[308] Chambers, p. 106. Taken from the Lyon in Mourning, MSS.
[309] Boswell's Tour to the Hebrides.
[310] Dr. Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides, p. 319.
[311] Dr. Johnson's Tour to the Hebrides, p. 217.
[312] From the Collection of Charles Kirkpatrick Sharpe, Esq. They were printed, on the occasion of the Queen's visit to Scotland, in the Edinburgh Advertiser for 1844.
[313] So named, in compliment to Sir Alexander Macdonald of Slate, or rather to his wife, Lady Margaret, the friend of Flora Macdonald.
[314] This alludes to the attention paid him when young, and under the care of Mr. Mackenzie, by that gentleman and his family.
[315] The late Sir Alexander Muir Mackenzie of Delvine, Bart.
[316] Wood's Peerage.
[317] Who, adds the same authority, carried azure, a fess chequé, argent and gules: and for their crest, a hand issuing out of a wreath, pointing with the thumb and two fingers: motto, confido; supporters, two squirrels collared or.