in the pursuit as far as Glen Dochart, or even of Loch Earn Head.

In this pursuit the weather was excessively cold, dry, and windy; and as it was necessary for the pursuers to bivouac among the hills, the Highlanders without any ceremony prepared to lay themselves down in their plaids on the leeward side of the hill; and, accordingly, each of the hardy mountaineers, holding up a corner of his plaid a little above his head, turned himself round and round till he was enveloped by the whole. They then laid themselves down on the heath, where the dew of the night, and the warmth of their bodies, made a steam like that of a boiling kettle. During the night St. Clyde, Whiggans, and Watson kept themselves warm by the blaze of a fire they had lighted up.

From Loch Earn Head they pursued their journey to Callander, and here

they got certain accounts of a man answering the description of Lerwick having gone to Doune, or Alloa; and about two miles to the east of Alloa, this man was seen, the evening of the preceding day, to have crossed the ferry. There was now no doubt that he had gone to Edinburgh.

When Whiggans and St. Clyde arrived at Edinburgh, the first thing they did was to ascertain the address of Levingstone; and St. Clyde accordingly asked one of the cadies if he knew such a gentleman in the law?

"Know him, aye, and there is no body more fit for his business."-"You can take us to him, I suppose ?"

That I can, sir; this way, sir:" and the diligent cadie led them to the house of Levingstone, who received St. Clyde with all the sincerity of friendship.

As soon as the first salutations were over, and some enquiries made respect

ing the newly-married people, Augus, tus and Jessie, "We are come, Levingstone-this is Capt. Whiggans, but you are old acquaintances we are come after that villain Lerwick, who we much suspect is now in Edinburgh."

"If he be in this city, we'll have him in twenty-four hours' time.”

Levingstone accordingly sent for two cadies, and when they arrived, he addressed them,

"Duncan Macintyre, you know all this town well; and you do not want courage nor strength: Saunders Pitcairn, now we have a work to do will take all your skill;-Duncan, and we hope Saunders, will be themselves throughout it all."

Both the cadies bowed, and said they would do their best; and Whiggans, having pulled from his pocket a purse, was fumbling in the

opening of it; when, quoth Duncan Macintyre, "Na, na, sir, tell us what's your will; gif we can do our wark, we'll do it for the usual fare; gif it be honest wark we desire only ae honest reward; gif ye hae ought clarty to do, I'm frighted Duncan Macintyre and Saunders Pitcairn canna file their hands wi't."

"I can assure you, Duncan, it is nothing disagreeable or nasty you are asked to do. This gentleman is St. Clyde; you have heard of the murder of his father. This gentleman is a friend; they are in pursuit of a fellow who is suspected of having killed St. Clyde's father; and as there is reason to think this man is come into Edinburgh, (for he has been closely pursued through the Highlands from Aberdeen,) we very much want you to use your utmost endeavours to get hold of him; at all events, to get us informa

tion whether he came to Auld Reekie, and be yet here, or may have gone south."

"Gif he be here, we'll get haud o' him; an' gif we ance get a glower o' him, deil be in his bluid but we'll keep him as sikker as ought."

In the course of the evening, these men traversed the greater part of the town, and at length succeeded in hearing that a man answering to the description of Lerwick, was secreted in a house not far from the east-end of the North Loch.

As soon as this discovery was made, the cadies hastened to Levingstone's house, and communicated the result of their search. Accordingly, two of the town officers with a warrant, the two cadies with Lieutenant Stuart, who had joined St. Clyde at Levingstone's, proceeded to the retreat of Lerwick. The cadies and the officers entered,