[557] App. 38. C. of G., ii. 201. (From Huntly.) Grant writes he has a letter from Loudoun intimating he should not have marched further than Keith, and he will return there next day. Culcairn and Mackintosh want to join Macleod at Inverurie to-morrow night.
An enclosure contains the following lines, which naturally were not sent up to Government, and are not in the Record Office. They are taken from The Chiefs of Grant:—
‘Lord Loudoun will not act as Cope,
Whose ribbon now is call’d a rope;
If Grant is armed to join M‘Leod
The enemy is soon subdued.’
[558] App. 39. C. of G., ii. 200. (From Banff.) Macleod very sorry that Grant is not to join him at Inverurie, but he knows best what Loudoun has directed.
[559] App. 40. C. of G., ii. 202. (From Castle Grant.)
[560] App. 41. C. of G., ii. 205. (From Elgin.)
[561] For a detailed account of the action at Inverurie on 23rd December, see ante, p. 140 et seq.