Lady Victoria Campbell

" ETHICA " 249
summer gales, during two of which it was impossible
for the cargo-boat to go out to her.
When the pier is built on the spot designated
by our Viking forefathers, the prowess of the
" Lochiel," with its well-tried captain and crew,
will find their efforts crowned with success.
Those who have been born and bred in islands,
to whom a boat by oar or sail is " Home," who
watch, year in and year out, the effect of gales
on this isle, called by our great magician " wild,"
even as he named Coruisk " lone," realise how
much is in a name. They marvel why a pier
should not stand with the application of the latest
engineering science.
Some of the cold water which greets the scheme
proceeds from the artist who fears the motor
might be landed ! This would indeed be a shock
to the maternal " Tern," who wheels and shrieks
over the horses. But the fear is remote. Others,
again, may have a sigh for the good old days when
goods were dumped, forgetting the rats, the long
detention in sheds, the frequent carrying past.
The return journey of miles, for pigs or sheep,
not to mention an occasional broken leg of animals,
comes to greater expense than pier dues.
But these last critics are few and far between.
The native islanders, whose knowledge of their
coast, whose pluck in going out to meet the steamers
a few years ago, evoked the heartiest commen-
dation from the Lifeboat Commissioners, are
united in the resolve that the time for talking is