R. L. S. here sketches for his father the plan of the work on
Highland history which they had discussed together in the preceding
summer, and which Principal Tulloch had urged him to attempt.
_Hotel Belvedere, Davos [December 12, 1880]._
MY DEAR FATHER,--Here is the scheme as well as I can foresee. I begin
the book immediately after the '15, as then began the attempt to
suppress the Highlands.