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■e field appointed, and th e k in g and his n o b ility affemb led as fpec-
■tors O n re v iew in g the comba tants, one o f th e Clan-Chattan
I f e i z e d w;th a p an n ic) was m iffin g •, when it was p rop o fed , in or-
K r to form a p arity o f n umb ers , th a t one o f the Clan-Kay ih o u ld
withdraw; b u t fu ch wa s the fp ir it o f th a t b ra v e p eo p le , th a t n o t
|n e could be p re v a iled on to refign the h ono r and dan ge r o f the
day. A t length one Henry W in d , a fadler, w h o happened ac ci-
leiitaUy to be p refent, offered to fu p p ly the p la c e o f the lo ft M a c-
iittojh, for the fmall fum o f a French crow n o f g o ld . H e wa s a ccepted
s the com b a t b eg an , and Henry fa ir ly earned his p a y , fo r
by his prowefs, v i f to r y de clared i t fe lf in fa v o r o f his p a r ty . O f
Jhat o f Clan-Chattan o n ly ten and th e v o lu n te e r were le f t a liv e , and
■very one o f them d an g e rou d y wounded. O f the Clan-Kay o n ly
One furvived, w h o d e c lin in g fo unequa l a com b a t, flu n g h im fe lf
into the 'ZVy, an d fw am o v e r u nwoun ded to the op p oflte ih o r e * .
B Ride over the b r id g e o f P e r th , the moft b e a u tifu l f t ru ftu r e o f P e r t h b ridgb .
S h e kind in W orth-B rita in, de fign ed and ex e cu ted b y M r . Smeton.
Its length is nine hundred f e e t ; the breadth (th e o n ly b lem ilh )
Kwenty-two w ith in the parapets. T h e piers are fo u n d ed ten fe e t
jbeneath the bed o f the r iv e r , u p on o aken and beechen p ile s , and
¡the ftones laid in p u zza la jie , and cramped w ith iron. T h e n umb er
R e f arches n in e ; p f w h ich the centre is fe v en ty -fiv e fe e t in diameter.
■This noble work opens a coipmunication with all the different great
Broads of the kingdom, and was completed at the expence of twenty-
■fix thoufand pounds: of this the commiffioners of forfeited eftates,
■ by his Majefty’s permiffion, gave eleven thoufand; P e r th , two;
* Buchanan, lib. X. c. 2, 3*
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