History of the Clan MacLean from its first settlement at Duard Castle, in the Isle of Mull, to the present period

Distinguished MacLeans. 381
thou there; and MacLean, do for thyself!' So saying, he seized the foremost
of the heroes by the cuff of the neck and by the waistband of the breeches,
and dashed him through the strong sash window of the apartment, a consider-
able way on the opposite pavement of tlie street. Such was the projectile
violence, that the poor officer passed through the sash as if it had been a cob-
web." * Adam Clarke's rugged mind and manhood unquestionably were
largely inherited from his mother.
It is not the intent' to speak of distinguished men whose mothers were
MacLeans ; but the rule will be broken in two more instances, and a short ac-
count is added of Colin A. MacVean and Alexander MacLean Sinclair, both
of whom have taken a deep interest in this history, and every request made
of them has been cheerfully and promptly complied with. Mr. MacVean fur-
nished the sketches of Inch Kenneth, Sir Allan MacLean's tomb, the coat-of-
arms on Duard Castle, and the MacLean Leug, illustrations of which have
already been given. He is the son of Rev. Donald MacVean, by Susan,
daughter of Dugald, son of Hector, son of John, son of Donald MacLean of
Killean, of the family of Ross. On his father's side, he is a direct descendant
of the chief of the Clan MacVean, or MacBean, which was a sept of the Clan
Chattan. Mr. MacVean was born on lona; educated at Edinburgh; served
on the Admiralty Survey of the Hebrides ; on the engineering staff of the
Varna and Rustchuk railway ; on the government railway surveys in Wal-
lachia ; in 1868, was one of the engineers for the erection of light-houses in
Japan ; in 1870, was surveyor-in-chief of Japan : is a F. R. G. S. and F. R.
P. S. of Edinburgh, and a member of the N. H. S. of Glasgow. He has trav-
eled extensively in the L^nited States and Canada. At present, with his
family, he resides at the southern foot of Ben More, in Mull.
Rev. A. MacLean Sinclair is a grandson of .John MacLean, the Gaelic
poet, by his daughter Christy, who was well versed in Scottish lore, and from
memory could recite one hundred and nineteen poems. Mr. Sinclair has in-
herited much of his grandfather's poetic genius. He was born in Glenbard,
Nova Scotia, March 1, 1840 ; was educated at Pictou and the college at Hali-
fax ; commenced to preach in 1866; in 1869, traveled through the British
Isles ; speaks, reads, and writes both English and Gaelic with equal facility ;
devotes much time to ethnology, comparative philology, and Keltic history,
and is more intimately acquainted with Gaelic poetry than any other person.
He resides at Belfast, Prince Edward's Island.
* Clarke's Life nf Adam Ciai-/.e, Vol. I., p. 13.