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115108092.23.Pdf National Library of Scotland ItlfllliHH*6000273537* MORE LEAVES. 4S77 MORE LEAVES FROM THE JOURNAL A LIFE IN THE HIGHLANDS FROM 1862 TO 1882. NEW EDITION. LONDON: SMITH, ELDER, & CO., 15 WATERLOO PLACE. 1885. [.All rights reserved.] v 3-3^DE2' - \ 13 76^ ; PREFACE. The little volume “Our Life in the Highlands,” published fifteen years ago, with its simple records of the never-to-be-forgotten days spent with him “ who made the writer’s life bright and happy,” was received with a warmth of sympathy and interest which was very gratifying to her heart. The kind editor of that volume is no longer here to advise and help her, though friendly assistance has not been wanting on the present occasion. But remem- bering the feeling with which that little book was received, the writer thinks that the present volume may equally evoke sympathy, as, while describing a very altered life, it shows how her sad and suffering heart was soothed and cheered by the excursions and incidents it recounts, as well as by the simple mountaineers, from whom she learnt many a lesson of resignation and faith, ( Vi ) in the pure air and quiet of the beautiful High- lands. The writer wishes at the same time to express her gratitude to those who are mentioned through- out this volume for the devotion and kindness which contributed so much to her enjoyment of the varied scenes and objects of interest of which these pages contain the unpretending record. Osborne : December 22, 1883. TO MY LOYAL HIGHLANDERS AND ESPECIALLY TO THE MEMORY OF MY DEVOTED PERSONAL ATTENDANT AND FAITHFUL FRIEND JOHN BROWN THESE RECORDS OF MY WIDOWED LIFE IN SCOTLAND AKE GRATEFULLY DEDICATED VICTORIA R. I. CONTENTS. Building of the Prince’s Cairn 21 Aug. 1862 1 Visit to the Old Cairn on the Prince’s Birth- day 26 Aug. 1862 3 First Visit to the Prince’s Cairn after its Completion 19 May 1863 4 Visit to Blair 15 Sept. 1863 5 Carriage Accident 7 Oct. 1863 8 Unveiling of the Prince’s Statue at Aber- deen 13 Oct. 1863 12 Expedition to Invermark 19 Sept. 1865 19 First Visit to Dunkeld 9 Oct. 1865 23 Second Visit to Dunkeld I Oct. 1866 33 Opening of the Aberdeen Waterworks 16 Oct. 1866 46 Halloween 31 Oct. 1866-7... 4^ Visit to Floors and the Scotch Border Country 20 Aug. 1867 50 Visit to Glenfiddich 24 Sept. 1867 61 Unveiling of the Prince’s Statue at Balmoral 15 Oct. 1867 70 A House-warming at the Glassalt Shiel 1 Oct. 1868 72 “ Juicing the Sheep ” 21 Oct. 1868 75 A Highland “Kirstnin” (Christening) 24 Oct. 1868 77 A Second Christening 1 Nov. 1868 79 Widow Grant 22 Aug. 1869 80 Visit to Invertrossachs 1 Sept. 1869 81 Sheep Clipping 13 June 1870 103 ( x ) Betrothal of Princess Louise to the Marquis of Lome 3 Oct. 1870... Communion Sunday at Crathie 13 Nov. 1871... • los The “Spate” njune 1872... .io8 Visit to Holyrood and Edinburgh 13 Aug. 1872... Visit to Dunrobin 6 Sept. 1872... Dr. Norman Macleod March 1873... Visit to Inverlochy 9 Sept. 1873.., Home-coming of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Edinburgh 29 Aug. 1874 191 Departure of the Prince of Wales from Abergeldie before leaving for India 17 Sept. 1875.., ■•193 Visit to Inveraray 21 Sept. 1875.., •195 Highland Funeral 21 Oct. 1875.., Unveiling of the Statue of the Prince Con- sort at Edinburgh 17 Aug. 1876 219 Presentation of Colours to “ The Royal Scots” 26 Sept. 1876......224 Expedition to Loch Maree 12 Sept. 1877 226 Visit to Broxmouth 23 Aug. 1878 242 Death of Sir Thomas Biddulph at Abergeldie Mains 28 Sept. 1878 252 Memorial Cross to the Princess Alice, Grand Duchess of Hesse 22 May 1879... •255 Death of the Prince Imperial 19 June 1879.., ..257 Home-coming of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Connaught 5 Sept. 1879 262 His Royal Highness the Duke of Con- naught’s Cairn 8 Sept. 1879 264 Visit to the Glen Gelder Shiel 6 Oct. 1879 266 Victory of Tel-el-Kebir and Home-coming of their Royal Highnesses the Duke and Duchess of Albany 11 Sept. 1882 267 Conclusion 272 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Portrait of Her Majesty the Queen To face Title ,, Mr. John Grant ,, page 3 „ H.R.H. the Princess Helena 19 ,, Mr. John Brown 24 . ,, H. R. H. the Princess Louise 33 ,, General Grey 47 ,, Lady Churchill 61 Sharp, the Queen’s Collie 67 View of the Glassalt Shiel 72 Portrait of H.R.H. the Princess Beatrice 113 Noble, the Queen’s Collie 163 Memorial Cross to H.R.H. the Princess Alice 255 View of Glen Gelder Shiel 266 Caledonia ! thou land of the mountain and rock, Of the ocean, the mist, and the wind— Thou land of the torrent, the pine, and the oak, Of the roebuck, the hart, and the hind ! Thou land of the valley, the moor, and the hill, Of the storm and the proud-rolling wave— Yes, thou art the land of fair liberty still And the land of my forefathers’ grave ! The Ettrick Shepherd. A nation famed for song and beauty’s charms,— Zealous yet modest, innocent though free; Patient of toil, serene amidst alarms, Inflexible in faith, invincible in arms. Beattie’s Minstrel. Building of the Prince’s Cairn. Balmoral, Thursday, August 21, 1862. At eleven o’clock started off in the little pony-chair (drawn by the Corriemulzie pony, and led by Brown), Bertie, who had come over from Birkhall, on foot, the two girls on ponies, and the two little boys, who joined us later, for Craig Lowrigarr, and I actually drove in the little carriage to the very top, turning off from the path and following the track where the carts had gone. Grant and Duncan pushed the carriage behind. Sweet Baby (Beatrice) we found at the top. The view was so fine, the day so bright, and the heather so beautifully pink— but no pleasure, no joy ! all dead ! And here at the lop is the foundation of the cairn— forty feet wide—to be erected to my precious Albert, which will be seen all down the valley. I and my poor six orphans all placed stones on it; and our initials, as well as those of the three absent ones, are to be carved on stones all round it. I felt very shaky and nervous. It is to be thirty-five feet high, and the following inscription to be placed on it;—- P ( 2 ) TO THE BELOVED MEMORY OF ALBERT, THE GREAT AND GOOD PRINCE CONSORT, RAISED BY HIS BROKEN-HEARTED WIDOW, VICTORIA R. AUGUST 21, 1862. " HeFor beinghis soul made pleased perfect the in Lord, a short time fulfilled a long time ; AwayTherefore from hastened among the He wicked.” to take him Wisdom of Solomon, iv. 13, 14. Walked down to where the rough road is, and this first short attempt at walking in the heather shook me and tired me much, ( 3 ) Visit to the Old Cairn on the Prince’s Birthday. Balmoral, August 26, 1862. I went out at twelve with the two girls on ponies (I in the little carriage), Bertie on foot. We went to see the obelisk building to His dear memory: Bertie left us there, and we went on round by the village, up Craig- Gowan, in the little carriage, over the heather till we reached near to the old cairn of 1852. Grant said: “I thought you would like to be here to-day, on His birth- day ! ”—so entirely was he of opinion that this beloved day, and even the 14th of December, must not be looked upon as a day of mourning. “ That’s not the light to look at it.” There is so much true and strong faith in these good, simple people. Walked down by the Fog* House, all pink with heather; the day beautifully fine and bright. Scotch for “ Moss.” ( 4 ) First Visit to the Prince’s Cairn after its completion. Balmoral, Tuesday, May 19, 1863. I went out in the little carriage (Donald Stewart leading the pony, as John Brown was unwell) with Lenchen and Dr. Robertson (Grant following), and drove up to the cairn on the top of Craig Lowrigan, which is a fine sharp pyramid admirably constructed out of granite without any mortar. The inscription is very well en- graved and placed. There is a good path made up to the top of the hill. ( 5 ) Visit to Blair, 1863. Balmoral, Tuesday, September 15, 1863. At twenty minutes to eight we reached Perth, where we breakfasted and dressed, and at twenty minutes past nine I left with Lenchen, Augusta Bruce, and General Grey, for Blair, going past Dunkeld, where we had not been since 1844, and which is so beautifully situated, and Pitlochry, through the splendid Pass of Killiecrankie (which we so often drove through in 1844), past Mr. Butter’s place Faskally, on to Blair, having a distant peep at the entrance to Glen Tilt, and Schiehallion, which it made and makes me sick to think of. At the small station were a few people—the poor Duke’s High- landers (keepers), the dear Duchess, Lord Tullibardine, and Captain Drummond of Megginch. The Duchess was much affected, still more so when she got into the carriage with me. Lenchen and the others went in the boat carriage, the one we had gone in not two years ago ! We drove at once to the house which we had visited in such joyful and high spirits October 9, two years ago.
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