[395] Here in the foresaid copy these following words, 'but to no purpose.' See f. 182.—F.
[396] Not true. See f. 1161.—F.
[397] The foresaid copy says here, 'And next day arrived at Fort Augustus.'—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[398] These words are not in the other copy, f. 183.—F.
[399] The 26th of April, says the foresaid copy, which day Donald MacLeod fixes upon for their departure from the continent to the Isles. See ff. 273, 281, 316. Ned Burk says much the same. [See p. 329.]—F.
[400] Says Donald MacLeod, 'ten or twelve miles by sea, but a much greater distance by land.' See f. 278.—Robert Forbes, A.M.
[401] Honest Donald MacLeod, the pilot, and Allan MacDonald, Clanranald's relation might have had a place here, to say nothing of the poor rowers. See f. 281.—F.
[402] This must be a mistake, tho' it be so in the other copy too, for none of the lochs has so much bounds as to allow of such a drive from an intended harbour. I remember Donald MacLeod called this 'nonsense,' for he makes the whole course but only 96 miles. [See f. 284.]—F.
[403] This should be Benbecula, but I think not so much of his mistaking names, being a stranger. See f. 284.—F.
[404] This is altogether an error, as plainly appears, not only from the words of Donald MacLeod and Ned Burk [see ff. 270, 343], but likewise from a remarkable token given me by Captain Alexander MacDonald, which puts this point beyond all doubt. See f. 581.—F.