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day more and more desperate, that he was sur- rounded by enemies, and in continual danger of     falling into their hands, consented to follow the advice given him by Sullivan of yielding to his misfortunes, so far as to consult his own safety. He therefore resolved to go in quest of a boat, to     carry him over to the island of Lewis, where he      entertained some hopes of finding a vessel to      transport him to France. When they reached the sea shore, they could find no boats, as the M' Donalds of Clanronald's family had seized on     all they could meet with, in order to transport themselves to South Uist and the boats were not yet returned. This obliged them to retire to the mountains, in which they wandered about for three days and nights. A boat, however, returning from South Uist, to fetch more of their people that were missing, Charles; who observed it, immediately hastened to the shore, and raising a     signal, the crew, who imagined that it was made by some of their party in distress, put into a small creek to the westward of Barrisdale, and taking him and his party on board, sailed directly to     South Uist; and night coming on, they were soon out of sight. Being out at sea, some of the crew proposed to     sail towards a small island called Canna, lying to      the westward of Mull, and Charles knowing that