Lives of the Lindsays, or, A memoir of the House of Crawford and Balcarres > Volume 4

ANECDOTES OF AN INDIAN LIFE,
&c.
INTRODUCTION.
"Men leave the pictures of their frail and transitory
persons to their families ; some lineaments of their mind
were a better legacy, and would make them more known
to posterity." — The truth of my father's observation is
obvious, and, were each individual to keep a diary of
the occurrences that happen to him during his journey
through life, anecdotes would be found, to fill an inter-
esting volume. I, as an individual, have to regret that
I did not pay attention to my father's suggestion thirty-
five years ago, when, like the hunted hare, I returned to
the native ground from which I was originally started :
my trifling adventures were then full in my recollection,
and might have been told to advantage ; but sixty-five
years of age neither improve the genius or memory of