Ossian Collection > Journey to the western islands of Scotland

WESTERN ISLANDS, &c. 303
neceflities. Several arts which make trades,
and demand apprenticefhlps in great cities,
are here the practices of daily economy.
In every houfe candles are made, both
moulded and dipped. Their wicks are fmall
fhreds of linen cloth. They all know how
to extrad from the Cuddy, oil for their
lamps. They all tan Ikins, and make
brogues.
As we travelled through Sky, we faw
many cottages, but they very frequently
ftood fingle on the naked ground. In Col^
where the hills opened a place convenient
for habitation, we found a petty village, of
which every hut had a little garden adjoin-
ing ; thus they made an appearance of focial
commerce and mutual offices, and of fome
attention to convenience and future fupply.
There is not in the Wejlcrn IJlands any col-
ledion of buildings that can make preten-
fions to be called a town, except in the Ifle
of Lcii'isy which I have not feen,
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