Keppoch song

?38 SUPPLEMENT.
the superior, and the property shall be con
solidated to the superiority, in the same
manner as if the lands had been by the vas-
sal resigned into the hands of the superior,
&c. This question had been tried upon a
claim of the duke of Gordon, but never
brought to a final issue, because of a com-
promise which was agreed to between the
crown and the subject superiors. The
duke of Athol to entitle him to the benefit
of this compromise, found it necessary to
insist on his claim, which was objected to,
as he had no vassal at the time of the for-
feiture, Lord James Drummond having
died prior to the expiry of the time limited
for his surrender. The lords dismist the
claim." In this plea is made known the
secret cause of the Court of Session for de
tiding as to Mamore, and the clan act,
and the reader has no doubt read with an
astonishment equal to that of the writer*
that a compromise was entered into between
the crown and the subject superiors, as to
the administration and execution of two
acts of parliament, such a promise, no
doubt, to subsist during the life of the pre-