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THE EDITOR IN CANADA. 193
ligTilander was in his kilt ; but Mrs Gunn, to my great gratification,
[ilaced him completely in the shade, by unexpectedly introducing her two
iiandsome boys, both dressed in superb Highland costumes, with strap-
im"s, armour, and ornaments complete. I feel more indebted to her for
■his compliment than for the substantial fare which she was good enough
o provide for our entertainment. While in Kingston snow fell to the
eptli of three or four inches, and I there saw sleighing for the first time
11 iny life. I could say much more about this city and its kind and
lospitable people ; but this article has already reached such an inordinate
3ngth that I must pull up. In the next I shall introduce the reader to
heHiglilanders of Toronto, Woodville, and Beaverton. A. M.
; A MACKINTOSH RAID INTO ABERDEENSHIRE IN 1382.
'he unearthing of old documents and the publication thereof by such
todies as the Spalding Club, have from time to time brought many
'urious facts within our reach, shed light on obscure and little understood
iioints, and also enabled us occasionally to settle many difficult questions.
Ve trust we shall soon see more of this good work, and that such as de-
'ote themselves to it may receive more encouragement.
In perusing lately the Register of the Bishoprick of Aberdeen, we ■were
.stonished to find that the Mackintoshes aU the way from the wilds of
ikdenoch and the Monalia, or perhaps from the low-lying lands of
ii'etty, or not at all unlikely from the Braes of Lochaber, did about the
i'ear 1382, make more than one descent into the parish of Birse in Aber-
leen, under the leadership of a certain Farquhar Mackintosh. What
)rought them so far, and into so totally different a district, it is now im-
)0ssible to say. Surely not the mere love of the foray, and certainly they
lo not appear to have had any claims upon the lands they seem to have
jio grievously and persistently vexed. The family historians are silent
m the point, and aU the information Ave can gather regarding the subject
s contained in two documents, entitled, first — a precept of King Robert
■egarding Farquhar Mackintosh, dated under the secret seal at Methven,
)n the 7th day of June 1382, and second, though incorrectly so styled, a
■iharter of the Earl of Carrick regarding the lands of Birse, dated at Perth,
he 8th of June 1382, and both preserved for us in the Register above
■eferred to. From the first of these we learn that Robert, by the grace
)f God, King of Scots, greets his beloved son, Alexander the Senescal,
■ord of Badenoch, and informs him that Adam, by the grace of God,
jBishop of Aberdeen, came lately into the Royal presence, earnestly en-