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Electric Scotland News
Scotland on TV
The Flag in the Wind
Article Service
The Scottish Nation
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
Book of Scottish Story
Good Words - Edited by the Rev Norman MacLeod
Poetry and Stories
Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
1881
Household Encyclopaedia
Antiquarian Scottish Books in Adobe Reader format - 5 volume
publication this week!
The Scottish Tradition in Canada
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness from the
Tenth Century
Fallbrook Farm
Pictures of Lochaber and Argyll
Grand Baliwick of the Scots
ELECTRIC SCOTLAND NEWS
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Back from the Scottish Week event in Toronto and it was a huge
success for the Scottish Studies Foundation as we raised some
$45,000. This was the event that Scotland paid for and invited
guests got in free but were asked to donate something to the
Scottish Studies Foundation.
 The
Scot of the Year Award went to Donald A. Stewart who is Chief
Executive Officer of Sun Life Financial Inc.
A native of Scotland, Mr. Stewart joined the Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada in London, England in 1969. He emigrated to
Montreal in 1972, after qualifying as a Fellow of the Institute of
Actuaries.
In 1974, Mr. Stewart left the Company to pursue a career in benefits
consulting in Toronto. He returned in 1980 to lead the Canadian
Group Retirement Services Division. From 1987 to 1992, Mr. Stewart
held overall responsibility for Information Technology. He was
appointed head of Sun Life Trust Company in September 1992. In 1996
he was appointed President & Chief Operating Officer, and in 1998
Chief Executive Officer.
Mr. Stewart led the successful demutualization of Sun Life Assurance
Company of Canada that was completed in March 2000. He has since
grown the parent company, Sun Life Financial Inc., through
acquisitions in Canada, the United States and Hong Kong.
Mr. Stewart is a director of the American Council of Life Insurers,
and international aluminium products company Novelis Inc. He is also
a trustee of CI Financial Income Fund.
Born in 1946, Mr. Stewart holds a degree in Natural Philosophy from
the University of Glasgow, graduating in 1968 with first class
honours.
The Tartan Day Speakers which I think are from left
to right, Michael Corrish, Senior Vice-President Scottish
Development Internation, David Hunter, President of the Scottish
Studies Foundation, Donald Sewart, Scot of the Year, the Provost of
Glasgow and Linda Fabiani MSP.
Linda Fabiani MSP with Pat and Doug Ross
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Looks like we may be making our move from Kentucky to Mitchigan
sooner rather than later and might be by the end of next month. When
we do move we'll be down for around 12 hours or longer as we'll be
unplugging our physical server in Kentucky and then driving it up to
Mitchegan and plugging it back in there.
One of the possible benefits in this move is that our new phone
company may be rolling out a fibre feed and so we could get a lot
more bandwidth for our money thus making the service much faster.
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With our new newsletter software we're now getting some statistics
on what you are clicking on and I was actually quite surprised that
the most clicked on link by a long way was to our What's New page.
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I didn't actually see any decent reports on Scottish Week in the USA
and nor did I see anything in the TV News. I did find a wee video on
YouTube at
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8D5KHK4GHKY
One picture I did
get sent...
ABOUT THE STORIES
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Some of the stories in here are just parts of a larger story so do
check out the site for the full versions. You can always find the
link in our "What's New" section at the link at the top of this
newsletter or on our site menu.
Scotland on TV
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Visit their site at
http://www.scotlandontv.tv
One of our favourite places for a bite to eat in Glasgow is the
Willow Tearooms on Sauchiehall Street. We visited a few weeks ago
and discovered more about the history of the tearooms and their
famous designer, Charles Rennie Mackintosh.
Since that visit, we filmed tearooms' owner, Anne Mulherrn MBE,
demonstrating how to cook a number of delicious traditional Scottish
recipes. The latest recipe to be uploaded to Scotland on TV's food
channel is Cock-A-Leekie Soup, which is surprisingly simple to cook,
especially using Anne's how-to video alongside our printable recipe.
To view the Cock-A-Leekie soup video, click here:
http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/video.html?Channel=Food%20Recipes&vxClipId=1380_SMG2011
To take a look at all of the recipes available on Scotland on TV,
click here:
http://www.scotlandontv.tv/scotland_on_tv/experience/recipes/Scottish_Recipe_Cock_A_Leekie.html
THE FLAG IN THE WIND
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This weeks Flag is compiled by Richard Thomson.
 In
Peter's cultural section we get quotes from the 3 Presidential
candidates...
Hilary Rodham Clinton
On this day, we recognise the outstanding achievements and
contributions made by Americans of Scottish descent who have played
a prominent role in the founding of this country, and throughout our
history, and who have helped foster a strong relationship between
the US and Scotland.
(April 2008)
John Sidney McCain
I am particularly honoured to do so now, [commemorate America’s
longstanding relationship with Scotland] during the first official
Scotland Week in the US. Marking April 6 as national Tartan Day
helps raise awareness among all Americans of the great contributions
made by their fellow countrymen of Scottish descent.
(April 2008)
Barack Hussein Obama
With millions of Americans of Scottish descent living throughout the
country, it’s important to celebrate the historic relationship
between the US and Scotland, and the great contributions Scottish
Americans have made.
(April 2008)
You can read the Flag, listen to the Scots Language, enjoy the Scots
Wit and lots more at
http://www.scotsindependent.org
Christina McKelvie MSP's weekly diary didn't arrive this week.
The Scottish Nation
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My thanks to Lora for transcribing these volumes for us.
We are now onto the M's with Millar, Miller, Milne, Minto, Mitchell,
Moir and Molyson
Some good information on the Mitchell name...
MITCHELL, a surname from the Anglo-Saxon Michel, signifying great;
or it may be from the German Mit schuler, a disciple, literally
“with a school.” The Danish Mod-schiold, means courage-shield. The
crest of the Mitchells is a hand holding a pen; motto, Favente deo
supero.
MITCHELL, SIR DAVID, an eminent naval commander, in the reign of
William III., was descended from a respectable family in Scotland,
where he was born about the middle of the seventeenth century. He
early entered the navy, and after the intermediate steps he was
promoted to the command of the Elizabeth, of 70 guns. At the battle
of Beachy-head, he behaved with great gallantry; and in 1693 he was
appointed rear-admiral of the blue. In 1694 he was knighted, and
about the same time attained the rank of rear-admiral of the red. In
1698, when Peter the Great was invited by King William to visit
London, Admiral Mitchell was commissioned to bring him over to
England, and after a stay of three months he conveyed him back to
the Continent. He was subsequently sent to Holland, on a diplomatic
commission. He died soon after his return to England, June 1, 1710.
MITCHELL, SIR ANDREW, an able diplomatist, was the only son of the
Rev. William Mitchell, originally of Aberdeen, and latterly one of
the ministers of the High church of Edinburgh. The date of his birth
is not specified, but he is said to have been married in 1715, when
very young, to a lady, who died four years after in childbirth, and
whose loss he felt so deeply as to be obliged to discontinue the
study of the law, for which his father had designed him, and divert
his grief by traveling. In 1741 he was appointed secretary to the
marquis of Tweeddale, minister for the affairs of Scotland, and in
1747 was elected M.P. for the Banff district of burghs. On the death
of Thomson the poet in 1748, he and Lord Lyttleton were named his
executors.
In 1751 he was nominated his majesty’s representative at Brussels,
where he resided for two years. Soon after his return to London in
1753 he was created a knight of the Bath, and appointed ambassador
extraordinary to the court of Prussia, where, by his abilities and
address, he succeeded in detaching his Prussian majesty from the
French interest. At Berlin he was much celebrated for the liveliness
of his conversation and the readiness of his repartees, and he
became so much a favourite with the Great Frederick that he usually
accompanied him in his campaigns. In consequence of bad health he
returned to England in 1765, and spent some time at Tunbridge Wells.
In the following year he resumed the duties of his office at Berlin,
where he died, January 28, 1771. The court of Prussia honoured his
funeral with their presence, and the king himself, from a balcony,
is said to have beheld the procession with tears.
You can read the rest of this account at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/mitchell.htm
You can read the other entries at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/nation/index.htm
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1845)
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The first volume I am dealing with is the one on Aberdeenshire.
There are some 85 parishes in this volume and a write up on each.
This week have added...
Parish of Daviot at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/daviot.htm
Extent, &c.—Its average length is about 3 miles, and its average
breadth about 2. It is bounded by the parish of Fyvie on the north;
the parishes of Fyvie and Meldrum on the east; the parishes of
Bourtie and Chapel of Garioch on the south; and by the parish of
Rayne on the west.
Antiquities. — On the lands of Mounie, and on the highest ground in
the parish, the remains of two Druidical temples are still
observable. The remains of a third were to be seen, within the last
twenty years, in the grave-yard; but the stones were some time ago
removed, and employed as materials in building the walls of a
dwelling-house.
I might note this taking of stones for building material. Many
castles and other historic buildings in Scotland have been lost to
folk of the present day due to them being seen as free building
material for our ancestors.
You can read the rest of this account at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/daviot.htm
On the index page of this volume you can see a list of the 85
parishes and also a map at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/statistical/volume12.htm
Book of Scottish Story
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Our thanks to John Henderson for sending this in for us.
This week have added...
The Snow-Storm by Professor Wilson
and
Rab and his Friends by Dr John Brown
As to "Rab and his Friends" John Henderson wrote me...
Alastair,
There are quite a few references to Dr John Brown of Edinburgh and
his great short story ‘Rab and his Friends’ when one uses the ES
Internal Search Engine …. But the story itself does not seem to be
anywhere on ES. [Nor is it in The Book of Scottish Story that I am
currently OCR..ing]
Thus, I have transcribed it for ES because I agree with Francis R.
Packard M.D., when he wrote of the short story "Rab and his
Friends", in 1903, "For simplicity, sincerity and obvious
truthfulness; for deep pathos and human sympathy; for pure humour
and insight into human nature, this little story is almost
unexcelled."
Here is the author's biography...
He was educated at the High School and graduated as M.D. at the
University of Edinburgh in 1833, and practised as a physician in
that city. He was revered and beloved in no common degree, and he
was the cherished friend of many of his most distinguished
contemporaries, including Thackeray; his reputation, however, is
based on the two volumes of essays, Horae Subsecivae (Leisure Hours)
(1858, 1861), John Leech and Other Papers (1882), Rab and His
Friends (1859), and Marjorie Fleming: a Sketch (1863).
The first volume of Horae Subsecivae deals chiefly with the
equipment and duties of a physician, the second with subjects
outside his profession. He was emphatic in his belief that an author
should publish nothing unless he has something to say. Acting on
this principle, he published little himself, and only after
subjecting it to the severest criticism.
Brown wrote comparatively little; but all he did write is good, some
of it perfect, of its kind. In the mingling of tenderness and
delicate humour he has much in common with Lamb; in his insight into
dog-nature he is unique. He suffered during the latter years of his
life from pronounced attacks of melancholy.
Francis R. Packard M.D. wrote of the short story ''Rab and his
Friends, in 1903, "For simplicity, sincerity and obvious
truthfulness; for deep pathos and human sympathy; for pure humour
and insight into human nature, this little story is almost
unexcelled."
You can read this story at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/story/rab.htm
The other stories can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/story/index.htm
Good Words - 1860 Edition
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Edited by Rev. Norman MacLeod
You should note that as this is a weekly publication you'll find
larger articles are continued week by week.
This week have added articles on...
The Serampore Missionaries (Pages 419-423)
A Summer's Study of Ferns (Pages 423-424)
The Caravansary of Bagdad (Pages 425-426)
Lady Somerville's Maidens (Pages 427-431)
A Living Chattel (Page 431)
Consolation (Page 431)
Here is the story of "A Living Chattel" to read here...
I must tell you of an occurrence that I was witness of yesterday in
Mr. Henry Ward Beecher's church. After a beautiful sermon on Col.
iii. 14, he called the attention of his congregation to a subject
which had been brought before him early in winter. A young man from
Washington called on him and asked him to bring the case of a
coloured child before his people on the first Sunday of January.
That plan was frustrated; but on Friday evening the gentleman
re-appeared with the child. He had succeeded in obtaining permission
from her owner to bring her north. Four men were left in bond for
her; and even then the slaveholder would not consent to her going
until he received Mr. Beecher's word, that either the child should
be returned within a given time, or the sum at which she was valued.
The child was then placed beside Mr. Beecher, who, taking off her
cloak, said, "I wish I could as easily remove the garment of slavery
as I do this cloak;" and then passing his arms round her neck, he
pleaded simply but earnestly her case. She is nine years old, and
with but one part out of sixteen of African blood, and it is
believed she will be so beautiful as to be worth in four years hence
(had she remained a slave), £800. The value set on her now is £180.
Her grandmother, a free woman, had saved £40, which she gladly
offered to contribute towards her release.
I never could do half justice to the manner in which Mr. Beecher
pleaded her case—nobly and ably. He said he could not even mention
what he wished to save her from, and that the little girl had twice
seen her mother put up at the block. . . . There was no need for
enreaties; he merely said, "You will please pass the plates;" and
announced that the collection would be taken up again in the
evening. By this time the congregation were all deeply moved, and
the scene that followed baffles description. The excitement was
unparalleled, and I thought it never would terminate. However, as
everything must, it did, and then a gentleman whispered something to
Mr. Beecher, who said, "I have just received a message from a
Christian lady to say that she will be responsible for any
deficiency there may be in the collection. The child is free!" It is
far beyond my power to convey the faintest idea of the joy this
announcement caused. The demonstrations were unequivocal. The people
were literally beside themselves...
The morning collection amounted to upwards of £200, so it was not
continued in the evening. Mr. Beecher mentioned that on one of the
plates was found a lady's ring with an opal set in it, and that he
had taken the liberty of withdrawing it, and had it placed on the
child's finger, that when she was old enough she might wear it as a
badge of her freedom. — Extract of a letter from New York.
You can read the other articles at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/goodwords/index.htm
Poetry and Stories
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Further articles have been added to our Articles Service where the
likes of Donna have been adding poems and stories. You can also read
about President George Bush making a proclamation about Tartan Day
on April 4th, 2008 at
http://www.electricscotland.com/article/
John sent in two doggerels...
Ow'r The Sake O' Somebody at
http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/doggerel257.htm
Hoo Can Ye Howp Tae Charm Oor Lassies at
http://www.electricscotland.com/poetry/doggerel256.htm
Transactions of the Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland
1884
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This week have added...
The West Coast Herring
Here is how the account starts...
The movements of the west coast herring are to all appearance
erratic, and they are certainly puzzling. A few broad facts are well
known—for instance, that in many of the sea-lochs enormous shoals
are met with at times, while at other times scarcely a fish is to be
found. So it has been in the past as far back as the history of the
herring fishery goes; so it will doubtless be in the future. Similar
fluctuations are observed in the Norwegian fiords, which are the
counterpart, on a great scale, of our sea-lochs; and different
theories of these fluctuations have found favour among Scandinavian
naturalists, without, however, any demonstrable solution of the
problem being arrived at. In this short paper nothing in the way of
far-fetched theory about "sun-spots" or "aurora" shall be attempted.
Such facts as are available, and the plain inferences to be drawn
from them, shall alone engage our attention.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/page70.htm
The other articles can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/agriculture/index.htm
Household Encyclopaedia
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I have added a few more pages to the B's which you can see at
http://www.electricscotland.com/household/b.htm
Page 159
Bulb, Bullace
Page 160
Bulldog, Bullet Wound, Bull Mastiff, Bull Terrier, Bumble Bee,
Bumble Foot, Bumble Puppy, Bun, Bung
Page 161
Bungalow: Plans and Building Details
Page 162
Bungalow, Bunion
Page 163
Bunsen Burner, Bureaux: Antique and Modern, Bureau
Page 164
Bureau, Burglar Alarm
Page 165
Burglar Alarm, Burglary: How to Prevent, Burgundy
Page 166
Burgundy Mixture, Burn: How to Treat, Burner, Burning Bush, Bursitus,
Bushel, Bush Fruit
The index page of this publication can be seen at
http://www.electricscotland.com/household/
Antiquarian Scottish Books in Adobe Reader format
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I said I'd do my best to add a book each week and so this week I've
added...
Domestic life in Scotland, 1488-1688
A sketch of the development of furniture and household usage
By John Warrack
FEW realise how modern are the conceptions of comfort and decency
which inspire the furnishing and arrangements of our present-day
homes, or how different were the conditions in which, only a few
centuries ago, our forefathers spent their lives. Till the beginning
of the seventeenth century chairs for ordinary household use were
unknown. Hats were worn at meals. Washing formed no part of the
morning toilet, even in Charles II's time, and very few in any
country in Europe washed their faces every day. The use of forks did
not become general till the eighteenth century, and food was picked
from the general dish and raised to the mouth with the fingers.
In the fifteenth century it covers...
Poverty of the country - Unsettled conditions - Scarcity of native
timber - Foreign trade: exports and imports - Inferences as to
social conditions in Scotland and in Flanders - Value of knowledge
of early social life in interpreting early literature - The
mediaeval castle and its furnishings - An evening meal - Washing the
hands - Early codes of manners and rules for behaviour - Table
arrangements - The salt-fatt, dishes, spoons, and servietts -
Arrangements and furnishing of the hall "Till necessitie and nocht
til decore" - The dais - The hie burde - Literary references - The
parelling - The comptar or counter: origin and line of development -
The chalmer of des: its position and uses - Bedrooms Beds and
canopies - The futegang.
In all a fascinating publication which I hope you'll enjoy.
You can read this at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/domestic.htm
The index page for this section can be reached at
http://www.electricscotland.com/books/pdf/index.htm
The Scottish Tradition in Canada
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Edited by W. Stanford Reid
This week have added...
The Scot as Businessman David S. MacMillan
The Lowland Tradition in Canadian Literature Elizabeth Waterston
The Gaelic Tradition in Canadian Culture George S. Emmerson
Here is how "The Gaelic Tradition in Canadian Culture" starts...
The term "Celtic" is more precisely applied to a culture than to a
race, a culture which has jostled with its principal rival, the
Germanic, for a place in Europe over the centuries. In the
eighteenth century, the geographic boundary between the two cultures
in Scotland was roughly defined by the merging of the mountains of
the northwest with the lowlands of the southeast, and were
distinguished by their respective languages - Gaelic and "Lowland
Scots." The latter language, now usually referred to simply as
"Scots," is a northern branch of English or Anglian with its own
infusions from the low countries and France and from Gaelic itself.
In Medieval times, Gaelic was the language of the Scots and was then
referred to as Erse (Irish) by the English speakers of the southeast
and eastern ports. In 1363-5 Fordoun wrote:
The manners and customs of the Scots vary with the diversity of
their speech. For two languages are spoken among them, the Scottish
and the Teuton, the last of which is the language of those who
occupy the seaboard and the plains while the race of Scottish speech
inhabit the Highlands and outlying islands. The people of the coast
of the islands, on the other hand, are a savage and untamed nation,
rude and independent, given to rapine, ease-loving, of a docile and
warm disposition, comely in persons but unsightly in dress, hostile
to the English people and language and, owing to diversity of
speech, even to their own nation, and exceedingly cruel. They are,
however, faithful and obedient to their king and country and easily
made to submit if properly governed.
This seems a remarkably perceptive report.
You can read the rest of this chapter at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/tradition/tradition14.htm
You can read the other chapters at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/tradition/index.htm
Sketch of the Civil and Traditional History of Caithness from the
Tenth Century
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By James T. Calder (1861)
This week have added Chapter 5.
This chapter starts...
About the beginning of the fourteenth century, Reginald or Ronald
Cheyne, a celebrated chieftain, held great sway in Caithness. The
Cheynes were, it appears, of Norman extraction, and came to Scotland
in quest of better fortune, with the Sinclairs and other chiefs who
had followed the standard of William the Conqueror. The principal
residence of the Cheynes was the old castle of Inverugie, in the
parish of St Fergus, Aberdeenshire. They became proprietors of the
whole of that parish, as well as of other landed estates in the
counties of Banff and Moray.
In the old statistical account of St Fergus, mention is made of a
Sir Reginald Cheyne, who married a daughter of Cumming of Badenoch.
By her he had two sons, Reginald Cheyne, who in 1267 was promoted to
the office of Lord Chamberlain of Scotland, and Henry Cheyne, who
was elected Bishop of Aberdeen in 1281. A branch of this family
seems early to have settled in Caithness. [The lands in Caithness
seem to have been conferred on the Cheynes by charter from David II.
The name, as originally spelt in Norman French, was Du Chesyne.]
Reginald Cheyne, the subject of our notice, had a very extensive
property in it. He inherited also from his mother, who was the only
daughter and co-heiress of Freskyn de Moray, the manor and castle of
Duffus, with other lands in Morayshire. Among other possessions in
Caithness, the castle and lands of Auldwick belonged to him. But
being extremely fond of the chase, he frequently resided in the
upper part of the parish of Halkirk, in a castle, or rather
hunting-lodge, situated at the north corner of Loch-more, just at
the point where the river of Thurso issues from it.
In the old statistical account of Halkirk, it is said that he had "a
chest, or some kind of a machine fixed in the mouth of the stream
below the castle for catching salmon in their ingress into the loch
or their egress out of it; and that immediately on the fish being
entangled in the machine, the capture was announced to the whole
family by the ringing of a bell, which the motions and struggles of
the fish set agoing by means of a cord fixed at one end to the bell
in the middle of an upper room, and at the other end to the machine
in the stream below." In this stronghold, Morar na Shean, or the
great Cheyne as he was styled by the Celtic inhabitants of the
district, kept about him a number of retainers, lived in great
feudal pomp, and chiefly employed his time in hunting, for which he
had ample room and verge enough in the highlands of Caithness.
Cheyne was altogether a remarkable man in his day. He was one of the
Scottish chiefs and barons who, in the parliament held at Arbroath
in 1320, drew up the spirited remonstrance to the Pope on the
national independence of Scotland in church and state. He was also
present at the disastrous battle of Halidon Hill in 1333, with
Kenneth, Earl of Sutherland. The Earl was slain, and Cheyne was
taken prisoner by the English, but, after a short captivity, he was
released, when he returned to Caithness and soon after married a
young lady of considerable talent and beauty, a descendant of one of
the old Scandinavian prefects or governors of the district.
Tradition has handed down many strange anecdotes of this Nimrod of
the North. The following, which is believed to be strictly founded
in truth, is one of the most remarkable and interesting. Being the
last representative of his family in the male line, he was extremely
anxious to have an heir to inherit his large property. The first
child which his lady had was a daughter. This disappointment
exasperated him so much that he gave imperative orders to drown the
infant. Lady Cheyne, however, by means of a faithful domestic,
managed to convey the child away to a nurse. The second child, which
was also a daughter, was preserved in the same manner. After this
she bore no more children. The circumstance was a source of bitter
disappointment to Cheyne, who could not help viewing it as a
punishment inflicted upon him for the crime of which he had been
guilty; and he began to have some compunctions of remorse, which
neither the sophistry of his confessor nor yet the riot of the
festive board could allay.
In the meantime, the two female children grew up and prospered, and
received the best education that the county at the time could
afford. After a lapse of eighteen years, Lady Cheyne, with the
concurrence of her husband, got up a grand entertainment at
Christmas, to which all their friends and acquaintances throughout
the county were invited. Among the female guests on this occasion
were two young ladies, whose extraordinary beauty and elegance of
manners excited the admiration of the company. Reginald in
particular was greatly struck with their appearance, and as he had
never seen them before, he asked his wife whose daughters they were?
After some little hesitation, she said they were his own. This
unexpected announcement affected him so much that, for a minute or
two, he could not articulate a word. When he had recovered, he
embraced his two daughters with the most affectionate tenderness,
and finally gave way to his pent-up feelings in a flood of tears.
You can read these chapters at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/caithness/chapter5.htm
The rest of the chapters can be read at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/caithness/index.htm
Fallbrook Farm
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We've had more updates in on this conservation project and if you'd
like to help you just need to email them your support as the more
emails they can produce in support of the project the better chance
they have of making it happen. They have also issued an invitation
to attend an event later this month which you can find on the index
page below.
Do visit their page and keep up to date with their findings and
activity at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/canada/fallingbrook.htm
Pictures of Lochaber and Argyll
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David Hunter kindly sent us in some great pictures from his trip to
Scotland earlier this year which you can see at
http://www.electricscotland.com/pictures/hunter/set11.htm
The Three Sisters of Glencoe
Grand Baliwick of
the Scots
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I got in the current newsletter of this organisation and hope to get
in some history about them for a later newsletter. You can read this
at
http://www.electricscotland.com/history/ktj/Grand_Bailiwick_of_the_Scots.pdf
And that's it for now and I hope you all have an enjoyable weekend
:-)
Alastair
http://www.electricscotland.com
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