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was well acquainted with the character of the people he had come to labour amongst, and advised the captain to address a memorial to Dunmorven on the subject of his cargo having been plundered by the clans-men. The chief sent his hanchman to inform the captain, that "such things were common, and that all wrecks were droits of the clan on whose territories they were found, but whatever had been brought to Dunmorven castle would be returned."

Not satisfied with this, the captain and the priest began to concert measures for the recovery of the property; and St. Clyde was applied to, both by the Dane and the priest, for his influence with the chief Dunmorven.

Indeed the priest himself waited on the chief, and remonstrated with him; alleging and proving from the Scriptures, that all such captures were un

lawful; and, in place of being considered as droits of the clan, ought to be most sacredly saved, and kept for their rightful owners. But the chief was still hard of hearing to such reasoning, and desired they would apply to baillie Killdrummie for redress of grievances. Application was made to the baillie, and as he was a semi-convert of the new light, search-warrants were granted to find and recover the cargo.

Some of the vassals, who had lost much of the vices of their ancestors, brought to the captain's quarters what they had not consumed; but there were others who secreted in the glens and the mountains all they had picked up, and unluckily this was by far the greater proportion of the cargo.

A general muster of the people.on the Ross of Mull was ordered, and baillie Killdrummie, the priest, and St.

Clyde, and the captain, sat in council as judges to hear, to weigh, to judge, and condemn, according to the facts and documents which might be brought before them, touching the guilt of those who were suspected of having purloined the cargo.

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Baillie Killdrummie opened the council, by stating the grounds on which it had been summoned, and imperiously ordered the clan to bring back the perty; but the people were deaf to his orders, and the priest proposed every man should be put to his oath. Those who had delivered up the cargo insisted on the same thing, and urged with their brethren in religious opinion, the propriety of this measure, as

they would all go to hell who did not confess aright to Father Macgill, and receive his remission of their sins." But one of the elders of the clan observed, "it would be time eneugh for

dem to do dat when de chief set de

sample."

Though the baillie would have dispensed with an observation of this sort, his silence betrayed his conviction of its justness.

The Dane insisted," dat der var not one doot dat de chief be de friend of shustice."

And the priest could not help noticing the force of the elder's remark, and he was "morally certain that the chief would not be behind his clan in showing mercy to the stranger; but the precognition must be taken."

Among those who had given up the goods they took away, there was a general and loud murmur, that "if de goods were not given up, it might be de king of Tenmark wad mak war on Dunmorven." But those who persisted in concealing their knowledge of the goods they had taken, replied, "Out!

let the king of Tenmark send his sogers oure to Mull, and Oil Roi Dunmorven's clan will hang tem wi' the tows o' te boat."

An old man cried out, "Gif Dunmorven's clan hae fronted de king o' Tenmark, Dunmorven his-sell will mak de matter up."

But finding there was no ready method of ascertaining who had any part of the cargo, and who had none, the priest insisted on putting them on their oaths; and the baillie prescribed the form of the oath to them, and the priest drew from his coat-pocket a Bible, thinking none of them would venture to forswear himself on the sacred volume; but some of them would not swear,. pretending they were ignorant of the propriety of taking the oath; they paid a sacred regard to their oaths; and their protestations were construed into guilt by the baillie, who knew that, in

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