Breck Stewart said, that he hated all the name of Campbell; and the

deponent said, he had no reason for doing so: But Alan said, he had very

good reason for it: that thereafter they left that house; and, after

drinking a dram at another house, came to the deponent's house, where

they went in, and drunk some drams, and Alan Breck renewed the former

Conversation; and the deponent, making the same answer, Alan said, that,

if the deponent had any respect for his friends, he would tell them,

that if they offered to turn out the possessors of Ardshiel's estate, he

would make black cocks of them, before they entered into possession by

which the deponent understood shooting them, it being a common phrase in

the country."

Some time after the publication of Kidnapped we stopped for a short

while in the Appin country, where we were surprised and interested to

discover that the feeling concerning the murder of Glenure (the "Red

Fox," also called "Colin Roy") was almost as keen as though the tragedy

had taken place the day before. For several years my husband received

letters of expostulation or commendation from members of the Campbell

and Stewart clans. I have in my possession a paper, yellow with age,

that was sent soon after the novel appeared, containing "The Pedigree of

the Family of Appine," wherein it is said that "Alan 3rd Baron of Appine

was not killed at Flowdoun, tho there, but lived to a great old age. He

married Cameron Daughter to Ewen Cameron of Lochiel." Following this

is a paragraph stating that "John Stewart 1st of Ardsheall of his

descendants Alan Breck had better be omitted. Duncan Baan Stewart in

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