and some others-about eighty well-horsed brave gentlemen. They, fearless and careless of the enemy, went to their merriment without closing of the ports or setting of watches, against the order of war. Their careless security is spied by some of their unfriends in the town, as was said, and posts speedily to Major Hurry, now lying at the north-water bridge with the Lord Balcarras's regiment, and other foot regiments, desiring him with diligence to come to Aberdeen where he should have a fair hazard of his enemies, lying without order. Hurry, informed of all, takes the occasion, and comes with about one hundred and sixty horse and foot out of Balcarras's regiment of horse, and others, besides brave troopers and musketeers, and in great haste, upon Friday the 25th of March, about eight hours at even, came down the gate of Aberdeen, and set watches to the ports, as they came in, that none should escape. The other party, dispersed through the town, drinking carelessly in their lodgings, and hearing the horse feet and great noise, were astonished, never dreaming of their enemy. However, this Donald Farquharson happened to come to the causey, where he was cruelly slain anent the Court de Guard-a brave gentleman, and one of the noblest captains amongst all the Highlanders of Scotland. Two or three others were killed, and some taken prisoners, had to Edinburgh, and cast into irons in the Tolbooth. Great lamentation was made for this gallant, being still the king's man for life and death. 66 Hurry having done this exploit in Aberdeen, the gentlemen were sorry, but could not mend it. They returned back to Montrose, some on horse and some on foot, ashamed of this accident. Montrose was highly offended for the loss of Donald Farquharson more than the rest, through too great carelessness. Upon the morn, being Saturday, the said Donald Farquharson's corps was found in the street stripped naked, for they tirred from off his body a rich stand of apparel, but put on the samen day. His corps was taken up, and put in a close chest, and carried to the chapel, there to ly in the castle-hill. The other dead corps were taken up, and put into their chests, and carried to the samen chapel on the castle-hill, while they should all be buried. "The town of Aberdeen, fearing this accident should be interprated their fault, sent out two commissioners to Kintore to signify their innocency to Montrose. He heard them patiently with a woe heart, yet knew well enough who were innocent or guilty in this matter within the town; wisely kept up his mind, and gave the commissioners an indifferent answer, and so they returned to Aberdeen, not knowing what should be the event. "Upon the morn, being Sunday, this gentleman, with the other three corps, was lifted out of the castle foresaid, and conveyed to their burial. Donald was buried in the laird of Drum's aisle, with many woe hearts and doleful shots." Patrick Gordon has it thus:- "Some of the cawalyres, while they stayed there, went to Aberdeene with Collonell Gordonne and Collonell Farquharsone, who, out of Strathawin (where he was bailzie to Huntly), and Aboyn and Diesyd, had always a standeing regiment. This mane's affable, naturall, and weel composed condition had so much oblidged all men that ever he was acquainted with, as generallie he was beloved of all sortes of people, and could not be otherwayes, for he was of such a harmlesse and innocent carriage, as there was non alyue whom he could hate he was never seene to be angrie, nor knew he what that wnrulie passion meaned, and yet he gawe proofe of alse much true curraige as any man could hawe: he was so farre from pryd and waine glorie, as he was all men's companion, not out of sillie simplicity, but out of a gentle and myld freedome, in a nature which did always dispose him to a jowial alacritie; for his conwersatione, even in the sadest and most desperat tyme, was ever jocund and cheirefull. He was so little ambitious of honour, and so cairelesse to accumulate riches, as in both he strowe with the Capussian, for there was no man more humble—no man, sawe a prodigal, that cared lesse for to-morrow. In all his lyfe he was never fund to disobledge any of his acquaintance, in so much that only to his friendes but wnto straungers, and those whom he had newer seene before. All his actiones ware obledgements. He spent his patrimony, not lauishly, for he was no prodigall, but with such freedome, and such a kynd of naturall bountie, as one that knew that money was coyned for men, and not men for money; and truely he was only wanteing to himself in this poynt of good husbandrie; and therein only was esteemed faultie, if a liberall, courteous, and bountifull disposition, which in great men is called a wertue, in him might be called a fault. But I should rather lay the fault on fate, or the constellations of his birth, that made not his fortoune equall to his merite; yea, if the sade fate of his wntymely death had not brock the chaine of his wertues, he had assuredly been as great als he was good, and he had adorned nobilitie, nobilitie not him. He was upon a sax monthes stay at court, so became so weel lyked of, and in so good grace with his soueraine lord, as he ever after called him his man; and at the Parlement in Edinburgh, his Majestie heareing of a fray, and how he, by some malitious Couenanters, was threatened in it, became suddenly inflamed, and cryed out, 'Who dars be so bold as to touch my man, Donald Farquharsone?' This alone was a sufficient character of him, that a prince, superior to all princes for wisedom and wertue, had him in such esteeme. He was never hated for any action of his owne, but so generally well beloued, as his seruants, with whom he was neuer sein to be angrie, did not ther service for fear of punishment or rewaird, but for mere love, altho' it be the nature of a slave to serve best wher he is most awed, yet the calm sweetness of his disposition did change the ruche and blunkt nature of a slaue, that serves for hope of rewaird or fear of punishment, to a more subleme obedience for love of vertue and goodness. "In fine, neither is my judgement nor my experience able to give a true charectore to the lyfe of this gentleman's singular and most commendable parts; only I can say, that as he never purchased ane enemy through his owne procurement, so his faithfull adhearance to the king's cause, and his constant following of the Marques of Huntly from the beginning in that cause, procured some malicious Covenanters to tak this occasion of his coming to Aberdein, that he might be taken out of the way, although he had bein a great friend to that town at the late battel foughen ther; yet was Sir John Hurrie sent for, who, leiving the Covenanting armie at Montrose, conveyes himselfe with a choosen troope of horse to Aberdein under night. Collonell Gordon, and som that feared the worst, conveyed themselves away; som keipt their lodgings, and wer not sein wpon the streats. Only Collonell Farquharsone stayed, who had done them so many good offices, and had ever profesed such freindshipe towards them, and was not conscous to himself that euer he had disobeleidged them. Wherefor, wpon the allarum in the streat he comes boldly forth, with som of his freinds and servands; and seeing a band of armed men, who, at his approache, inquyres his name, least they might mistake, he, who hatted no man, and therefore looked for hattred of no man, teles them plainly, becaus he had not yet learned to lie; wpon the which they incompasse him and his small train on all syds. They wer wnarmed, and had no weapones but swords, which, when they drew, this neuer-enough praised gentleman is shot dead with a pistole; a neir cussing of his grievously wounded and taken prisoner; the rest they let go, having gotten him whom they sought; for this cruell assinat is constantly reported to be done by the procurement of the provost, a most mallicious man against the Royalists in those dayes. 66 When this newes cam to the camp, there was non that was not struck with sadness, sorrow, and extreim grief, for the losse of so brave a cavaleire, so reall a friend, and so solatious a commrade. The generall himselfe and my Lord Gordon wer both very sensible of this loss. The Majore Colquitto procured order for himselfe to tak a stronge party with him, and goe for Aberdein, wher, they could not overtake the murderers, he might sie him honorably interred. Hurrie, forseing the danger, made no stay in the towne. but reteired back, who was followed, but could not be overtaken. The major gave to this weell-deseruing gentleman the interment of a soldger, with the trailling of pickes, and thundering vollie of muskets, and then advanced towards the armie, which at that tym marched towards the Mearnes, to get Marchell now at lenth to tak armes for the king." Montrose mourned for our hero the same length of time he did for his own son. Donald Og's eldest son, Donald, died in France. He had probably been in training for a command in the "Garde Ecossaise." His father's interest in supplying that corps with recruits would be easily explained on this supposition. The second son, Charles, his brother having never married, then came to be laird. He married for his first wife Marjory Farquharson, Overhall's widow, daughter to Invercauld, by whom he had no issue, and for his second wife Elizabeth Farquharson, daughter to Inverey, who left him only daughters. Charles had also a natural son, Adam, who married, and left a son and a daughter. From the sacrifices made in the royal cause by his father, Charles was obliged, in 1702, to sell Monaltrie, which was bought by Alexander Farquharson, younger brother of Invercauld, And so the race of the first chiefs of Clan Farquharson became extinct. Did the title of chief fall to the nearest connection, it ought undoubtedly to belong to the family of Whitehouse, descended of James, brother of Donald Og, and second son of Donald of Monaltrie. Be the title whose it may, the Invereys on the one hand assumed the power, and were Jacobites to the end; the Invercaulds, on the other, prudently took part on mo t occasions with the ruling powers. For a time the star of the Invereys gained the ascendant, and their deeds shall therefore soon occupy your attention, but first listen to the exploits of the great foe of the Argyle Cleansers. V. THE LEGEND OF THE CAM-RUADH, His bodily endowments- The Battle of the Cairnwall-The Cam's wound-His strategy with the Cleansers-At home-He aids the Cleansers. In the days of Donald Og, John Grant, the Cam-Ruadh -"that heauine-dasleing sparke, as Patrick would sayshone forth among the "Brave bowmen of Mar." The Cam-Ruadh was as ugly a five-feet-high" carlie" as you could wish to see on the longest summer day's journey. He had a provoking warty little nose, that came out between his eyes broad and flat like my thumb, and turned up into the air in a most impertinent pug, just as if it was not worth its pains to smell anything earthly. A pair of broad cheeks, whereon you could see every rough, red, knotted vein like the ditches of a corn-field on a dry summer, ended on each side of the nose with a hump below the eyes, in a thin crop of red whiskers, the birse of which went away scrambling everywhere, as in a desperate search for their neighbours. I said his eyes-pardon me, he had but one that could be called an eye. In place of the other was a lump of unseemly matter, covered with a blueish transparent skin, streaked with blotches of blood, and staring wide open. His thin lips seemed to have fasted and dried a year or two in the roost, such a couple of ghost instruments they were; and when determinedly pressed together, the strong broad tusks within showed their inequalities through them, in a way to make a tender person's flesh creep. Had a dry tuft of rushes, mixed with waterwrack, been substituted for his hair, the crop, to outward appearance, would have been the same. As the head stood, then, like a kind of hedgehog, it appeared impossible to make any sense of it. I must, however, I think, make an exception in favour of his seeing eye-a large border of red surrounding a bright circle of blue-so bright indeed that it shone like a star, defying mortal vision to withstand its glance. The frame of the Cam-Ruadh, though rather short, was strong as a block of |