. The history of Scotland, its Highlands, regiments and clans . Drumlanrig,the seat of the Duke of Queensberry. Next day heentered Clydesdale, and halted at Douglas. The princeslept that night in Douglas castle. He reached Hamil-ton on the twenty-fifth, and took up his residence inthe palace of the Duke of Hamilton. Next day theChevalier occupied himself in hunting, an amusementof which he was uncommonly fond, and to which he hadbeen accustomed from his youth. The division underLord George Murray, after halting a day at Moffat,where, being Sunday, his men heard sermons indifferentparts of the
. The history of Scotland, its Highlands, regiments and clans . Drumlanrig,the seat of the Duke of Queensberry. Next day heentered Clydesdale, and halted at Douglas. The princeslept that night in Douglas castle. He reached Hamil-ton on the twenty-fifth, and took up his residence inthe palace of the Duke of Hamilton. Next day theChevalier occupied himself in hunting, an amusementof which he was uncommonly fond, and to which he hadbeen accustomed from his youth. The division underLord George Murray, after halting a day at Moffat,where, being Sunday, his men heard sermons indifferentparts of the town from the Episcopal ministers whoaccompanied them, proceeded by Douglas and Hamilton,and entered Glasgow on Christmas Day. On the eveningof the twenty-sixth the prince also marched into Glas-gow on foot at the head of the clans. Here he resolvedto halt and refresh his men for a few days after theirarduous march, and to provide them with clothing,of which they stood greatly in need. In passing throughDouglas and Lesmahago, the Highlanders pillaged and 290. ENGLISH ARMY AT EDINBURGH burnt some houses, in revenge for the capture of Mac-donald of Kinlochmoidart, who, in his way south fromthe Highlands, had been seized on Brokencross moor,near Lesmahago, by the country people, headed bya student of divinity named Linning, and carried toEdinburgh castle. Before noticing Charless proceedings at Glasgow,it is necessary to give a short summary of those of hisfriends in the north, up to the period of his arrivalin that city. When intelligence of the Chevaliers march into Eng-land, and his unexpected success at Carlisle was receivedin the north, the zeal of the Jacobites was more and moreinflamed. Whilst the Frasers, headed by the masterof Lovat, blockaded Fort Augustus, Lord Lewis Gordonwas busily employed in raising men, and levying moneyby force and threats of military execution, in the shireof Banff and Aberdeen. Of two battalions which hislordship raised, one was placed under the
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