Scotland/Scots > Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

WESTERN ISLANDS, &c. 69
down the convexity of the lower ftone, and
by the motion of the upper is ground in its
' paflage. Thefe (lones are found in Loch-
abar.
The Iflands afford few pleafures, except
jjto the hardy fportfman, who can tread the
1moor and climb the mountain. The dif-
ift-ance of one family from another, in a
ficountry where travelling has fo much diffi-
^jculty, makes frequent intercourfe imprac-
Iticable. Vifits laft feveral days, and are
tjcommonly paid by water ; yet I never faw
| a boat furnifhed with benches, or made
^commodious by any addition to the firft
ifabrick. Conveniencies are not milled
| where they never were enjoyed.
The folace v/hich the bagpipe can give
1 they have long enjoyed ; but among other
I changes, which the laft Revolution intro-
jiduced, the ufe of the bagpipe begins to
^!be forgotten. Some of the chief families
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