£20 @ voyage to the Hebrides. _ May 30: 
almost’all planters of trees, and fond of them. Some 
said a small island called Sandornee, in the mouth of 
Lochbroom, would be a station’ preferable to Ulapole. 
“But it was afserted with truth, that the fhoals of her- 
“rings always pufh down to the lower end of these sea 
-lochs, particularly of Lochbroom ; and that the fith- 
-ers of cod might go to Sandornee, and remain there 
«during the cod season in tents or huts, as the fifhers 
-of Stornaway leave that place -to go to the fifhing 
‘grounds. This decided the committee in preferring 
Ulapole. Within the peninsula is‘a fine deep har- 
“bour, proof of all weathers.—Returned to the vefsels 
at Tenera. ; 
July 28. Crofsed Lochbroom in the boats, walk- 
ed crofs the country of Coigaht, about three miles, a- 
foot. Got into country boats, rowed about six miles 
to the bottom of Loch Inver in Afsynte, in the 
county of Sutherland. This is’a fine harbour, about 
two miles indented into the land; herrings here, and 
great ling fifhery near to it. Here Mr Donald 
‘Rofs has built a good house and curing-house for red 
herrings; a fine situation for a filhing station. “The 
land round about, rugged but improveable. “Some 
romantic mountains near this ; one called the Sugar 
Loaf, from its resemblance to a sugar loaf, is of a 
great height. Attended part of our way back by 
“Mr Rofs in anisle of Man fithing boat, decked and 
‘well adapted to that businefs. 
Mr Rofs was afked the value of the furniture in 
-a Highland tenant’s house ; nobody, he said, could tell 
ehetter than him, for he had been heir to many of 
them; he gave the people meal upon trust in the fa- 
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