ; the west. THE BLACK WATCH MEMORIAL, ORIGINATED BY COLONEL JAMES MENZIES OF THE 5TH V. B. BLACK WATCH,ERECTED ON THE ANCIENT LANDS OF THE MENZIES AT ABEEFELDV. having a long Gaelic inscription to the regiment of the Gael, The rejoicings on 1S87-1888.] THE SEVENTH BARONET OF CLAN MENZIES. 443 the unveiling of the monument were brought to a close by a grand public banquet,at which Lord Breadalbane, Lieutenant-Colonel James Menzies, Colonel RobertMenzies, Major Archibald Menzies, and others took part. The ancient Castle of Comrie, with the title of Baron of Comrie, still belongsto Sir Robert Menzies, indeed, it cannot be sold, but must descend to heirs-male ofthe Comrie line of Menzies. Although the lands of Comrie were acquired by theCampbells, it is said, in the early part of this nineteenth century, still the Menzieshave the right to a carriage-road round it on three sides, and a space of three feetfrom the wall on the north side next the river, respect to
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