Jenny, who abetted the same cause as strenuously as the most fiery zealots among them, now doubled her diligence. She was continually riding about from clan to clan, with messages and advices from one gentleman to another, animating and spiriting up the chiefs to act with vigour and resolution upon this important occasion. And, upon the intelligence that the young Chevalier was actually landed in one of the Western Islands, waited on Donald Cameron of Lochiel, the chief of the Clan of Cameron, a strenuous asserter of the Pretender's interests. To him Jenny paid her respects in so particular a manner, that, by her incitement, he was one of the first that sent his people to join the young Pretender, headed by our heroine, while the rebels were on their march to Perth; the aid Jenny brought were two hundred stout fellows, and a hundred fat bullocks; with a promise of a further supply of men and cattle; and small presents of refreshments for the Chevalier himself.

The reception our heroine received from the Pretender was such, that she thought herself the happiest woman under the sun; caressed and admired by the man whose esteem she so highly valued ; loved and respected by the officers and soldiers, and

was equal (in her own thoughts) to a princess of the first rank. Nor was the chevalier less pleased with her wit and agreeable conversation. Jenny, indeed, was now in the six and fortieth year of her age, and though there was a visible decay in the beauties of her person, there were no less improvements in the excellences of her mind. Her wit was no longer a flash, and then extinct, but a fire continually burning; her natural good sense was matured into a solid judgment, and gave her a very comprehensive knowledge of mankind.

While the rebels lay at Perth, Jenny employed herself in visiting the ladies of the town, and in receiving visits from them; and having an admirable talent at fishing out secrets, she soon had a perfect information of things that related to her master's concerns, and became acquainted with the principles of every gentleman in the place. When the rebels broke up from Perth, they directed their course to Dumblain, and with little interruption marched to Edinburgh, which they attacked and gained possession of, Jenny with her sturdy Camerons being very forward in this service. The battle of Prestonpans soon followed, in which the rebels were victorious, and Jenny distinguished herself in a particu

lar manner. After the battle was over, the Pretender and his army marched back to Edinburgh, and laid siege to the castle; but the governor, General Guest, soon convinced them they had to do with a man who knew his duty, and was not to be frightened out of it by big words or threatening messages. The rebels finding all their attempts upon the castle fruitless, broke up the blockade, retired out of town, and encamped at Dalkeith; from thence they proceeded to Carlisle, which they took possession of, Jenny all along accompanying the fortunes of the young chevalier; but, on some dissention breaking out in their councils, the rebels made a hasty retreat into Scotland, bending their course towards Stirling, pursued by General Blakeney at the head of the royalists, when it happened that Miss Jenny and Lady Ogilvie, being in a coach at some distance from the main body of the rebels, were met by some of the opposite party, and carried off before they could be rescued; and were conveyed with the utmost expedition to Edinburgh, then in possession of the royalists, when Miss Jenny was lodged in the castle, where she lay confined from the middle of January, 1745, until the November following; when, upon her petition to the governor, setting forth

her bad state of health, she was admitted to bail. The battle of Culloden decided the fate of the Pretender and his party; and it was with extreme difficulty the Chevalier made his escape to France, after encountering the greatest difficulties.

This extraordinary female died in the year 1790.