The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

177."i] Kli.IUlC'lX(;S OF LOVAT AT XJIK LAIKHS M AKIM AC lO. 4;!!)
lint tliine was ^'iltUl'.s sacinl power coiifrst,
Tla' ;uti\'i; ll.iuic lliat kindles in the Ijicasl ;
Above th' apjilausf paid li^' the gi'ldy ciowd,
Content in scen't to ho trnl_v ^ood.
Benit^n, in dcatli, the lu'av'idy t'diin was soen ;
Liglil tiie lix'd e^'e-ball .Mid serenr the niieii ;
Faith, Love, and llujie, ;hat in lii v train attend,
There beani'd expressi'. i
Dless'd harbingrrs of t'l i.; eternal rays that the heirs of the marriage may be
"great, numerous, and ilourishing," and that they may reign in Strathspey
and other territories " as long as there is a stone subsisting in Castle Grant,
or a drop of water in the )-iver of S[iey." He regrets his own inability to
be present tit Castle Grant, pletiding that the wheels of his chtiriot tire
bi'oken, and the new set not yet arr!\'ed from Kdiiibiug-h, while to ride
would endtinger his " hetdth tmd life, that I am fully resolved to emjdoy to
serve your person tmd firnily as long tis there is breath in me." I'ut f dling
his pei'sonal presence on the occtision, he says, '" I will solemnise in the
most conspicuous and best manner I can. I will htive all my friends here
to-day to dine and suj) with me, and in the evening I Avill ha\'e ti bonefire
on the Ctistlehill, where I will driidc with my friends 'health and pro.sperity
to the bridegroom and bride,' imder the dischtirge of some pltittoons ; and
' Scots MaL.'aziiio, vol. xxxv. \i. !.')(. Ifnn. ^n•. ('ol((uliciuii of Luss, dated Ttli I)cceiiibfi-
2 Account of funeral cliarges for a child of tlie IT.'?.'), at Castle (Iraiit.