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Genealogkal Memoirs of tJic Diffs, 35
fast in pursuit of him. This made him leave
the high road and turn off towards the nearest
wood, in hopes of making his escape there ; but
before he had got to the entry of it, daylight
appeared, & discovered to him that the Horses
all wanted riders, and were only Galloping after
him for company.
Upon this he bent his course straight down
to Buchan by the most private and least fre-
quented by-roads, with all the soldiers' horses
following him at the Heels.
He was very safe in that Country, where the
Loyal party had many wellwishers, and sold all
his Horses.
He never left the Kingdom as his Brother
Keithmoir had done four years before, but lived
privatly at home till the Executions at Edinr,
were all over. His residence was in a loyai
well principled Country, where he was much
lik't ; nobody informed against him, and in two
or three years after General Monk got the com-
mand of Scotland from Cromwel, and the Loyal-
ists met with no further disturbance ; besides,

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Genealogical memoirs of the Duffs
Description'The author of this manuscript was William Baird, Esq. of Auchmeddan' -- Preface. Aberdeen : D. Wyllie & Son, 1869.
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DescriptionA selection of almost 400 printed items relating to the history of Scottish families, mostly dating from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Includes memoirs, genealogies and clan histories, with a few produced by emigrant families. The earliest family history goes back to AD 916.