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FLEMINGTON
forces into Angus by way of the Grampians, and
the country was filling with them.
He had dealt drastically with Montrose. The
rebellion in the town had been suppressed, and
the neighbourhood put under military law. This
bit of the east coast had played a part that was
not forgotten by the little German general, and
he was determined that the hornet’s nest he had
smoked out should not re-collect. Whilst James
Logie was at large there could be no security.
Of all the rebels in Scotland, Logie was the man
whom Cumberland was most desirous to get.
The great nobles who had taken part in the rising
were large quarry indeed, but this commoner who
had worked so quietly in the eastern end of
Angus, who had been on the Prince’s staff, who
had the experience of many campaigns at his
back, whose ally was the notorious Ferrier, who
had seized the harbour of Montrose under the
very guns of a Government sloop of war, was as
dangerous as any Highland chieftain, and the
news that he had been allowed to get back to his
own haunts made the Whig generals curse.
Though he might be quiet for the moment, he
would be ready to stir up the same mischief on
the first recrudescence of Stuart energy. It was
not known what had happened to Ferrier, for
although he was a marked man and would be a
rich haul for anybody who could deliver him up
to Cumberland, he was considered a less im¬
portant influence than James; and Government
had scarcely estimated his valuable services to