[68] Athole Correspondence. Introductory Notice.
[69] Historical and Genealogical Account of the Clan Maclean, by a Seneachie.
[70] Brown's Highlands.
[71] Historical Account of the Clan Maclean, p. 4.
[72] "Eriska is interesting as having been the first place where Charles Edward landed in Scotland. It is the boundary of Ottervore toward the north, and is separated from South Uist by a narrow rocky sound. Upon a detached and high rock at its southern end are to be seen the remains of a square tower, the abode of some ancient chieftain."—Macculloch, vol. i. p. 87.
[73] Hist. Account.
[74] Memoirs of Lochiel, p. 193. This account is preferable to that given by the historian of the house of Maclean, as it is of course a more dispassionate statement, although the facts stated are nearly the same. See Hist. and Gen. Acct. pp. 140, 141.
[75] Memoir of Lochiel, p. 194.
[76] According to the Memoirs of Lochiel, it appears that Sir Allan must have died in 1673 or 1674; since the author speaks, in 1674, of the "late Sir Allan."
[77] Archibald, ninth Earl, was only restored to the Earldom.