Historical memoirs of Rob Roy and the Clan Macgregor

3 I o NOTICES OF LADY GRANGE.
During the long period of her exile on this
island, her principal recreation, when the
weather permitted, was a lonely walk along the
tremendous precipices that compose the inaces-
sible boundaries of its shores ; and the more
she contemplated its narrow confines, and soli-
tary situation, amidst an immeasurable ocean,
the less she saw any prospect of being restored
to her friends and to society, regarding the
unbroken expanse of sea as an interminable
obstacle to her hopes.
She lived some years in this place, before she
could discover its name, and then it was by
accident. She had borrowed a book from the
minister, and among the leaves she found a
letter addressed to him as " Minister of St
Kilda," relating chiefly to herself, from a person
who seemed to be of the same profession, but
very unlike him in point of Christian charity ;
for he accused him " of too much attention and
care for the wicked incendiary lady Grange,
whose soul was rotten, and unworthy of being
reclaimed, and who wished evil to the whole
race of Highlanders." This discovery occasioned
the poor lady great misery. She believed her-
self all along to have been among barbarians ;
but she could not have supposed anything so