* Note D. Author`s Expedition Against The MacLarens

The spirit of clanship was at that time, so strong--to which must be added the wish to secure the adherence of stout, able-bodied, and, as the Scotch phrase then went, _pretty_ men--that the representative of the noble family of Perth condescended to act openly as patron of the MacGregors, and appeared as such upon their trial. So at least the author was informed by the late Robert MacIntosh, Esq., advocate. The circumstance may, however, have occurred later than 1736--the year in which this first trial took place.