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individuals, which is the cause of several discrepancies. In the first case the number of men or officers (they are generally mentioned as the latter) is variously stated as 12, 14, 16, or 17, 18, and 19 - and, in these accounts, where the spot is mentioned, they state that the prisoners were placed up against the park wall - certainly a more likely object than this stone for the purpose and quite convenient; but, as the exact part of the wall is not mentioned, it may be as well to write the remark to the stone, and, add the word "near". These accounts also differ as to the day being Friday or Saturday, and also state that the prisoners were confined in byres, grieves-house, and offices - but do not mention the dungeon. Perhaps, however, the account given by the proprietor, coming, as it does, from a man who was there at the time, is more to be relied upon than those other conflicting accounts in Bishop Forbes' works - although some of these are certainly very precise - although evidently written from hearsay. On the property of Arthur Forbes Esq. of Culloden.