_Citadel of Leith, September 7th, 1747._
_P.S._--By the same hand I have sent a letter to that valuable and
faithful gentleman, Kingsburgh, with whom you may compare notes.[148]
[148] See f. 856.
[Sidenote: 7 Sept.]
_September 7th._--Donald MacLeod when at supper spoke much in
commendation of Ned Burk as being an honest, faithful, trusty
fellow.[149] He said in the event of a R[evoluti]on Ned would
carry a chair no more; for he was persuaded the Prince would
settle an hundred pounds sterling a year upon Ned during life.
And he could affirm it for a truth that not any man whatsomever
deserved it better. Meantime Donald added that Ned, though true
as steel, was the rough man, and that he used great freedoms;
for he had seen him frequently [Sidenote: _fol._ 326.] at _Deel
speed the leers_ with the Prince, who humour'd the joke so well
that they would have _flitten together like twa kail wives_,
which made the company to laugh and be merry when otherwise they
would have been very dull.
[149] See f. 281.