The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

92 The Uii^hland iVlonthly.
most of the tents. In all this march wee saw only 2
women of the inhabitants, and one man. The 30th the
army march't from Glenteugh to Browling, 1 the way for
neere 5 miles soe boggie that about 100 baggage horses
were left behinde, and many other horses begg'd or tir'd.
Never any Horse men (much lesse an armie) were observ'd
to march thnt way. The souldiers mett with 500 cattell,
sheepe, and goates, which made some part of ameends for
the hard march.
July I. Col. Morgan came to mee to Browling where
he had orders to march into Caithnesse, and to make itt
unserviceable for the Enemies Quarters this Winter. The
3d instant att Dunneene "-
neere Invernesse I received
letters from the Governour of Blaire Castle in Atholl, That
Middleton with his forces reputed about 4000 Horse and
Foote came within the view of the Garrison indeavouring
to make uppe their leavies, and were marching towards
Dunkell. That Seafort, Glengary, Sir Arthur Forbes, Sir
Mungoe Murray, Mac-Cloude, and others were left behinde
to perfect their leavies in Sir James Mac-Donalds bounds
in Skye Island, and Loughaber. The 6th Col. Morgan
came to mee att Fallaw,'^ neer Inverness, and had orders to
march back towards the Bray of Maur to attend the
Enemies motion, myselfe intending to follow them through
Atholl. The 7th, 8th, and 9th, the army continued marching,
and came the loth neere Weems Castle. Col. Okey
was sent out with a part)- of 200 Horse and 250 Foote to
discover the Enemy, who wee heard were marching fro.n
Garuntilly towards Fosse : Some of his partie alarum'd
the Earle of Atholl's forces, kill'd 3 and brought away 4
prisoners. Having staid att Weems the i ith for the taking
in provisions wee march't the 12th to Lawers : Middleton
was the day before att Finlarick att the Head of Lough
Tay, and burn't that House belonging to the Laird of
Glenurqy. The 14th, marched from Glendowert to Glenloughee
about 16 miles. In the evening the Enemy under
Middleton were discovered by our Scouts, marching in
Glenstrea and firing the Country as they went (having
risen from before the House of Glenurqy in Loughoe,^ be-
^ Brouline, in Glenstrathfarar.
- The fact that Monck was at Dunain seems to show that from Glenstrathfarar
he marched up Strathglass, and down through Glen-Urquhart, to
Inverness.
•* Faillie, in Strathnairn. ^ Loch Awe.