{160} Colonel Grant replied he had never heard the name before.

Inverawe then told his story.

Most of the officers were present at the time; some were impressed, others were inclined to look upon the whole thing as a joke, but seeing how very much disturbed Inverawe was about it all, even the most unbelieving refrained from bantering him.
In 1758 an expedition was to be directed against Ticonderoga, on Lake George, a fort erected by the French.

The Highlanders were to form part of this expedition.

The force was under Major-General Abercromby.
Ticonderoga was called by the French St.Louis [really "Fort Carillon"], and Inverawe knew it by no other name.