Excerpt from Allan Breck, Vol. 3 of 3 Ed. Of the guilt of the chief no doubt could be entertained. He had led his clan in the rebellion, and he was known to have done so. He was therefore, being beyond the reach of personal punishment, declared a traitor, and his lands escheated to the crown. Nevertheless the lands were neither transferred by grant, nor disposed of by sale, to any other proprietor, but a commission was appointed to receive the rents, which were handed in, like other revenues arising from taxation, to the treasury. Finally, an agent or steward was nominated, on whom the charge of superintending such collections should devolve, and who in his general dealings with the tenantry was understood to supply the place, and take upon himself the duties, of a proprietor or landlord. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.