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Title: The true story book
Year: 1893 (1890s)
Authors: Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912
Subjects: History Adventure and adventurers
Publisher: London New York : Longmans, Green

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t and Morar; Loch Morar, a freshwater loch, cutsoff the peninsula of the same name from Arisaig, and this again isseparated from Moidart by Lochs Nanuagh and Aylort, and LochShiel separates the whole group from Ardnainurchan in the south.The wild, inaccessible nature of the country, the deep valleys andmany rocky hollows in the hills offered many hiding-places ; but aglance at the map will show that a vigilant enemy by stationingmen of war in all the lochs and drawing a cordon of soldiers fromthe head of Loch Hourn to the head of Loch Shiel, could draw thenet so tightly that escape would be nearly impossible. In these first days of July, however, the search was still chieflyconfined to the Long Island and Skye, and Charles got a clear startof his enemies. On July 5, in the early morning, he and his faith-ful Mackinnons landed at a place named Mallach on Loch Nevis,and spent the next three days in the open. They were in a good CO rt f- to ... \>N 7 ,; <^Ito^M^ Ss w ^irf^J^^.—^M
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I :-- 02 PRINCE CHARLIES WANDERINGS deal of perplexity as to their next movements, and when Charleslearned that old Clanrariald was staying in the neighbourhood, atthe home of his kinsman Scothouse, he sent to ask his adviceand help, expecting confidently to find the old faithful kindnessthat had helped him in Uist. But the old gentleman had hadenough of danger and suffering in the Princes cause ; his sonwas a fugitive, his brother a prisoner, he himself was in hiding.The sudden appearance of Mackinnon startled him into a state ofnervous terror, and he declared querulously that he could do nomore nor knew anyone else who could give any help. Mackinnonreturned indignant and mortified, but the Prince received the newsphilosophically, Well, Mr. Mackinnon, we must do the best wecan for ourselves. It was the first rebuff he had met with ; but a day or two later hefound the same lukewarm spirit in Mr. Macdonald of Morar, a formerfriend. The poor man had had his house burnt over hi

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