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left him b}' a near relative just now dead, and that he is considered not worthy
of a bigger ship" (Adiii., Lis. Letters, P.R.O.).
162- line 5, add, " 1761, served at siege of Belieisle" ; read, " 1764, Feb.
27, h.p.," for " 1793, h.p." ; add, " B. 1728".
172- line 37, add, ■' 2144 " after " Robert, of Logie ".
174- last line, add, " granted for twelve months, to go a voyage in
merchant service in command of ' Mary,' bound to Africa and West Indies
and back, ' of greatest importance to my private affairs ' ; refers to having
comd. gunboats in America for nearly two yeajrs " {Adni., Lts. Letters, P.R.O.).
183- line III add, " 1803, Nov. 4, declines appt. to ' Royal William," asks
for two months leave of absence on account of family affairs, having only
been three weeks home from India after an absence of seven and a half years,
desiring to go to Scotland for final arrangement of private affairs" {Adiit.,
Lts. Letters, P.R.O.).
185- line 23, read, "George, 524," for "George, 521," and line 24,
"John P., 1055," for "John P., 655 '■
192- line 26, read, -'Alexander Herman Adam, 230," for "229".
197- line 8, add, "and William Everard Alphonso, 1492"-
212- add, "Son of William, IV. of Aberdour, 1419; b. 1819, Apr. 29;
went to Natal, where he was murdered, 1861, Jul. ; had three sons, one being
William Rose, Summerhill, Gilletts, Natal, alive 1912".
219- line 2, add, " 1911, Dec. 2, Capt." {L.G., 1912, Jan. 19).
223- line 9, read, " Thomas Duff-Gordon, 1590," for " Thomas Duflf
Gordon-Duft", 1543 ".
225- line 21, add, "and Caroline Augusta, ;;/. Arthur John Lewis, 272a" ;
new entry below.
249a. Andrew Douglas. 191 1, Sep. 20, 2nd Lt., Middlesex Reg.
(A .L., 1912).
B. 1892, Nov. 21.
271- line 3, add, " 1876, as Gov'r of Fiji had much to do with the
native war there, describing the campaign in Letters and Notes written during
the disturbances in the Highlands {knoian as the Devil Country) of Viti Levtt,
Fiji, 1876 (Edinburgh: privately printed for R. & R. Clark, 1879; vol. i.,
pp. xxi, 467, vol. II., pp. 376) " ; add, line 7, "/). 1912, Jan. 30".
272a. Arthur John Lewis. 1876, took an active part in the war in
Fiji, as described at much length in his kinsman. Lord Stanmore's Letters
and Notes (see 271) ; May 26, burned three small towns, Korokula, Mavala,
and Mavua {ibid., i. 235) ; Jun. 6, captured the fortress town of Koroivatuma;
Jun. 7, burned it and Bukutia {ibid., i. 293-7).