2nd Duke of Gordon and the part he played at the battle of Sheriffmuir

different about the others. At last I got them
formed into tolerable order ; onlie one troop,
which I made the avant garde, would by ho means
marche in squadron.
By the time I got there Huntley was reviewing
the clans, a great part of whom were his oun
vassalls ; I thought them as good like men as I
ever saw, but no better armed than we. I was
civillie receav'd by all, and particularlie by Cap-
tain of Clanronald, who surprised me with a
compliment which I neither deserved or expected.
He said he wanted more to see me engaged in that
affair then anie man in Scotland. I dare say
he meant souer than any 'man who was presumed
to be of our partie, and indeed that was 'too much.
All of them set upon me, and pressed me to stay
at Auchterardach with them, and assured me they
should get the Fife squadron sent to joyn us next
day, that I might have all under my command
with me : and because they had ane opinion of
that squadron, I excused myself, under the pre-
text of saying, it would be a hardship done my
friends to bring them out on. my account; but
the truth was, I was 'wearied of Huntley's horse.
Houever, I said, since thev expreslt themselves so
much in favours of the Fife gentlemen and me,
if ever they marched separatlie on any expedi-
tion, and wanted horse, I'd be always readie to
marche with them. We had been told they were
to be nere to five thousand when Lochiell and
Apiii joyned, but they were not more then tuo
thousand five hundred, being weakned by deser-
tion in that fatigueing marche, nere as much as
those tuo clans strength en' d them.
Huntley, Generall Gordon, Glengarie, Sir John
Maclean, and I went to Pearth that night. On
the road goeing haclk, I shew'd Glengarie a place
of the horse canitoonment. which, I said, was ex-
posed to the insults of the Duke of Argyle's guar,
risoaie at Castle Campbell; not that I believ'd
he'd take more notice of such reasoning than I
had seen others doe before, who ansuer'd all with
that salvo, No fear, fo fear, but wonder'd to see
him enter into it, sent back a servant, and or-
der'd thirtie Highlandmen to be quarter'd there
with the horse. In our returning, Huntlie,
Generall Gordon, and Glengarie begun to talk a
little obsourlie, for I was not then well acquain-
ted with them, about keeping 'the clans in a
separate bodie, and of marcheing by themselves
with Huntley's horse, and sipoke again oftner
than once of bringing the Fife squadron to joyn
them. Sometimes I imagin'd Glengarie, who was
the leading man, went into it to please Huntlie
for the time ; at Other times I fancied Glengarie
had a designe on the plunder of Glasgow, and
dreu in Huntley to joyn, by his getting the name
of that command; 'but they spoke so obscureilie
that I could determine nothing, and often spoke