Chapter XXVIII: Appendix (2)

Mac Cruimein will never _Cha till, cha till, cha D. B. Mac
return till mi tuille_ Crimmon,
1746.

Mac Cruimein’s Sweetheart _Mal Dhonn_

Mac Donald of the Isles, _Cumha an Ridire Seumas Mac C. Mac
Lament for Sir James Dhomhnuill nan Eilean_ Arthur.

Mac Donald of the Isles, _Cumha an Ridire Seumas Mac W. Mac Donald
Lament for Sir James Dhomhnuill nan Eilean_ of Vallay.

Mac Donald of the Isles _Fàilte Mhic Dhòmhnuill nan
Salute Eilean_

Mac Donald of the Isles, Sir _Failte an Ridire Seumas Mac
James, Salute Dhòmhnuill nan Eilean_

Mac Donald, Lament for Lady _Cumha Bain-tighearna Mhic Angus Mac
Dhomhnuill_ Arthur,
1790.

Mac Donald, Lord, Lament for _Cumha Morair Chloinn A. Mac
Dhomhnuill_ Arthur,
1796

Mac Donald of Morar, Ronald, _Cumha Raonuill Mhic Ailein
Lament for óig_

Mac Donald’s, Angus, Assault _Ionnsaidh Aonghais Bhig
Mhic Dhomhnuill_

Mac Donalds are simple, The _Tha Clann Dòmhnuill
socharach_

Mac Donalds of Clanranald’s _Cruinneachadh Chloinn 1715.
gathering at Sheriffmuir Roonuill (Sliabh an t-
Siorra)_

Mac Donalds of Clan Ronald, _Cnocan Ailean Mhic Iain_
The Gathering of the

Mac Donald’s, Lady Margaret, _Fàilte Bain-tighearna
Salute Mairearad_

Mac Donalds, March of the _Spaidsearachd Mhic
Dhòmhnuill_

Mac Donald’s Salute, Lady _Fàilte Bain-tighearna Mhic
Margaret Dhomhnuill_

Mac Donalds’ Salute, The _Fàilte Chloinn Domhnuill_ D. M. Mac
Crimmon.

Mac Donalds, The Parading of _Uaill Chloinn Dòmhnuill_
the

Mac Donald’s Tutor _Oide-ionnsachaidh Mhic
Dhòmhnuill_

Mac Donell, Alex., of _Cumha Alastair Dheirg_
Glengarry’s Lament

Mac Donell of Laggan’s _Cumha Dhomhnuill an Lagain_
Lament,

Mac Dougall, Lament for _Cumha Chaiptein ’Ic Ronald Mac
Captain Dhughaill_ Dougall.

Mac Dougall’s Salute, The _Fàilte Chloinn Dùghaill_ R. Mac
Dougall.

Mac Duffs’ Gathering, The _Cruinneachadh Chloinn
Duibh_

Mac Farlanes’ Gathering, The _’Thogail nam bò_

Mac Gregors’ Gathering, The _Cruinneachadh nan
Griogarach_

Mac Intosh, Lament for _Cumha Mhic an Toisich_

Mac Intoshs’ Banner, The _Bratach Mhic an Toisich_

Mac Intyre’s Salute _Fàilte Mhic an t-saoir_

Mac Kays’ Banner, The _Bratach Chloinn Mhic Aoidh_

Mac Kay’s, Donald Dugal, _Cumha Dhomhnuill Dhughail D. M. Mac
Lament, or Lord Reay’s Mhic Aoidh_ Crimmon
Lament,

Mac Kays’ March, The _Spaidsearachd Cloinn Mhic
Aoidh_

Mac Kenzie of Applecross’s _Fàilte Tighearna na A. Mac Kay.
Salute Coimirich_

Mac Kenzie, Donald—his _Cumha Dhòmhnuill Mhic
Father’s Lament for Coinnich (le’Athair)_

Mac Kenzie of Gairloch’s _Cumha Tighearna Gheárloch_ J. Mac Kay.
Lament,

Mac Kenzie of Gairloch’s _Fàilte Thigearna Gheàrloch_
Salute

Mac Kenzie, Lament for Colin _Cumha Chailein Ruaidh Mhic
Roy Coinnich_

Mac Kenzie’s, Capt. D., _Cumha ’Chaiptein D. Mhic
Lament Coinnich_

Mac Kenzies’ Gathering, The _Tulloch Ard_

Mac Kenzies’ Gathering, The— _Cruinneachadh Chloinn
Tulloch Ard Choinnich (Tulloch Ard)_

Mac Lean, Great John, Lament _Cumha Ian Ghairbh Mhic
for Illeathain_

Mac Lean of Coll, Lament for _Cumha Iain Ghairbh Mhic
Sir John Garve ’Illeathain_

Mac Lean, Lachlan Mor, _Latha Sron a’ Chlachain_
Lament for

Mac Leans’ Gathering, The _Cruinneachadh Chloinn
Ghilleathain_

Mac Leans’ Gathering, The _Spaidsearachd Chloinn
Ghilleathain_

Mac Lean’s, Hector, Warning _Caismeachd Eachain Mhic 1579.
Ailein nan Sop_

Mac Leans’ March, The _Spaidsearachd Chloinn
Ghilleathain_

Mac Lean, Lament for Hector _Cumha Eachainn Ruaidh nan A. Mac Lean,
Roy, cath_ 1650.

Mac Leod, A Taunt on _Port Geàrr Mhic Leòid_

Mac Leod of Colbeek, Lament _Cumha Mhic Leòid Cholbec_ J. Mac Kay.
for

Mac Leod, dispraise of, _Di-moladh Mhic Leòid_

Mac Leod of Gesto’s Salute _Fàilte Fir Gêosta_

Mac Leod John, Lament for, _Cumha Iain Mhic Iain
Ghairbh_

Mac Leod of Mac Leod, Lament _Cumha cinn-cinnidh nan D. M. Mac
for Leòdach_ Crimmon,
1626.

Mac Leod of Mac Leod’s _Port Iomram Mhic Leòid, na D. M. Mac
Rowing Pibroch or Salute Fàilte nan Leòdach_ Crimmon.

Mac Leod, Mary, Lament for _Cumha Màiri Nic Leòid_

Mac Leod of Raasay, John _Cumha Iain Ghairbh Mhic P. M. Mac
Garve, Lament for Gille Chaluim_ Crimmon,
1548 (?)

Mac Leod of Raasay’s lament _Cumha Mhic Gille Chaluim D. M. Mac
Rathasadh_ Crimmon,
1648.

Mac Leod of Raasay’s Salute _Fàilte Mhic Gille Chaluim A. Mac Kay,
Rathasadh_ Gairloch.

Mac Leod, Roderick More, _’Nann air mhire tha sibh?_ P. M. Mac
Salute at Birth of Crimmon,
1715.

Mac Leod of Tallisker’s, _Fàilte Bain Tigearna
Mrs., Salute Thailasgear_

Mac Leod of Tallisker’s _Failte Tighearna
Salute Thailesgear_

Mac Leod’s Controversy _Iomradh Mhic Leòid_ D. M. Mac
Crimmon,
1503.

Mac Neill of Barra’s Lament _Cumha Mhic Nèill Bhara_

Mac Neill of Barra’s March _Spaidsearachd Mhic Nèill
Bhara_

Mac Neill of Kintarbert’s _Aon tlachd Mhic Nèill_
Fancy

Mac Phees, The Rout of the _Ruaig air Cloinn a Phi_

Mac Pherson’s March, Cluny _Spaidsearachd Thighearna
Chluainidh_

Mac Pherson’s Salute, Cluny _Fàilte Fir Chluainidh_

Mac Raes’ March, The _Spaidsearachd Cloinn Mhic 1491.
Rath_

Mac Suain of Roaig, Lament _Cumha Mhic Shuain á Roaig_
for

Maolroy, The Battle of, or _A mhuinntir a cháil chaoil
Isabel Mac Kay thugadh am bruthach oirbh_

Mary’s praise for her Gift _Moladli Màiri_

Massacre of Glencoe _Mort Ghlinne Comhann_

Melbank’s Salute _Fàilte Fir Bhlabhne_

Menzies’ Salute, The _Fàilte ’Mhèinneirich_

Men went to drink, The _Chaidh na fir a dh’òl_

Middling Spree, The _An Daorach mheadhonach_

Monros’ Salute, The _Fàilte nan Rothach_

My dearest on earth, give me _Thoir domh pòg, a luaidh mo
your kiss chridhe_

My King has landed in _Thàinig mo Righ air tir am
Moidart Mùideart_

Old Sword’s Lament, The _Cumha an tseana
Chlaidheimh_

Old Woman’s Lullaby, The _Crònain na Cailliche_

Only Son, Lament for the _Cumha an aona mhic_ P. M. Mac
Crimmon.

Park, Battle of _Blàr Pairc Shruithleith_ 1477.

Pass of Crieff, Battle of _Cath bealach Chraoibh_
the

Perth, The Desperate Battle _Cath fuathasach, Pheairt_ 1395.

Perth, Lament for the Duke _Cumha Dhuic Pheairt_
of

Piper Samuel, Lament for _Cumha Shomhairle Dhuibh_

Piper’s Farewell to his _Soraidh piobaire da
Home, The dhachaidh_

Piper’s Salute to his _Fàilte a’ Phìobaire d’a
Master, The Mhaighstir_

Piper’s warning to his _A Cholla mo run_
Master, The

Praise of Marion _Moladh Màiri_

Pretty Dirk, The _A ’Bhiodag bhòidheach_

Prince Charles’ Lament _Cumha Phrionnsa Teàrlach_ Capt. M. Mac
Leod, 1746.

Prince’s Salute, The _Fàilte’ Phrionnsa_ J. Mac
Intyre,
1715.

Queen Anne, Lament for _Cumha Ban-Righ Anna_

Red Hand in the Mac Donald’s _Lamh dhearg Chloinn
Arms, The Domhnuill_

Red Hill, The Battle of the _Fir nam breacan dubha_

Red Ribbon, The _An riobain dearg_

Robertson’s Salute, Strowan _Fàilte Thighearna Struain_

Rout of Glen Fruin, The _Ruaig Ghlinn Fraoine_ 1602.

Rout of the Lowland Captain, _Ruaig a’Chaiptein Ghallda_
The

Sauntering, The _A Chracaireachd_

Scarce of Fishing _Spiocaireachd Iasgaich_

Sheriffmuir, The Battle of _Blár Sliabh an t-Siorra_ J. Mac
Intyre,
1715.

Sinclairs’ March, The _Spaidsearachd Mhic na
Ceàrda_

Sisters’ Lament, The _Cumha na peathar_

Sobieski’s Salute _Fàilte Shobia-gaidh_

Smith’s, Mrs., Salute _Fàilte Bean a’Ghobha_ J. B. Mac
Kenzie.

Strone, The Battle of Castle _Blàr Chaisteal Stroìne_

Stuarts’ White Banner, The _Bratach Bhán nan
Stiubhartach_

Sutherlands’ Gathering, The _Cruinneachadh nan
Sutharlanach_

Tallisker, The Battle of _Blàr Thailesgear_
Waternish

Thomason’s, Miss Mabel, _Fàilte na h-òighe Mabal nic K. Cameron,
Salute Thòmais_ 1894.

Thomason’s Salute, General _Fàilte an t-seanaileir Mhic A. Paterson,
Thòmais_ H.L.I.,
1893.

Too long in this condition _’Sfada mar so tha sinn_ P. M. Mac
Crimmon,
1715.

Tune of Strife, The _Port an Strìth_

Union, Lament for the _An Co-chomunn_

Unjust Carceration, The _An ceapadh eucorach_ J. Dall Mac
Kay.

Vaunting, The _A’Bhòilich_ Rd. Mac
Donald of
Morair.

Waking of the Bridegroom, _Dùsgadh Fir-na-Bainnse_
The

War or Peace _Cogadh na sith_

Waterloo, The Battle of _Blár Bhaterlù_ J. Mac Kay,
1815.

Weighing from Land _Togail bho tìr_

Welcome Johnnie back again _Slàn gu’n till Eoinachan_

Writer, Lament for the _Cumha ’Chleirich_

Young King George III. _Fàilte Sheòrais òig_ 1760.
Salute

Young Laird of Dungallon’s _Fàilte Thighearna Oig
Salute Dhungallain_

Young Neill’s Salute _Fàilte Neill Oig_

You’re welcome, Ewin Lochiel _Is e do bheatha Eòghain_

With nineteen pibrochs, of which name and date and composers are all alike unknown.

VII.—THE GARB OF OLD GAUL.

(From the _Glasgow Herald_, April 7, 1900).

“Oh first of garbs! garment of happy fate,
So long employed, of such an antique date,
Look back some thousand years till records fail,
And lose themselves in some romantic tale;
We’ll find our god-like fathers nobly scorned
To be by any other dress adorned.”
—_Allan Ramsay._

The “quelt,” as very ancient writers called it, is one of the few things that are left to remind Scotland of its once distinctive nationality. Together with the Gaelic and the pipes, it makes Scottish history peculiar among the histories of countries. In no other land have the distinguishing marks of a nationality that, as a separate kingdom, has ceased to exist been retained in almost all their original purity. Of the three things, the kilt is perhaps the most interesting. The language and the music have been, and are, confined to the people of the Highlands, either in or out of the Highlands; but the kilt, while no longer the everyday wear of Highland people, has found its way into non- Highland circles, and the tartan has become a fashionable dress. But still, and this is a peculiar thing, it remains the Highland garb, and must, wheresoever seen, be associated with a distinctive country and a distinctive people.

The kilt is the most ancient of all garments. It is the development of the fig leaves of our first parents. Primitive man wrapped himself round with a piece of cloth, when he had cloth, caring little about the niceties of cut or fashion. When the cloth didn’t hang properly he, quite naturally, tied it round his waist with a string, and in so doing transformed his wrappings into a belted plaid, the immediate predecessor of the plaid and kilt. It was certainly not a sense of delicacy but a desire for outward show that led primitive man to clothe himself. Cæsar found the Britons with their bodies painted with woad, and they appeared naked in public. Afterwards they clothed themselves with skins of animals and with woollen garments, the latter of which was undoubtedly the string-bound plaid of the well-to-do Highlander.

The earliest bit of evidence regarding the antiquity of the Highland dress in anything like its present form is a piece of sculpture which was dug in 1860 from part of the ruins of the wall of Antoninus, built in A.D. 140. It shows figures representing very clearly the plaid and kilt, presumably in one piece. Another sculptured stone, found at Dull, Perthshire, gives the bonnet and shield of the Highlander; while a third, discovered at St. Andrews, shows the arrangement of the belted plaid or full dress of the ancient Gael. Both the latter, now in the Museum of Antiquaries, Edinburgh, are of unknown antiquity. Then in A.D. 204 we find Herodian, a classical writer, saying that the Caledonians were only partly clad; and in A.D. 296 a Roman writer, in a eulogy of the Emperor Constantinus, calls the Picts _hostilibus seminudis_, half- clad enemies. European historians, as a matter of fact, almost always called the Gael of Alban half-naked. Besides, we have Gildas, the earliest of British writers, saying that the Picts were dressed only with cloth round the loins, a rude form of the plaid evidently. And, while both Cæsar and Tacitus assure us that the Britons were precisely the same people as the Gauls, in manners, religion, appearance, and customs, we also read, in other writings of the same date, that the Gauls “wore coats stained with various colours.” Also as a very ancient writer on Scotland tells us:—

“The other pairt Northerne are full of mountaines, and very rud and
hornelie kind of people doeth inhabite, which is called Reid Schankes,
or Wyld Scottish. They be clothed with ane mantle, with ane schirt
fachioned after the Irish manner, going bare-legged to the knie.”

These things all indicate a people partially clad in cloth which was not all of one colour, and it is not stretching the inference very far to identify the garb with the latter-day dress of the Scottish Highlander.

Let us come now to times of which more or less authentic history treats. The first historical reference we find is contained in the Icelandic Sagas. When the death of Malcolm Canmore plunged Scotland into anarchy, Magnus Olafson, King of Norway, was ravaging the west coast and securing a firm hold of the Hebrides for his own country. On his return from that expedition in 1093, the Sagas relate, he adopted the costume of these western lands, and “his followers went bare-legged, having short kirtles and upper wraps, and so men called him ‘Barelegs.’” The seal of Alexander I., whose reign began in 1107, shows him in Highland dress, and as the same seal was used by David I. (1124) and Malcolm IV. (1153), we are quite justified in concluding that these monarchs actually wore what they were represented on their seal as wearing. Such a dress must certainly have existed at that time.

Then, dating from 1350, we have a sculptured representation of a chief attired finely in Highland dress, and in 1471 John, Bishop of Glasgow, treasurer to King James III., in an account for tartan for the use of the King, gives the following item:—“For a yard and a half, £1 10s. (Scots of course), and the colour blue.” Half a yard of “double tartane” for the Queen cost 8s. James V. made a hunting expedition into the Highlands in 1538, and a Highland dress was provided for the occasion. The account of the King’s treasurer shows that it consisted of “a short Highland coit,” hose of “tertane,” and a “syde Heland sarkis,” all for the “Kingis Grace.” The last article was presumably an unusually long shirt.

John Lesley, Bishop of Ross, writing in 1578, says the garments of his day consisted of a short woollen jacket and a covering of the simplest kind for the thighs, more for decency than for protection from cold. About 1580 a writer with a turn for rhyming described the dress of the Highlanders thus:—

“Their shirtes be very straunge,
Not reaching past the thigh,
With pleates on pleates they pleated are,
As thick as pleates can lie,”

which was a very good and concise description of the plaid as it then was. Another writer, in _Certayne Mattere Concerning Scotland_, published in London in 1603, says the Highlanders “delight in marbled cloths, especially that have long strips of sundrie colours ... with the which, rather coloured than clad, they suffer the most cruel tempests that blow in the open fields, in such sort that, in a night of snow they sleep sound.” From _A Modern Account of Scotland_, printed in 1679, also in London, we learn that “the Highlanders wear slashed doublets, commonly without breeches, only a plad tyed about their wastes, thrown over one shoulder, with short stockings to the gartering place; their knees and part of their thighs being naked; others have breeches and stockings all of a piece of plad ware.” A writer of 1710 supplements this by saying, “they wear striped mantles of divers colours called plaids”; a statement which brings the evidence to a date so recent as to render the calling of further witnesses unnecessary. That the kilt is a pure outgrowth of Scottish life there is no gainsaying. It could have been imported from Ireland only, and that it was not is proved by the two facts, that the colony of Irish Scots who settled in Argyllshire never overran Scotland, and that the checkered plaid was worn in Scotland at dates earlier than it can be proved to have been worn in Ireland.

The complete outfit of a Highland chief in the middle of the eighteenth century makes rather a formidable list. Here it is:—

Full-trimmed bonnet.
Tartan jacket, vest, kilt, and cross-belt.
Tartan belted plaid.
Pair of hose, made up from cloth.
Tartan stockings, with yellow garters.
Two pairs of brogues.
Silver-mounted purse and belt.
Target with spear.
Broadsword.
Pair of pistols and bullet mould.
Dirk.
Knife and fork.

The garb was completed by a feather, or, in the case of the common people, a tuft of heather, pine, holly, or oak, in the bonnet. Personal decoration was always considered a more important matter than home decoration or even home comforts.

Hair was used for making clothing at one time, for we are told Ossian Fin Mac Coul was “arrayed in Hieland plaidis of hair,” but wool was the general material, and so long as wool was worn, so long—it is said—was rheumatism unknown in the Highlands. In colours green and black predominated, with an occasional stripe of red. The number of colours indicated the rank of the wearer, a King or a Chief having seven, a Druid six, and other nobles four, while the very poor people had their plaids plain. The dyes were got from herbs, and the colours are said to have been so “fast” as to keep for two hundred years. The Celts were proud of the grandeur of their tartans, and an old song makes one of them, when wooing a Lowland lass, say:—

“Bra sall the sett o’ your braid tartan be
If ye will gang to the Highlands wi’ me.”

The rigorous Disarming Act, passed in 1747, created what was perhaps the most critical time in the history of the tartan. The pipes and the tartan were banned as treasonable things, and marks of extreme disloyalty to the House of Hanover. The law expressly enacted that “neither man nor boy, except such as are employed as officers and soldiers, shall, on any pretence, wear or put on the clothes commonly called Highland clothes, viz., the plaid, philabeg or little kilt, trowse, shoulder-belts, or any part whatsoever of what peculiarly belongs to the Highland garb, and that no tartan or party-coloured plaid or stuff shall be used for greatcoats, or for upper coats, on pain of imprisonment for six months, without the option of a fine, for the first offence, and transportation for seven years for the second.” This was stringent enough, and it nearly strangled all that was peculiar to the Highlands. But, thanks principally to the patriotic exertions of the then Duke of Montrose, the ban was removed in 1782, and the Highland garb restored to favour. It is now worn by five British regiments. The Gordons wear the Gordon tartan, the Camerons the Erracht-Cameron, the Seaforths the Mac Kenzie, the Argyll and Sutherlands the Sutherland, and the Black Watch a special tartan closely resembling the Sutherland. Both battalions of the Gordons, and one each of the other four regiments, are now in South Africa.

The Highland garb as we have it to-day is a compound of three varieties, all of which were worn in the seventeenth century. There was first the dress worn by the gentry—a shirt died with saffron and a plaid of fine wool tartan, with colours assorted so as to give the best possible effect. Then there was the dress of the common people—a shirt, painted instead of dyed, with a deerskin jacket above it, and the plaid, not always of tartan, worn over the shoulders instead of belted about the body. The third variety was the trews, but this cannot be traced farther back than 1538. It probably came from Ireland, where it was the dress of the gentry from the earliest periods.

The plaid proper consisted of a long piece of tartan carefully plaited in the middle and bound about the waist in large and very particularly- adjusted folds. While the lower part came down from the belt to the knees, the upper, after various wrappings so as to cover the whole body, was fixed to the left shoulder with a brooch, leaving the right arm at liberty. In wet weather the plaid was thrown loose, and formed a complete covering for the body. The headdress, when there was any, was a round, flat bonnet, the stockings were cut from the web of tartan, and the shoes were made of skin shaped in the best possible way to the form of the foot. The original of the sporran was a large piece of goat’s or badger’s skin profusely ornamented, which hung in front, and served as a pocket.

There seems to have been a time, before the dress developed into its present form, when the belted plaid and the trews were worn together. In 1656 a certain Thomas Tucker, who reported on the settlement of the revenues of excise and custom in Scotland, says one of his collectors, in order to avert the antipathy of the natives to an exciseman, “went clad after the mode of the country, with belted playde, trowses, and brogues.” “In sharp winters,” says a writer of 1680, “they wear close trouzes, which cover the thighs, legs, and feet;” while at the Battle of Killiecrankie, in 1715, “there were several of the common men died in the hills, for, having cast away their plaids at going into battle, they had not wherewith to cover them but their shirts; whereas many of the gentlemen that instead of short hose did wear trewis, though they were sorely pinched, did fare better in their short coats and trewis than those that were naked to the belt.”

By and by, however, the belted plaid and the trews gave way to the plaid and the kilt as we now have them. It cannot be said, indeed, that there ever was a period in which the trews held anything like universal sway. The transition was rather from the original form of the loosely wrapped plaid to the present form of the dress. There is a story to the effect that an English tailor named Parkinson or Ralliston invented the kilt in 1715 or 1745—it is a somewhat vague story—and both Pennant and Sir John Sinclair accept it as truth. Pennant, himself an Englishman, may be excused, but the man who edited the _Statistical Account of Scotland_ might have known better. The Earl of Moray of Charles I.’s day wore the kilt, and Lord Archibald Campbell, in _Records of Argyll_, shows two pictures, one of 1672 and one of 1693, in both of which the kilt can be plainly seen. Besides, the Highlanders wore it in the rebellion of 1715. It is carrying conjecture a bit too far to contend that the Saxons, who were able to introduce very few of their customs among the Celts, introduced the national dress. The simple fact seems to be that the change from the belted plaid, with the plaid and trews here and there, to the plaid and kilt, took place when the altering circumstances of the people made continuous labour a necessity, and also, therefore, a convenient and inexpensive working outfit.

It gives one an insight into the habits of the times to read that the managers of the piping competition held in Edinburgh in 1783, apologised to the public for the deficiency in dress. The competitors, they said, having no prospect of appearing “before so magnificent and great a company,” had nothing in view in quitting their distant dwellings but the competition at Falkirk, where their instruments alone were essential. In 1785, however, candidates were warned to appear “in the proper Highland habit,” which has since held good. Pipers’ dress was sometimes stylish enough even in the middle of the eighteenth century, for we read that in a procession of the Royal Company of Archers in Edinburgh in 1734 there was “one Highland piper who was dressed in scarlet richly laced.”

In the present-day dress, as is well known, the upper part of the plaid is disjoined from the lower, and made up so as to resemble the ancient form. The kilt itself is plaited so as to resemble the lower half of the plaid, but as a matter of fact, it is always too well plaited to be more than a far-off imitation. When properly made, the garb is certainly one of the most picturesque in the world. It is not so well adapted for the hillside as the old was, having been “improved” too much, but it is remarkable as showing how closely mankind clings to habits and costumes which experience has proved suitable, and which is entwined into the history and traditions of their particular race. As to its suitability for war, a great deal has been said in connection with the present operations in South Africa, and it has been laid to the charge of the tartan that it not only betrays the presence of the wearer, and makes him a target for the enemy’s sharp-shooters, but also exposes the soldier to all sorts of chills, and the attacks of all the vermin that crawl over the ground on which he has often to sleep. There is no use denying the fact that there is a great deal of truth in this, and if the Government press their proposals for the reform of Army dress, and include in these proposals the abolition of the kilt as a fighting garment, it seems as if there will not be one half the outcry there would have been in the same circumstances before the war begun. The campaign has undoubtedly revealed the shortcomings of the kilt as a part of active service dress, but that is no reason why it should be altogether abolished. Sentiment can be satisfied by retaining the kilt for parade purposes and garrison duty, while common-sense will indicate that sentiment, unless it can be proved to be very strong indeed, must have little voice in deciding what is best in the face of the enemy. It would certainly be bad policy to totally dissociate the Highland regiments from their distinctive tartans. Recruiting in Scotland is not what it might be, and when the Highland regiments cease to be distinctively Highland it will decline still further. If the authorities wish to foster the military enthusiasm of Highlanders they cannot do better than foster all that pertains to their part of the kingdom. Besides, the tartan is not now the badge of a rebellious remnant, but of a race that is loyal to the empire of which it is a worthy part, and considering the high position the kilted regiments hold in the British army, it is not too much to expect that their peculiar dress should be left to them, for use in all possible circumstances.

The war has given a decided impetus to the general trade in tartans. The demand from the regulars remains practically stationary, as the number of men wearing the Highland uniform is always the same. Among Scottish Volunteer regiments, however, the kilt is coming more and more into favour, and quite a number of additional “Highland companies” have been formed recently. The 6th V. B. Gordon Highlanders is the only battalion in the Highland Brigade unprovided with the national garb, the Government having, owing to “financial difficulties,” declined to supply the dress. The honorary colonel, Mr. J. Gordon Smith, has, however, now given the regiment £1500 to enable the men to wear their territorial uniform, and it is almost certain that the Government will supply the regiment with the kilt in the future. But it is from fashionable civil life that the bulk of the increased demand comes. The headquarters of the kilt-making industry—for it is an industry—are in Glasgow, but the principal market is in London. The demand in the Metropolis for the Highland dress is very extensive, and the biggest firm of Glasgow manufacturers are kept continually employed fulfilling orders from the South. The favourite tartans are, naturally, those of the kilted regiments, but the fashionable Highland dress consists of the kilt with an ordinary dinner jacket above it—the full outfit would be too Highland for London drawing-rooms. In Scotland the formation of clan societies has, in the cities, revived interest in the different tartans, but in the real home of the kilt, the fastnesses of the Highlands, the dress is practically extinct. A few old men wear it, as well as some of the better class residents, visitors sometimes wear it, while retainers wear it as a sort of livery; but among the people themselves it is, to all intents and purposes, obsolete. The garb of old Gaul has ceased to be the at-home dress of the Highlander, and become the evening dress of the fashionable who would ape a Highland connection, and the mark of the Highland wanderer, who far from home stands by home customs out of patriotic love for his home land. We may regret the turn of events, but there is no use blinking simple facts.—W. L. M.

Index.

Aberdeen, 171, 226

Aberdeenshire, pipes in, 153

“Abide with me” at Omdurman, 154

_A Cholla mo run_, 92, 307, 311, 312

Africa, engravings found in, 31

_A Ghlas Mheur_, 76, 363

Aiken, William, piper, 162

Airdrie, 285

_Albyn’s Anthology_, 321, 340

Aldershot, 145

Alexander, G. W., 138

Alexandria, a Mac Crimmon in, 261

Alister Mac Cholla Chiotaich, 311

Allan, James, piper, 189

Alloway’s Auld Haunted Kirk, 223

Alma, pipes at, 128

Altimarlach, battle of, 337

American War, pipes in, 133

_A mhic Iain mhic Sheumais_, 363

Amoaful, battle of, 133

_Am port leathach_, 352

Anderson, Wm., 173

Antiquaries, Scottish Society of, 116

Antoninus, the Wall of, 15

Antwerp, pageant in, 225

Applecross, 278

“Apprentice surpasses his master, The,” 351

Arabian instrument, an, 31

Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, the, 137, 216

Argyllshire, a cave in, 250

Argyllshire Highlanders, the, 136

Argyll, the Earl of, 50

Argyll, the eighth Duke of, 202

Armadale, 263

Armagh, fighting at, 51

Arroyo-de-Molinos, pipes at, 128

Arundel, Richard Earl of, 40

Ashanti War, pipers in, 134, 138

Assaye, battle of, 120, 129

Assynt, 341

Atbara, battle of the, 134

Athenians and pipes, 35

Atholl, excursion into, 20

Atholl, Earl of, 343

_Autobiography of a Scottish Borderer, The_, 179

Awa’, Whigs, awa, 127

Aytoun, Professor, 113

Babylonian instruments, 31

Bacon, Lord, 17

Badenoch, 229;
a piper of, 164

Baird, Major William, 133

Balaclava, the 93rd at, 125

Balmoral, 291

Balnaves, Henry, of Ardradour, 289

Balrines, battle of, 50

Bannockburn, battle of, 38, 116, 271

Bannocks o’ Barley Meal, 140

Barbreck, the laird of, 324

Barra, the Mac Neills of, 16

_Bealach na Broige_, battle of, 301

Beauly, 90, 320

_Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, The_, 315

_Bean Sith_, 363

Bellside, 275

Bencuillein, battle of, 362

_Ben Dorain_, 27

Bennet, George, piper, 162

Berwick, 194

Bett, compiler of pipe music, 109

Beverley, carvings at, 44, 156

Biggar, 171

Birse, the parish of, 361

Black Chanter of Chattan, the, 228

Blackie, Professor, 75, 85, 288, 316

Black Watch pipers, 125, 133, 134, 137, 138, 154, 160, 220

Black, William, 201, 288

Blane, Neil, piper, 188

_Blar lèine_ 363

Bodaich nam Briogais, 355

Bo’ness, carving found at, 34;
witches burned at, 224

_Bon Gaultier Ballads, The_, 113

_Border Minstrelsy_, 178

Borderers, the, 137

Boreraig, 262, 263

Botanic Gardens, Glasgow, 219

Bothwell Bridge, battle of, 127, 326

Boston, carvings at, 44

Boyne Water, 208

Braes of the Mist, the, 350

Brahan Castle, 283

Brakenrig, James, piper, 162

Breac, Donald, piper, 343

Breadalbane Gathering, the, 335

Breadalbane Fencibles, the, 219

Breadalbane, Marquis of, 278, 279, 291

Bridgeton, the piper of, 188

Britons and pipes, 21

Brose and Butter, 140

Broun, Edmond, piper, 162

Brown, Major-General G., 136

Brussels, pipes in, 46, 340

Buchanan, George, 23, 46

Burchhardt, W., 32

Burns, Robert, 76, 99, 353

Byron, quotation from, 122

Calder, J. T., 255

Cameron, Alexander, 281, 283, 284

Cameron Highlanders, pipers of, 131, 134, 137, 215, 321

Cameronians, the, 137, 219

Cameron, Colin, 281, 283, 285

Cameron, Donald, piper, 104, 277, 280, 284

Cameron, Keith, 283

Cameron of Lochiel, 321, 327, 343

Camerons’ Gathering, 343, 345

Campbell, Alexander, 340

Campbells are Coming, 129, 210, 213, 312

Campbell, Colonel, of the Seaforths, 121

Campbell, Duncan, 285

Campbell, Frederick, of Isla, 275, 277

Campbells, hereditary pipers, 275

Campbell, James C., Royal piper, 154

Campbell, J. F., 16, 59, 105, 106, 107, 238, 364

Campbell, Lord Archibald, 240

Campbell, Lieut.-Col. of Glenlyon, 290

Campbell, Sir Colin, 128, 207

Campbell, Sir John of Glenorchy, 337

_Caber Feidh_, 341

Cairns, Thomas, piper, 162

Cairo, occupation of, 220

Caithness, pipes in, 159, 163, 242, 254, 336, 337, 339

_Cailleach Liath Rarsair_, 246

_Caimbeul, Iain Bàn_, 336

_Caledonian Pocket Companion_, 321

Cambrensis, Giraldus, 35, 62

Candahar, Battle of, 132

Canmore, Malcolm, 13, 356

_Canntaireachd_, 87, 102

Canterbury Tales, the, 40

_Caraid nan Gaidheal_, 56

Carles wi’ the Breeks, 335, 337

Carrick, customs in, 158

Cathkin, Rutherglen and, 256

_Celtic Magazine, The_, 235, 273

_Celtic Monthly, The_, 86, 131, 364

_Ceol Mòr_, 79, 111

_Cha till mi tuille_, 12, 313, 318

Chaldean instruments, 31

Chattan, the Clan, 40, 228, 304

Chaucer, 40, 76

Charlie, Prince, 52, 90, 113, 118, 121, 226, 227, 229, 266

Charles I., King, 117

Charles II., King, 329

Chisholm, the, 228

Cirencester, carvings in, 156

_Clach-na-phiobair_, 128

Clan Ranald’s March, 290

Clarence, Duke of, 159

Clark, George, piper, 129

Clark, James, piper, 163

Claverhouse, General, 127

Club of True Highlanders, the, 283

Cluny Castle, 229

Cluny Mac Pherson, 229

_Cockilby’s Sow_, 155, 161

Cock of the North, the, 139, 140

_Cogadh na Sith_, 76, 131, 132, 363

Coll Kitto, 92, 307, 336

Coll, the Mac Leans of, 274

_Complaynt of Scotland_, 18, 35, 48

Cona, the Glen, 339

Contin, burning chapel at, 302

Coomassie, pipers at, 134, 138

Coventry performance in, 50

Craigellachie, 108

Craignish, 324

Cremona, 258, 264

Crimea, the, 138, 207

Cromdale Hill, 128

_Cruachan a’ Cheathaich_, 350

_Cruinneachadh nan Camaronach_, 344

Crusaders’ March, the, 140

Cuidad Rodrigo, Battle of, 129

Culloden, Battle of, 56, 58, 113, 229

Cumberland, Duke of, 113, 114

_Cumha no Chloinn_, 266

_Cumha Ruaraidh Mhoir_, 330

Cunningham, Allan, 99

Dalkeith, 49, 172

Dalmarnock, 256

Dalry (Ayrshire), 226

Dalziel, Sir John Graham, 36

_Daorach Robbi_, 91

Dargai, pipes at, 123, 127, 128

Davidson, Mr., of Tulloch, 277, 278

Delhi, a camp at, 217

Derby, 227

Desperate Battle of Perth, the, 301

Dingwall, pipes in, 52, 278

Disarming Act, the, 58

Don, the River, 226

Druids, the, 19, 24, 76, 100

Drummossie Moor, 229

Drumouchter, 226

Dunad, Castle of, 310

Duart, Mac Leans of, 274

Dunbar, poet, 154, 158

Dundee, 172

Dunderave, Castle of, 193;
ghostly piper of, 251

Dunfermline, 13

Dunivaig, Castle of, 307, 310

Dun Ronald’s Tune, 126

Dunstaffnage, Castle of, 310, 357

Duntroon Castle, 92, 309, 311

Duntroon’s Salute, 311

Duntulm Castle, 269

Dunvegan Castle, 102, 104, 119, 132, 239, 248, 262, 266, 268, 270, 272,
273, 351, 362

Dumbarton, 171

Dumfries, 171, 277

Durer, Albrecht, 32, 46, 225

Durcha, the Hill of, 235

Durinish, 267

Durham, 190

Durness, 253

Edinburgh, 118, 153, 158, 162, 174;
the Duke of, 164;
the pipers of, 170;
competitions in, 270, 355

Edinburgh Castle, 256

_Edinburgh Courant_, 118

Edward II., 38;
III., 39;
VI., 47;
VII., 277

Eglinton, Earl of, 290

Elandslaagte, Battle of, 135

End of the Little Bridge, the, 107

Ettrick, the River, 127

_Fair Maid of Perth, The_, 303

Falkirk, 176, 290;
pipers from, 133, 138;
Tryste in, 289

Falmouth, 117

_Family Legend, The_, 200

Farquharson, Rev. John, 14

Faust, the Story of, 234

_Fhuair mi pòg o laimh an Righ_, 329

Fife, Earl of, 280

Fife, Duke of, 284

Findlater, Piper, 128, 129

Finlagan Isle and Loch, 240

“Fionn,” translations by, 330, 357, 364

Fisher, Alex, 202

Flodden, Battle of, 27, 46, 180

Flowers of the Forest, the, 143, 154, 160

Follart, Loch, 262

Forbes, John, piper, 162

Forbes, Sir Charles, 285

Fort Rohya, Battle of, 143

Fort Washington, Battle of, 133

France, pipes in, 38

Fraser’s Regiment, 119

Gairloch lairds and pipers, 165, 272

Galbraith, Donald, piper, 284

Galbraith, Robert, piper, 138

Galloway, a well in, 163

Gallowgate Barracks, Glasgow, 218

Gardner, Rev. Mr., 361

Gesto Book, the, 103, 104, 107

Gesto, Capt. Mac Leod of, 103, 104

Gesto Collection of Music, 110

Gilbert, W. S., 74

_Gille Calum_, 30, 91, 356

_Gilliechroist_, 104, 319

Glasgow Cathedral, 224, 256

Glasgow, Court House in, 217

Glasgow Highlanders, the, 294

Glasgow, old piper in, 321

Glen, David, pipe-maker, 53, 110

Glen, J. & R., pipemakers, 41, 104

Glen, Messrs, 109

Glencoe, 93

Glencoe, Massacre of, 338

Glendaruel, 332

Glenelg, 258

Glenesk, 327

Glenfinnan, Prince Charlie at, 121

Glenfruin, rout of, 67

Glengarry, 90

Glengarry, the piper of, 147

Glengarry, war tune of, 319

Glenlivck, Battle of, 116

Glenluce, 171

Glenorchy, Sir J. Campbell of, 337

Glenorchy, the bard of, 26, 199

Glenquoich, story of, 249

Good Hope, Cape of, 141

Gordon Castle, piper at, 135

Gordon, Capt., of the Seaforths, 121

Gordon, Duke of, 81

Gordon, General, 154

Gordon, Highlanders, the, 128, 131, 132, 135, 137, 141, 216, 220

Gordon, Lord Louis, 266

Gourock, 267

Govan Police Band, 294

Grant, Clan, Gathering of, 109

Grant, J. W., of Elchies, 109

Grants of Glenmoriston, 229

Grants of Strathspey, 229

Greek sculpture, 34

Greenock, 267

Grim Donald’s sweetheart, 363

Gunn, John, piper, 163

Gunn, Wm., piper, 109, 188

Habbie Simpson, piper of Kilbarchan, 155, 185

Hal o’ the Wynd, 303

Hamburg, carvings in, 157

Hamilton, Wm., Govan, 294

Hamilton, Wm., of Bangour, 176

Handel, 77

Hanover, the House of, 56

Harlaw, Battle of, 26, 42, 108

Harris, a story of, 236

Haughs o’ Cromdale, the, 82, 128, 140

Hastie, John, piper, 46, 180

Hastie, Robin, piper, 179

Hebrides, Dr. Johnson in, 73

Henderson, Peter, pipe maker, 109

Henry VII., 44

Henry VIII., 46

Heriot, the parish of, 173

Heritable Jurisdiction Abolition Act, 258

Hey Johnnie Cope, 122, 128, 132, 139, 140

_Highland Brigade, The_, 141

Highland Laddie, the, 140

Highland Light Infantry, the, 134, 137

Highland Scottische, the, 213

Highland Society of London, 53, 72, 130, 270, 278, 281, 282, 288

Highland Society of Scotland, 270, 288

_Historical Proofs of the Highlanders_, 54

_History of the Peninsular War_, 129

Hogg, James, 99

Holyrood Palace, 51, 158, 256

Honeyman, James, piper, 138

Honeyman, John, piper, 138

Hope, General, of Pinkie, 143

Houston, Rev. Andrew, 159

Hull, carvings at, 44

Hume, Rev, Alex., 51

Hundred Pipers, the, 9

Hunt, Leigh, 193

Huntly, Marquis of, 283

Hyder Ali defeated, 120

_Iain Dall_, 28, 165, 352

_Iain Lom_, 25

_Iain Odhar_, 258, 263

I have had a Kiss of the King’s Hand, 329

Inveraray, 202, 312

Inverlochy, Battle of, 25, 42, 76, 321, 347

Inverness, 20, 153, 160, 281

Inverurie, battle at, 119, 266

Iona, 13

Ireland, 19, 21

Ireland, the claim of, 54

_Irish Masque, The_, 170

_Irish Sketch Book, The_, 196

_Is fada mar so tha sinn_, 323

Isles, Donald Lord of the, 20

Islay, how it lost the music, 242

Islay, 307

Islay, Hector Mac Lean of, 240

Italy, the pibroch not from, 55

Jacobites, the, 56, 128

Jamaica Street, Glasgow, player in, 72

James I., 20, 40, 51, 158;
IV., 170;
VI., 21, 49;
VII., 118

Jedburgh, 179, 180

Jenny Dang the Weaver, 361

_Jew Exile, The_, 198

Jerome, St., 60

John Garbh of Raasay’s Lament, 332

John o’ Groat’s house, 153, 159

Johnson, Ben, 170

Johnson, Dr., 73, 262, 274

Johnstone, John, piper, 171

Johnstone, Sir Archibald, 195

Keene, Charles, artist, 206

Keill, cave at, 250

Keith, 171

Kempelen, Baron Von, 88

Kent, a Mac Crimmon in, 267

Keppoch, the bard of, 24

Kessock Ferry, 283

_Kidnapped_, 293

Kilbarchan, 155, 184, 195

Kilellan, the hill of, 250

Killychrist, 319

Kinghorn, 173, 175

King of Pipers, the, 284

Kintail, a Mac Crimmon in, 264

Kintail, the Lord of, 265, 266

Kintyre, a cave in, 250

Kircaldy, story of, 52

Kirke, Thomas, 196

Kirriemuir, 173

Kitchener, Lord, 135, 154

Knox, John, a book of, 14

Kourgave Hill, 42nd at, 128

Kyleakin, 276

Lairg, village of, 234

Lament for the Children, the, 266

Lament for the Harp Tree, the, 363

_Lasan Phadruig Chaogaich_, 352

Lauder, 172

Leitch, John, 331

Leith, 191

Leith Roads, warships in, 118

Leslie, General, 127

Lewis, piper from, 135

Linlithgow, 44, 171

Lochaber, the Bard of, 25

Lochaber no More, 93, 153, 207, 216, 327

Lochaber, pipes in, 153

Lochiel, Cameron of, 343

Loch of the Sword, the, 344

Loch Lomond, 331

Londonderry invested, 118

Lothian, Lord, 117

Lords of Session, playing the, 217

Lorimer, Robert, piper, 172

_Lost Pibroch, The_, 227

Louis XIV. and XV., 38

Lovat, Lord, 153

Lucknow, the story of, 121, 128, 133, 138, 313

Mac Arthur, Archibald, 270

Mac Arthur, Charles, 290

Mac Arthur, John and Donald, 27

Mac Arthur, Professor, 290

Mac Arthurs, the, 268

_Mac Cailein Mór_, 326

Mac Codrum, _Iain_, 26, 199

Mac Coll, John, 285

Mac Crimmon, Donald _Bàn_, 315

Mac Crimmon, John _Dubh_, 277, 280

Mac Crimmon, Donald _Dubh_, 317

Mac Crimmons, the, 79, 102, 103, 104, 105, 119, 165, 239, 242, 248,
249, 258

Mac Crimmon, Donald _Mòr_, 323, 362

Mac Crimmon, Patrick, 324, 329, 332

Mac Crimmon’s Lament, 261, 266, 314

Mac Culloch, Dr., 80, 196

Mac Donald, Alex., 14, 24, 284

Mac Donald, A., of Glengarry, 319

Mac Donald (Coll Kitto), 310

Mac Donald, David, 39

Mac Donald, Donald, 108, 109, 110, 277

Mac Donald, Dr. K. N., 110

Mac Donalds, fighting at Contin, 302

Mac Donald, General Hector, 96

Mac Donald, Hugh, 256

Mac Donald, Joseph, 108

Mac Donalds, march of the, 311

Mac Donald, Murdoch, 21, 22

Mac Donald of Clan Ranald, 290

Mac Donalds of Loch Moidart, 271

Mac Donald of the Isles, 240, 242, 268, 290

Mac Donald, Rev. Patrick, 108

Mac Donald’s Salute, 362

Mac Donald, Sir Alex., 311

Mac Donald, William, piper, 164

Mac Donel, Irish piper, 164

Mac Donell, Alice C., 131

Mac Donells of Glengarry, 90, 320

Mac Donells, of Keppoch, the, 330

Mac Dougall Gillies, J., piper, 285, 331

Mac Dougall, of Lorne, 326

Mac Eachern, Duncan, 284

Mac Eanric, _Iain Breac_, 347

Mac Farlane, Andrew, Chief, 330

Mac Farlane, Malcolm, 306

Mac Farlane, Provost, Dumbarton, 331

Mac Gregor, a, 252

Mac Gregors’ Gathering, the, 340

Mac Gregor, John, 290, 358

Mac Gregor, Sir John Murray, 153

Mac Gregor of Ruaro, 349

Mac Gregor of Glenstrae, 349

Mac Gregor pipers, 275

Mac Gregor, Patrick, 289

Mac Ians of Glencoe, 93, 339

Mac Intosh, Alex., 138

Mac Intosh’s Lament, the, 282, 301, 304

Mac Intosh, the, 304

Mac Intyre, Duncan _Bàn_, 26, 199

Mac Intyres, hereditary pipers, 38, 271

Mac Ivor, Findlay, piper, 337

Mac Kay, Angus, 109, 110, 224, 262, 263, 271, 276, 277, 280, 304, 355,
364

Mac Kay, Charles, 130

Mac Kay, Clan Society, 135

Mac Kay, Donald, 277, 332

Mac Kay, James, 135

Mac Kay, John (_Iain Dall_), 352

Mac Kay, John, 276

Mac Kays, hereditary pipers, 272

Mac Kay, Kenneth, 131, 132

Mac Kay, Rev. Dr. George, 160

Mac Kenzie, A. C., 280

Mac Kenzie, Alex., 235, 273, 297, 364

Mac Kenzie, Captain, 278

Mac Kenzies, Clan Song of, 342

Mac Kenzie, Col. K. W. S., 281

Mac Kenzies, the country of, 302, 319

Mac Kenzie, John Bane, 103, 106, 277, 278, 280, 284, 285, 291

Mac Kenzie of Gairloch, 28, 272

Mac Kenzie, Rev. James, 40, 42, 170

Mac Kenzie, John, author, 315

Mac Kenzie, Lady Anne’s Farewell to Rosehaugh, 283

Mac Kenzie, Mr., of Allangrange, 278

Mac Kenzie, Ronald, 135, 285

Mac Kenzie, Mr., of Millbank, 280

Mac Kenzie, Sir J. J. R., 281

Mac Kinnon, Robert, piper, 109

Mac Kinnon, the Clan, 249

Mac Lachlan, John, piper, 109, 129, 285

Mac Lachlans’ March, the, 355

Mac Lean, clan music of, 110

Mac Lean, Hector, of Islay, 240, 364

Mac Lean, John Garve of Coll, 21

_Mac Lean’s History of Celtic Language_, 60

Mac Lean the Clan, pipers of, 274

Mac Lellan, piper of H.L.I., 134

Mac Lennan, Alex., 282, 285

Mac Lennan, Donald, 280

Mac Lennans, the, 284

Mac Lennan, William, 284, 291

Mac Leod, Captain, of Gesto, 103, 104, 321, 340

Mac Leod of Dunvegan, 28, 239, 258, 267, 329

Mac Leod, Dr. Norman, 56

Mac Leod, Fiona, 288

Mac Leod, John Garbh of Raasay, 332, 334

Mac Leod, John, piper, 133

Mac Leod, Kenneth, piper, 135

Mac Leod, Norman, Assynt., 341

Mac Leod of Glenelg, 28

Mac Leod’s Highlanders, 120

Mac Leod of Raasay, 276

Mac Leod, Roderick, of Mac Leod, 329

Mac Leods, 21, 102, 119

Mac Leods’ Salute, 362

Mac Leods, the, of Gesto, 110

Mac Mhurich, Neil, Clan Ranald bard, 24, 26, 27, 224

Mac Naughton, Alex., 116

Mac Neills of Barra, the, 16

Mac Phedran, Donald, 284

Mac Phee, Donald, 109, 284, 285

Mac Pherson, James, 14

Mac Pherson’s Lament, 353

Mac Pherson, Malcolm, 284

Mac Pherson of Cluny, 229, 275, 327

Mac Pherson, Patrick, 86

Mac Rae, Angus, 285

Mac Rae, Duncan, 302

Mac Rae, Farquhar, 285

Mac Rae, John, 284

Mac Raes’ March, the, 301, 302

Mac Ranald, Allan, of Lundie, 319

Magersfontein, Battle of, 94, 122, 134, 135

Maggie Lauder, 179

Malcolm Canmore, 13, 356

March of the Cameron Men, 122, 134, 288

Maryburgh, 277, 281

Matheson, Pipe-Major, 159

Mary Queen of Scots, 21

Mealfourvonie, 320

Meikle Ferry, 272

Melbourne, 296

Melrose Abbey, carvings in, 36

Menteith, Earl of, 347

Menzies, Piper Donald, 219

Menzies, Sir Robert, 271

Menzies, the Clan, 38, 116, 301

Methuen, General Lord, 135

Middleton, Wm., piper, 132

Miserly, Miserable One’s House, the, 324

Mochaster, the Campbells of, 275

_Modern Account of Scotland, A_, 196

_Moladh Mairi_, 355

Monkstad, 248

Montrose, the army of, 127

_Mor Nighean Alasdair Mhic Ruaraidh_, 306

Morton, Earl of, 117

Mozart, 77

_Much Ado About Nothing_, 49

Mull, Harper of, 22

Mull, Island of, 248, 249, 270, 318, 327

Munlochy, 278

Munro, Neil, 89

Munroe, Wm., of Achany, 341

_Music of the Highland Clans_, 267

_Musical Memoirs of Scotland_, 36, 163, 267

Mutiny, the Indian, 125, 138, 141

My Faithful Fair One, 139

Napier, historian, 129

Naples, a musician of, 64

Napoleon, a story of, 140

Nativity, Catholic tradition of, 32

Nero, contorniate of, 33

Nether Lochaber, 324

Neukomm, the Chevalier, 85

Nevis, the River, 248

Newcastle, Scottish army at, 117

New College, Oxford, 39

New Testament in Gaelic, 14

Nineveh, sculptures in, 32

Nith, the River, 277

Noah, the story of, 30

Northampton, Earl of, 196

North British Fusiliers, the, 117

Northern Meeting, the, 282, 284

North Inch of Perth, battle of, 40

Northumberland, Duchess of, 189

Northumberland, the piper of, 189

Norwich, carvings in, 156

Novogorod, Archbishop of, 63

Nubar Pasha and pipes, 220

Ogilvie, Mrs., poem by, 230

_Old Mortality_, quotation from, 188

Olrig, parish of, 242

Omdurman, battle of, 154

Osborne, Queen Victoria’s funeral from, 154

Ossian, 20, 50

Ossianic poetry, 14, 54, 273

Paderewski, 82, 97

_Peblis to the Play_, 41

Peingowen, the farm of, 269

Peninsular War, pipers in, 129

Pennant, references from, 35

Pentland’s, Satanic dance on, 224

Periwig Reel, the, 360

Perth, pipers of, 51, 171

Perth, competition at, 281

Perthshire, expedition into, 20

Peterhead, superstition at, 226

Pesth, piping at, 64

Pibroch o’ Donuil Dhu, 321

Picts, the, 54

Pictou, a Mac Kay died at, 273

Pifferari, the Italian, 64

Philiphaugh, Battle of, 127, 326

Piper’s Pule, the, 127

Piper’s Stone, the, 128

Piper’s Warning, the, 92

Pinkie, Battle of, 347

Pondicherry, fighting at, 121

_Popular Gaelic Songs_, 315

_Popular Tales of the West Highlands_, 105

Port Novo, fighting at, 120

Prestonpans, Battle of, 52, 118, 347

Priesthood, the Celtic, 19

Prince Edward Island, 274

Prince of Wales, the piper to, 164

Prince’s Salute, the, 105

Princess of Thule, the, 165

Procopius, historian, 15, 35

_Provincial Poets_, 173

Puebla Heights, pipes at, 128

_Punch_, a joke from, 205

Quatre Bras, Battle of, 131, 132, 340

Quebec, Battle of, 119

Quhale, the clan, 40, 228

Quinish, in Mull, 22

Quintillianus, Aristides, 35

Ralph, Julian, war correspondent, 93, 96

Ramsay, Allan, 328

Ramsay, P. A., 22

Ranald, the clan, 24, 26, 271

Rankins, hereditary pipers, 275

Rannoch, dispute about, 343;
the Menzies of, 271;
a school in, 275

_Raonull Mac Ailean Oig_, 363

_Raoghull Odhar_, a cowardly piper, 126

Reay Country, pipers from, 132, 135, 272;
college in, 273

_Records of Argyll_, 240

_Redgauntlet_, story from, 252

Reel o’ Tulloch, the, 213, 261, 357

Reformation, the, 42

Reid, James, piper, 118, 121

Reid, Jamie, piper, 172

Retreat, meaning of, 140

Reveille, meaning of, 139

Richard II., 40

Richborough Castle, carvings at, 34

Richmond and Gordon, Duke of, 125, 285

Ripon Cathedral, carvings in, 156

Ritchie, Alexander A., poet, 166

Ritchie, James, piper, 176

Robertson, Hugh, pipe-maker, 52

Rob Roy, 12, 153, 261

Rob Roy’s Lament, 355

Rogart, the parish of, 342

Romans, the, 15;
pipes among, 34

Rome, Italian shepherds in, 157

Rory _Mòr’s_ Lament, 330

Rosehall, estate of, 235

Ross, a Breadalbane piper, 165

Ross, Duncan, 103, 107

Rosslyn Chapel, carvings in, 44, 156, 226

Ross, William, piper, 103, 154, 284

Ross-shire Buffs, the, 129

Rout of Moy, the, 266, 315

Royal Highlanders, 125, 133, 134, 137, 138, 154, 160, 220

Royal Scots Fusiliers, the, 117, 137

Royal Scots, the, 137, 159

Rutherglen, tradition of, 256

_Rutherglen and Cathkin_, 256

_Ruaraidh Dall_, 21, 28

Sarasate, 97

Scale of the pipes, peculiarities of, 77, 89

_Scottish Gael_, Logan’s, 267

_Scottish Life and Character_, 221

Scott, Sir Walter, 39, 147, 178, 180, 188, 287, 288, 297, 317, 321, 331

Scots Guards, the, 137

Scripture, pipes in, 31

Seaforth, Colonel Mac Kenzie of, 281, 282

Seaforth Highlanders, 121, 137, 135

Seaforth, Lord, 285

Sheriffmuir, Battle of, 42, 324, 347

Sheriffmuir March, the, 346

Sharpe, Archbishop, 163, 195

Shakespeare, 48, 49, 53, 196

Shirt Battle, the, 363

Shon Mac Lean, Weddin’ of, 150

Sister’s Lament for her Brothers, The, 363

Sinclair, George, Earl of Caithness, 337

Sinclair, George, of Kiess, 337

Sinclair, Sir John, 338

Skye, stories of, 90, 233, 239, 214, 248, 319, 327

Skye, pipers from, 132, 138

Skye, funeral in, 153

Skye, making roads in, 155

Skye, college in, 165, 262

Skye, island of, 267

Smith, Sydney, 193

Snizort, Loch, 248

Somerled’s Lament, 76

South African War, pipes in, 93

Spenser, 48

Staffa, 271

St. Andrews, pipers of, 48, 162

Stewart, Donald, of Invernayle, 347

Stewart, James, piper, 134

Stewart, The March of Clan, 346

Stewart, W., Stirling, 50

Stevenson, R. L., 288, 293

Stirling, a complaint from, 162

Stirling, court case at, 50

St. Giles, honouring, 48

St. James’s Palace, pipes in, 42

St. Patrick, 19

Strathglass, the village of, 198

Strath-Conan, 280

Strathpeffer, 278

Strathspey, tradition of, 358

Stuart, Royal House of, 346

_Suarachan_, story of, 303

Sutherland, Duke of, 71

Sutherland, Earl of, 341

Sutherlandshire, Mac Kays from, 272

Sutherlandshire, stories of, 234, 253

Sutherland, William, piper, 285

Sutherland Rifle Volunteers, 294

Sydney, New South Wales, 296

Sydney Scottish Volunteers, 296

Syme, Geordie, piper, 172

Sysa, the Well of, 242

_Tales of the West Highlands_, 238

Tam o’ Shanter, 201, 223

Tannahill, poet, 22, 99

Tarsus, excavations in, 32

Tattoo, meaning of, 139

Temple, services of the, 32

Thackeray, 196

Theocritus, 32

_Thogail nam bo_, 331

Thomason, Major-General, 109, 110, 111

_Tigh Bhroinein_, 325

Tobermory, a native of, 212

Tomnahurich, 238

Tongue, competition in, 209

Tongue, college at, 132

Tongue, pipers from, 131, 132

Too Long in this Condition, 323

Trotternish, 332

Tullich, Aberdeenshire, 357

Tulloch, Strathspey, 358

Tullochgorum, 73

Tweed, the River, 176

Tyrol, pibroch from the, 55

_Uamh an Oir_, 248

Uist, North, 26

Ulva, the Island of, 270

Up an’ Waur them a’, Willie, 139

Up in the Morning’s no for me, 139

Ure, Duncan, piper, 162

Victoria, Queen, 133, 154, 277, 279, 280, 281

Vimiera, Battle of, 129

Vittoria, Battle of, 128, 129

Wales, harpers of, 21

Wallace, William, piper, 163

Wandering Willie’s Tale, 252

War or Peace, 76, 131, 132, 363

Waterloo, pipers at, 128, 131, 143

Water of Leith, pipers of, 49, 162

Watsone, Richard, piper, 162

Wauchope, General, 94

We Return no More, 261

Whittier, quotation from, 146

_Whistlebinkie_, 166, 202

Whistle ower the lave o’t, 224

Whyte, Henry, 330, 357, 364

Wick, the Water of, 337

Winchester School, arms of, 39

Wigton, 171

Windsor, presentation at, 133

Windsor, Queen’s Funeral at, 154

Wives of this Glen, 335, 338

Women of this Glen, 93

Woo’d an’ Married an’ a’, 141

Woodward, Richard, piper, 47

Worcester, Battle of, 324

Wotherspoon, James, piper, 133, 138

Yarmouth, carvings at, 44

Yha, the clan, 228

York Minster, pipes in, 159

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected obvious typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Retained archaic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_.