"The whole country will be so utterly desolated and depopulated that the crow of a cock shall not be heard north of Druim-Uachdair; the people will emigrate to Islands now unknown (...) after which the people will then return. "

"The day will come when the Mackenzies will lose all their possessions in Lochalsh, after which it will fall into the hands of an Englishman, who shall be distinguished by great liberality to his people, and lavish expenditure of money. He will have one son and two daughters; and, after his death, the property will revert to the Mathesons, its original possessors, who will build a... "

"When two false teachers shall come across the seas who will revolutionize the religion of the land, and nine bridges shall span the river Ness, the Highlands will be overrun by ministers without grace and women without shame. "

"The day will come, however distant, when 'Cnoc na Rath' will be in the centre of the village. "

"The day will come when there shall be a laird of Tulloch who will kill four wives in succession, but the fifth shall kill him. "

"The day will come when a fox will rear a litter of cubs on the hearthstone of Castle Downie. "