i. 12;

their origin discussed--history, religion, &c., and writers upon the Pictish controversy, in chap. II., vol. i. 16-48.

Pipe music, and collections of, ii. 107, 205.

Pitcalnie, Ross of, and Balnagowan--their claims to the chiefship, ii. 237.

Pitmedden, eminent Scottish house, ii. 606.

Pitt, William, his eulogy of the Highland soldiers (1776), (note), ii. 345.

Plaid, Highland, opinions about, i. 300.

Plate, centre-piece of (78th), engraving of, ii. 691; mess plate of 91st, 754; centre-piece of, 93rd, engraving of, 801.

Plough, engraving of an old Scotch, ii. 9.

Poetry, influence on Highlanders, i. 315.

Pondicherry, expedition against, ii. 573.

Potatoes introduced into Scotland, ii. 52.

Presbyterians, toleration granted to, i. 340; unite with Jacobites for James, 386.

Preston, England, battle of, i. 453; its surrender to General Wills, 455.

Prestonpans, battle of, i. 554; plan and map of battle-field, 561.

Pretender, the, son of James II., birth of, i. 341; a reward offered for his apprehension, 424; banished from France, 480; Russia and Sweden unite to restore him, 481; he leaves Bologna--his plans on the death of George I., 501; suggestion that he should visit England, 504; resigns his rights to Prince Charles Edward, 527.

Pro rege et patria (“for king and country”), motto of the Camerons, &c., ii. 217.

Pyrenees, battles among the (42nd), ii. 386; (71st), 499; (74th), 587; (79th), 704; (91st), 729; (92nd), 760.

Quatre Bras, the action here, June 16, 1815 (_see_ 42nd), ii. 394; the 79th, 706; the 91st, 730; the 92nd, 763.

Quebec, siege of, in 1759, ii, 460.

Queen’s Hut, the inscriptions on, in the lines of the 91st at Aldershot, ii. 745.

Queen’s Own Cameron Highlanders. _See_ 79th, ii. 697.

Quern, the Highland handmill, with an illustration, ii. 18.

Quhadder vil ze (“whither will you?”), motto of (Lord Innermeath), Stewarts of Lorn, ii. 299.

Raglan, Lord, commander-in-chief in the Crimea in 1854, &c., ii. 409, 417.

Ranald, Clan, their descent, ii. 147.

Reay, Lord, joins the Covenanters, ii. 269.

Rebels of 1715, their trial (1716), i. 477.

Rebels of 1745, their trial in 1746, i. 722.

Redan, attack on the, 1855, ii. 714.

Red Feather of the Fraser Highlanders (note), ii. 470.

Red Heckle of the 42nd, ii. 361.

Reestle, plough of the Hebrides, ii. 10.

Regiments, Highland, their number and histories, ii. 321.

Reid, Major, afterwards General, as a musician (note), ii. 347.

Rent, its nature in the Highlands, i. 322; ii. 6, 8; Highland mode of paying in the 18th century, i. 322; ii. 8.

Rents, raising of, causes of emigration, ii. 47.

Residency, the, its inmates in Lucknow (1858)--its defence, ii. 676; Havelock and Outram enter, 678.

“Restoration Regiment,” the, at Sheriffmuir, i. 461.

Restoration, state of Scotland before the, i. 297; condition of Highlands before, 298.

Reynell, Sir Thomas, Bart., his portrait on steel as colonel of the 71st, ii. 479.

Roads, Roman, in the Highlands, i. 13; construction of them by Wade, 490; the Highland roads in 1750, ii. 30.

Robbery (highway), its rarity in the Highlands, i. 321.

Robertson of Struan, “poet chieftain,” i. 411.

Robertsons, or Clan Donnachie, their history, arms, and motto, ii. 169, 172.

Rob Roy, or Robert Macgregor, his portrait and history, ii. 245; his first emergence into notice, i. 405; he is summoned to Edinburgh, 427; his dastardly conduct at Sheriffmuir, 465; his five sons, 249.

Rodrigo, the siege of (1812) (74th), ii. 580.

Roleia, battle of (71st), ii. 489.

Roman Invasion, effects on Caledonia, i. 13.

Roman wall, Hadrian’s, i. 9; Antonine’s, 10.

Romans in Britain, i. 3; they abandon it, 13; their departure, 56.

Rory Dall, famous harper in Skye, ii. 109.

Rory Mòr, a traditional hero, ii. 193.

Rose or Ross of Kilravock, ii. 237.

Rose, Hugh, his strenuous defence of Kilravock in 1715, i. 457.

Rose, Sir Hugh (Lord Strathnairn), he presents new colours to the “Black Watch,” ii. 424; his command of the 92nd, 769; his command in India, 749.

“Rosg Ghuill,” or War Song of Gaul, ii. 84.

Ross, Alexander, Earl of, his strange submission, ii. 140.

Ross or Anrios, Clan, their history, arms, and motto, ii. 235.

Ross, Earldom disputed in 1411, i. 69; forfeiture of, in 1476, ii. 232.

Ross, Earl of (1642), his rebellion and assassination of, i. 77; his successor surrenders, 78.

Ross, Queen Victoria’s piper, his collection of pipe music, ii. 107.

Rossdhu Castle, Old, engraving, ii. 289.

Ross-shire, Invasion of, by Donald, Lord of the Isles, i. 69; retreat of Montrose into, 245.

“Ross-shire Buffs” or 78th Highlanders, _see_ 78th, ii. 617.

Royal Highland Emigrant Regiment, or Old 84th, ii. 565; Flora Macdonald’s husband in it, 704 (note).

Royalists and Covenanters, treaty between, i. 258; and General Leslie, agreement between, 285; condemnation of at Perth, 237; levy of men for, 257; surprised at Dalveny, 263.

Royal Ribbon, the, i. 169.

“Roy’s Wife of Aldivalloch,” written by Mrs Grant of Carron, ii. 255.

Russell, Dr, his account of the battle of Balaklava, ii. 786.

Russia, expedition against (1854), ii. 546; the Emperor Alexander’s curiosity about the Highland soldiers, 708.

Ruthven Castle, i. 104; besieged, 107; taken by Leslie, 252; taken by Mackenzie of Pluscardine, 262; besieged by Dundee, 358.

Salamanca, battle of (1812)--(74th), ii. 583; (79th), 702.

San Sebastian, assault of, ii. 386, 588.

Sans peur (“without fear”), motto of clan Sutherland, &c., ii. 272.

Savendroog, stormed in 1791 (71st), ii. 486; (72nd), 528.

Scenery, Highland, i. 3; and Introduction, xiii.-xxxvi.

Scone, coronation stone at, i. 49-57; Charles II. crowned at, 288.

Scotland, invasion of, by Agricola, i. 6; state of, after departure of the Romans, 33; Anglo-Saxon colonisation of, 56; state of, before the Restoration, 297; state of, after the death of Dundee, 386.

Scoto-Irish kings, i. 34; chronological table of, from 503 to 843, 48.

Scots, first mentioned in connection with Scotland, i. 20; in Ireland, 33.

Scots Greys at Sheriffmuir battle, i. 462.

Scott, Sir Walter, extract from his “Lady of the Lake” (note), i. 303; his song of “Bonnie Dundee,” 350; his original of Fergus M’Ivor, 732; his early works and their spirit, 774; his mention of the Camerons, ii. 702.

Scottish Kings, chronological table of, from 843 to 1097 A.D., i. 58.

Seaforth, Colin, 4th Earl of (1690), his escape, surrender, and imprisonment, i. 392; William, 5th Earl of, his armed strength in 1715, 438; attainted, and his estates forfeited, 478.

Seaforth, Francis Humberston Mackenzie, Baron, his portrait on steel,