Genealogy of the family of Forbes

XVI
Diurnal of some Passages and Affairs.
Friday and Saturday, Jvly 14, 15, 1654. — By several letters
from Scotland came as followeth : —
From the Camp at Glenlovgh, in the Shields of Kintail,
50th June, 1654.
It will be needlesse to give you a particular
account of our ten days' constant march from Ruthven, in Bad-
genoch, into Lochaber, through Glengarie's bounds, and so
through Kintale, in all which march our work was to burn the
houses, and destroy and cut up the corn, to the Clan Camerons,
Glengarj' and his tenants, (and amongst the rest, Glengarie's new
house which he was building) and Seaforth, and his tenants, in
Kintale ; all which are so universally in rebellion, that in several
dayes' march, neither man, woman, or child, were to be seen,
nor scarce a beast, having driven away all their cattel, sheep and
horses, into the mountains, so that, considering the badnesse of
the wayes, through almost inaccessible passes on the edges of the
mountains, and foulnesse of the weather, having much rain, the
poor souldiery could not (next to starving), have endured more
hardship, having nothing for refreshment but bisket, cheese, and
water, for severall dayes, only the first dayes march into Kintale,
there were about 300 head of cattele, sheep, and goats fetch'd in,
which were a great refreshment to the army: we traced the ene-
jny four severall dayes in Kintale, and found their huts standing,
but could not meet with any of them. Monday the 26th inst.
upon the General's coming to Glen-Sinnick, in Kintale, he un-
derstood by two Highland women (the first which were seen of
these heathens) which were brought in from the mountains by
the souldiers, that Middleton's horse quartered the night be-
fore at Glencly, and were gone towards Loughaber ; and march-
ing forward next day there was notice^ that Middleton had boat-