Publisher's Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1889 edition. Excerpt: ...for the Major's brothers, and begged with them to prevail with the Major to leave his country. The brothers answered my Lord--" That all the neighbouring countrys were very much surprised of his bad treatment of their brother, who ventered his all for his lordship, when no Fraser alive would, considering that he pays his duty as punctually as any man in your country." Ho'wever his Lordship insisted that of necessity he behoved to remove, assigning no reason for it. Then the brothers called the Major, and told him what had passed. The Major answered that--" Since I must remove, my oldest son wants a possession, and since he will be nothing but a countryman, let your Chief give him my possession; and upon those terms I'll cede my possession; and on no other terms." This being reported to his Lordship, he immediatly condescended to give him three years of that possession purposly to have his father out of the country. The Major then, not knowing of any country possession, had no other shift but to go and live within the town of Inverness, with his numerous family, children and grandchildren, for the benefit of their education. He having no rents, was necessitate to take up a publick house, which was entirely against his graine. But necessity has no law; and where he has continued now near eight years. When he had spent the little stock he had upon his family in that place, which was all owing to his Chief for removing him first out of his wadsett, and forcing him next out of his country. And had his persecution ended with this, it had been less matter, but after the Major was settled at Inverness, he entered a prosecution against him for the small intromissions he had by his factory (as I said before) the Major finding he was not able to go...
