They then laid her double over the pummel of the saddle, and transported her through the mosses and moors till the pain of the injury she had suffered in her side, augmented by the uneasiness of her posture, made her consent to sit upright.

In the execution of this crime they stopped at more houses than one, but none of the inhabitants dared interrupt their proceedings.

Amongst others who saw them was that classical and accomplished scholar the late Professor William Richardson of Glasgow, who used to describe as a terrible dream their violent and noisy entrance into the house where he was then residing.

The Highlanders filled the little kitchen, brandishing their arms, demanding what they pleased, and receiving whatever they demanded.

James Mhor, he said, was a tall, stern, and soldier-like man.