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while two Mullochs and two Moyles in the exti'eme S. and !S.E. 

 prove that the distribution of this epithet is wide and extensive. 



Craig is a pure, strong Highland epithet; its occurrence, 

 therefore, very frequently among the wildest of our mountain 

 landscapes is what one would naturally expect. In Garsphairu 

 alone there are fourteen : — Craighorn, Craigfad, Oraig-dunool, 

 Craigtarson, Craignane, Craig-en-colon, Craig Stewart, Craig-- 

 crocket, Craig'-en-geary, Craig-en-xine, Craig-eu-gillan, Craig-- 

 wallie, Craigwhan, and Craighngal. Minnigaff makes a good 

 show with twelve: — Craig-en-keelie, Craigjig', Craig- o' Bellew, 

 Craig-en-kald, Craig-en-garroch, Craig-cheskie, Craig-tarson, Craig 

 na-craddoch, Craignine, Craig-naw, Craiglee, Craighit. But Kells 

 — not so northerly a district as the bulk of the two parishes above- 

 named — possesses seventeen: — Craignelder, Craig-gairy, Craigrine, 

 Craig-maharb, Craigknuckle, Craigmichael, Craiggubble, Craig- 

 broch, Craigloft, Craigcrun, Craigdoon, Craigenlees, Craigenben, 

 Craigen-altie, Craigen-ower, Craigenshinnie, Craigend, the last of 

 these being- most probably corruptions of the Gaelic diminutive 

 creagan, " a little crag." Dairy has Craigencorr, Craigbane, Craig- 

 lour ; Girthon, Craigshinging, Craig Konald, Craigherron, Craig- 

 lowrie, Craigbrack, Craigtype; Balmaclellau. Craiguaw, Craigbonny, 

 Craig-a-learie, Craigengower ; Kirkmabreck Craigmule (possibly a 

 variant of mul through inoj/le) and Craigenboy ; in Rerwick, Craig- 

 raploch, Craigrange, Craigrow, and the curious name Craigmullen ; 

 in Balmaghie we find Craigelwhan, Craigcroft, and Craiganeltie ; 

 in Urr, Craigley, Craigmath, Craigallan, and Craigenfinnie ; Borg-ue 

 gives us two, the specific Craig- and Craighar ; Kirkcudbright has 

 Craigeus ; Kirkpatrick-Durham has Craigengillen and Craigelwhan; 

 Parton, Craigmore ; Colvend has Craigbrex, Craigen-ower, Craig- 

 duff, Craigroan ; in Skyeburn Bay, in Anwoth, is a rock named 

 Craiggibboch, with a companion rock in Fleet Bay called Craig- 

 n'esket ; there is another Craignine in Twynholm, and another 

 Craigmore in Lochrutton. Craig, Craigend, and Craigrocktall 

 occur in the extreme S.E., in Newabbey. 



The distribution of the Gaelic Knock is very much more 

 general. It appears to radiate from Balmaclellan as a centre, 

 where it occurs 13 times, in nearly all directions ; but while Kells 

 has 12 Knocks, Carsphairn and Minnigaff have only 4 eich ; Bal- 

 maghie has 7 ; Kirkmabreck, in the far west, has 9 ; Girthoa, 

 Parton, and Kirkpatrick-Durham 6 each ; Dairy, Borgue, and 



