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THE EDITOR IN CANADA, 159
sne evening and next morning I met a few more fine specimens of the
pd old stock, among them A. S. Macdonald, from the West Coast of In-
\;ness-shire, proprietor of the Commercial Hotel ; Duncan Macarthur,
r:rchant, Alexandria, whom I missed when there ; A. B, Maclennan of
(en-Goi'don, originally from Kintail ; and no end of Macphersons, whose
f bears came from Badenoch, all in excellent circumstances.
Glengarry has produced another fine Gaelic-speaking family — the
insfield Macdonalds — who rose from the ranks to the very highest
jsitions in the Dominion. One of them lived close to Lancaster ; but
]was unfortunate enough to miss him. Another died Premier a few
jirs ago ; while a third is the Hon. Donald Macdonald, the present
leutenant-Governor of Ontario, one of the most popular, genial, and
T,rm-hearted Highlanders in the whole Dominion. Their ancestors came
cginally from Knoydart, in the county of Inverness ; and their father
('umenced life in very humble circumstances, and became a farmer at
{usfield's Corner, Glengarry, from which place the family took the addi-
tion to their original and simple name of Macdonald, to distinguish them
|im the legion of the same name in Canada — many of whom are in high
jlsitions like themselves.
; The farms throughout this Highland county is laid out in 150 acre
];s, and the people are very comfortable throughout. Not only in
jlitics but in most other walks of life it has turned out many who have
extinguished themselves in other parts of Canada. A mistaken idea has
{:t abroad, no doubt in consequence of the name, that most of the people
(me originally from Glengarry in the Old Country ; but this is not the
iie, the great majority of them being from Lochaber, Morar, Moidart,
.iioydart, Glenolg, Kintail, and Badenoch. I could say a great deal more
^lich would redound to their credit, but I must at present pass on, and
|troduce you, in my next, to some of tlie Highlanders of Ottawa, King-
fim, and Toronto. A. M.
CAITHNESS CAMPBELLS.
jam much obliged to " Leckmelm " for his kind communication. There
] some mistake, however, about the family of William Campbell, SheriflF-
l.erk of Caithness, about 1690, as he was not a native of the county. I
^uud out within the last few days that John Campbell, Commissary of
lithness, was not William's brother, nor a son of Donald Campbell,
erchant in Thurso. On the 1st of March 1692 the office of Commissary
Caithness was conferred on Mr John Campbell, "sone to ye laird
i' Barbreck." Will " Leckmelm " kindly aUow me to communicate with
jn privately on this subject 1 Mag.
QUERIES.
Would any of your correspondents, learned in the history of the Highlands, be kind
ongh to answer the following queries :--
1. Are the Macraes a clan, and, if so, who is their chief?
2. What are their arms, crest, and badge?
3. Have tbey a tartan of their own, and, if so, what are its colours?
Colona, Sottth Australia, (Jaebhag an t'