Dear Sir

I had your kind favour Yesterday, And now sit down to make an answer to it. We have Baron Baileys amongst Us, Who decide the maters of Property which do not Exceed 40 Shillings Sterling, — the Jurisdiction Act hath thus restricted them, And the bulk of our Processes Among the Smaller people Seldom come Up to that Sum. We have also a Sherriff Substitute, Who hath his commission from the Sheriff-depúte of Inverness-shire, some of our Processes, however, are brought to Inverness And others to the Court of Session, where the Subjects of importance or the Passions of Parties are wrought Up too high to attend to the calm Reflections of Reason or to the Less compulsive decrees of a Small Judge.

Tiern is the Laird and Armen is properly a Military Leader, arm-man, that is, the man of Arms. The Proprietor of Lands was Always the Armen of his own Men, but when Several of these Independant Chieftans Joined together the Principal was by way of Eminence called the Armen. I have been always of Opinion, that the Destroyer of Quintilius Varus and the Legions Under him in Germany the celebrated Arminius, had this name bestowed Upon him from his Office, As being the Leader of the German Tribes And the brave undaunted Asserter of the Liberties of his Countrey, whom neither bribes threats or Losses could Unhinge, tho he was Engaged with the Power of Rome in it's most flourishing state, supported by his brother, his Father in Law & Other deserters from the common Cause. Therefore, to inflame the courage of Other Chiefs, the Bards Employed their Talents Upon him And he became the war-Song of the barbarous Nations down to the days of Tacitŭs, As our Armens Also continued to be Long after they were Laid Low.

Nero's Insatiable Passion for fame & Popularity, to which Natural Talents seem to have Entitled him, if they were not to Inconsiderably quieted, Led him among other Tryals of Skill, to pass a bow, that he woud Enter the Lists as a bagpiper, Utricularis, which he never woud have done, if he had not already Learned the Trade And if it was not much in the hands of Others. See Sueton.'s NeroChap. 54.

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[] Canus also an Eminent Piper of the Court of Galba, (chorautus) who from the Merite of his musical Instrument seems, to Martial, capable of Patronizing the Suitors for preferment at Rome, if they should beat applause to his Singing, woud in the Same Poet's opinion Scorn to be a Bagpiper, when he puts it as an Unseemly question to Priscus Et concupiscat esse Canus Ascaulis.' This is Enough to prove that the Bagpipe was in Use down from the days of Galba And As the Romans & Greeks had already reed-pipes on their Theatres, at their feasts & Religious processions for Many preceeding Ages, the Addition of the Bag must naturally be Supposed An Improvement of theirs, which was introduced by them among the barbarous Tribes, more probably among the Gauls who before this period had pipes of no kind that we can See. An old Greek poet says that the Pipers blew out a part of their Souls at the first blast into the Instrument And to this day they continue As Litle remarkeable for the mental faculties As the Other Eminent professors of Music, Whose Whole study, attention & happyness dwells on & consists in diversifying And adjusting Small holes And Crotchets to ^one Another.

I think I writ you something about Charms. I wished I had put you in mind that the Grave old Cato had dealt in that Sort of Stuff. Chaps 160 de re rustica p.89 Ed, plantin, 159 & S.F. (Sumtas fracto) Motas danaries clarico dardundries Astataries. This is the Charm he prescribes for a Strain. None of our old wives need be Ashamed of this folly when the Venerable Sage recommends Such unmeaning Jargon for the Relief of the distressed. I am sure he knew he coud produce no Effects but divert the Mind a Litle & inspire it with the hopes of recovery. I coud repeat Several of this complexion Which were once highly valued tho our common people have now got so much Phylosophy into their heads As to despise Every Species of Superstition.

I do not remember whether I mentioned an Observation to you I long since made "That among an Unmixed people the different Tribes have their different Characteristics — this is no where So

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[] Visible as among the Highland Clans — the founder of Each family hath Struck his Leading colors into All his race — Education continues from one Generation to Another what neither Commerce, a mixture with strangers or a change of Government among them hath hitherto defaced. I would point out these distinguishing qualities of Several of them but I will rather Say that the Julian, Manlian, the Cato families &c were from first to Last distinguished by their different Characters.

When you are pleased to Send me the book you will ordered [sic] it to be delivered to Mr Norman MacLeod Preacher of the Gospel, to be found at Mr Duncan Macdonald's writer at Edin^r And he will immediately fall Upon a way of conveying it.

I am, Dr Sir, with much Esteem
Your very Obedient humble Servt

Don: Macqueen

Kilmuir Janry the 19^th
1774

The Sky Emigration

From portrie & Sleat in the year 1771. Bracadle in the year — 1772 .. Portrie & Uist in the — .. 1773 ... Bracadle in the . ... 1773.

400 240 230 150 1020

Some of these Numbers came from the Main Land

armin & Tiern.

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