The chiefs of Grant - Electric Scotland

ISll.l DEATH or Sill JAMKS :
TiUEUTKS
T(i JUS WORTH. 459
Mrs. Grant of Laggan, in her work, ali-eady referred to, on the Sujicr-
stitions of the Highlanders, puhhslied a few months after Sir James
Grant's deatli, thus refers to him :— " His native Strath still mourns the
reoent loss of a ehicf who, with all the polish of the best m"dern n.;: mers,
ai: . all the meekness of the best Christian princi])les, reta':i>.-d as V'.ich oi'
tile aifections of his people, and as entire contronl over th:in, as ^.a.s ever
possessed bv any patriarch or hero of anticjuity, in the like circini's,.anccs.
Gentleness and humanity were his distinguishing eharacteristies : yet his
disj)leasure \vas as terrible to liis jieoplo as that of the most ferocious leader
of the ancient elans could have been to his followers. Banishmejit from
the domains of such a paternal ruler was in itself most terrible : but
here
it was aggravated by disgrace; as his well-knoAvn probity and lenity
Avarrauted the inference, that it was no small misdemeanour tliat occasioned
so heavy an infliction. . . . llow
pleasing to ti'acc the wide and deep eflects
of those cpiiet, luipretending virtues more felt at home than heard of abroad,
that made his people happy I How rich is the incense of praise that rises
round his grave, from sincere and sori-owful hearts !
add, ' Peace be to his manes !
' Farewfll, pure spirit! ^:lin tlie ]ir;iise wc give;
Tlie praise you s