Ossian Collection > Description of the Western Islands of Scotland

The Contents. xxi
The antient and modern Cuftomsof the hhabi-
tants of the IVejlern ijles of Scotland. loi — 1 23
Courts of Ju4icatorjj ojfe^five and defenfive
LeagueSy the Formality of giving a Farm to a.
Tenant, 124, 125
Church-Difcipline. A Form of Prajer ufed bj
the 1 /landers at Sea^ 1 26 1 30
The Ifle of Skie, its Etpnology^ Situation^ Shire^
Diocefs^ South-Eaft Moon caufeth high Tide. 1^1
Mold, Earths variom, their ' Effe^s ; Marca-
fttes, Jggat, Chrjfialj Marble, Ltmefione, Cor-
nua Ammonis. 152, i^j
Velumnities, Stone refembling Goats Horns,
l^apis Herticus, its Qualities. 134
Corkir, Crotil, Talk, i^^
Harbours, Mountains. i^^—i^g
The Mountain Quillin the Cdufe of Rain', Soil
very good, from fever al Inflances. 1 ? 9
Digging yields a better Increafe than ploughing ;
Springs and Fountains, their Qualities. Some are
under a Foiv of coming to Lochfiant Well ; an Of-
fering is left on the Stones above the Well. 1 40
The Wood near the Well efleemed f acred ; a Trout
carefully preferv'^d. Thirty Rivers afford Salmon;
Pearl, 141
Prognoflick of Rain ; Bait and Seafonfor angling
Trout ; a frejb Lake, .iffords Pearl ; this Jfle an-
tiently covn'^d witlf Wood, fame Coppices. 142
Herring in feveral Bays, all kind of Fijh follow
them ; all Fijh have a Leader, J firange Obferva-
tion of Herring ; Herring prefer v^d without Salt.
All Fifh abound on this Coafi ; the Seafon for fifh-
ing; feveral forts of Bait. 14^, 144
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