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378 THE CELTIC MAGAZIITE.
soon as the usual forms would admit of. In this, however, he did not
succeed, whereupon he made a protest before Parliament that neither he
nor his heirs should in future be held responsible, as Lieutenant, for any
mischief that might foUow on the refusal of his advice regarding the
territory which had been committed to his care. He at the same time
complained that he did not receive certain supplies of men and money,
previously promised to him by the Regent, for carrying on the King's
service in the Isles. In the opinion of Gregory, " this last statement fully
accounts for the length of time Sir Donald had been allowed to remain
at large after the defection of so many of his adherents ; and it is difficult
to say how much longer this state of things might have continued had
not his death, wliich took place some weeks after his success in Morvern,
brought the rebellion, which had lasted with little intermission during
upwards of five years, to a sudden close."*
In February 1517-18 the Earls of Huntly and Argyll were both
directed to proceed against " Donald His, rebel and traitor, and his com-
plices," and the Eeg. of the Privy Seal shows that he was dead before
18th of August 1519. He was the last male of the family of Lochalsh,
and he died without issue about 1518-19. Leaving Donald Dubh still in
captivity we shall, in our next, go back about 20 years to pick up Hugh
of Sleat, brother of John, last Lord of the Isles, and ancestor of the pre-
sent Lord Macdonald of Sleat, and treat of his and his family's doings
until Donald Dubh again bursts from his prison, and, in a second rebellion,
though of very short duration, lor a time completely disarranges aU the
schemes of the house of Sleat, and becomes the cause of another period
of disorder and chaos in the Isles which almost equalled in intensity those
which we have just described.
(To he Continued.)
THE CELTIC SIDE OF BUENS.— The writer of the interesting
article wliich appeared in our last issue under this heading, has, since the
article Avas in type, suddenly passed over to the majority in the prime of
life. He was one of the many intelligent Southern Scots who now take
such a lively interest in matters Celtic, and was at the same time an ex-
cellent friend and companion.
THE JOHN MACKENZIE MONUMENT EAILING.~We beg ;
to acknowledge, with thanks, the sum of £1 towards the above, from \
John Mackenzie, Esq., Aucheu Stewart, Wishaw, in addition to £5 pre- i
viously subscribed by him towards the monument itself.
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* Highlands and Isles, pp. 125-126. '|:
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