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the inhabitants were Roman Catholics, approved off the motion. Here they landed, and were re- ceived by the people with great hospitality; from whence they proceeded to South Uist, where af- ter having undergone many hardships; he was conducted by Flora M Donald, disguised in wo- women's apparel to the Laird of M' Kinnon's house, where she left him, and returned home. After this he underwent many hardships and narrow escapes; he and Lochiel embarked on the 20th of September, in a privateer of St. Malo, ordered by Sheridan and some other adherents, having set Sail for France, they passed unseen, under cover of a thick fog, through a British squadron, and after being chased by two English ships of war, he arrived in France where he re- mained till the peace of Aix-la-Chapelle, was con- cluded in 1748, when he was Exiled from France, and repaired to Avigon, where he was received with extraordnary honours by the Pope's Legate, at this place however he remained only a few months, and then went to Leige, and assumed the title of Baron de Montgomerie. About the Year 1757, he settled at Bouillon, in a town in France, where he resided till the death of his father, when he went to Rome In the begining of the year 1766 soon after the death of his father, Charles returned to