Ossian Collection > Description of the Western Islands of Scotland

xxii The Contents.
The Bays^ &c. aford various Shell-ffh ', great
plenty of Oyflers. Nurfes Milk hotv to increafe.
'Jaundice occafiorPd by eating the Patella ; Obferva-
tions of the Patella. 145, 146
Of the Balamos, Periwinkle^ Cockles, &c. Ob-
fervation of Fijb. 147
Sea Plants, their Qualities ; Sleef to procure ;
Megrim how cured. SLMe its Qualities. 148
Dulfe, its Properties \ of the Alga Marina.
149
White and red Coral, their Fffetis ; a Cave pe-
trifies Water. 150
Several Caves,. Cairns^ Stones fet on end ; the
Giant Fin-Mac-Cowl. 1^1,152
Danifh Forts ferve as Beacons, Names of FortSy
Houfes, Druids Houfes^ Coal lately founds Cattle,
A Cow how impos'^d upon by the Skin of her dead
Calf, and how pacify d. Cows how deter"* d from
any place. Cows dijtinguifh the Tides without fight:
of the Sea. Cows how they pre/age their Mafler'^s
Death. A Native being kilfd, his Cows gave
Blood injiead of Milk about that very time. 155,
156
A monflrous Calf; a Cow brought forth five
Calves all at once. A Calf with double Feet ;
Calves havi?ig the Ear flit. Land and fVater-
Fowly the difference betwixt good and bad Cormo-
rants, their Broth refiores Milk in Nurfes, they fore- .
tell tht^ Winds. Obfervation of the Oil of Land
and Sea-Fawl, and of the St. Kilda Fowl. Sea-Pje
prefages fair Weather. 157,158
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