. The "Red and white" book of nce of the nearer kinsman, John Menzies,who had gone out to the Indies and was reported to be dead, was acknowledgedto be the nearest heir-male. Accordingly, he proceeded to take possession ofsuch of the estates as the conditions of the entail permitted, and also assumedthe title, and, as already described, was celebrating the joyous event at CastleMenzies when his long-lost cousin appeared. The disinterested, self-sacrificingand noble conduct of Sir Robert in yielding up with such good-will what he hadgot possession of speaks volumes for the man, and
. The "Red and white" book of nce of the nearer kinsman, John Menzies,who had gone out to the Indies and was reported to be dead, was acknowledgedto be the nearest heir-male. Accordingly, he proceeded to take possession ofsuch of the estates as the conditions of the entail permitted, and also assumedthe title, and, as already described, was celebrating the joyous event at CastleMenzies when his long-lost cousin appeared. The disinterested, self-sacrificingand noble conduct of Sir Robert in yielding up with such good-will what he hadgot possession of speaks volumes for the man, and made the cousins fast friendsever afterwards, until the death of Sir John without issue, when Sir Robertre-entered into possession. It was in the time of this Sir Robert that the old Menzies Castle and estatesof Garth became the property of Major-General David Stewart of Garth, theauthor of Sketches of the Highlanders, and who, in speaking of the great numberof Menzies who in his time still inhabited their ancient lands as tenants of the. Dame Catherinr Ochiltree, Lady Menzies, Spouse of Chief Sir RobertMenzies, 5TH Baronet of that Ilk. B. ABOUT 1750. D. 1830. From a Painting, by Sir Henry Raebum, , at Castle Menzies. i 1800-1809.] THE FIFTH BARONET OF CLAN MENZJES. 415 chief, as their forefathers had done, says :— On the estates of many noblemen andgentlemen the number of their own surnames is often beyond all proportion greaterthan any others. On part of the estates of Menzies, running four miles along oneside of the valley on the banks of the Tay, there are 502 of the chiefs name, Robert Menzies, descendants of his family. Many similar instances are still tobe met with, where gentlemen have retained their ancient tenantry ; but no clan, inproportion to the cadets of the chief, can show to greater advantage than thisaccount given of Clan Menzies by General Stewart. His account only gives theMenzies on part of the chiefs estates, from about Weem to Drummond Hill,
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