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VIEW OF 



*Harris 



*North Uift 



Bcnbecula r> 15,000 



*South Uift ' 



Barra 



Waterfay 



Biihops IQesJ 



<?he ftars denote thofe 

 ijlands which are the mofl 

 fertile. 



Lewis 1 Marble, fine red clay, co- 



ral and coralline. 

 Thefe i (lands form a chain 

 near 140 miles in length 

 from north to fouth. 

 They lie from 34 to 57 

 miles due weft from 

 the mainland of Scot- 

 land. The channels by 

 which they are feparat- 

 ed, at low water, are fo 

 fhallow as to give them 

 the appearance of one 

 ifiand, and from this 

 circumflance, they are ufually called the Long I/land. 

 Their fhores are one continued fKhery, and their 

 commodious bays * give fhelter to the fhipping of 

 all nations who navigate thefe northern feas. 



The lefTer i (lands, which lie between the Long 

 Ifland and the mainland, are chiefly, 



Giga, Colonfa, Rum, Canay, Scalpa, and Rona, 

 The celebrated Icolmkill and Staffa, on the coaft 

 of Mull. 



Kerrera, Seil, Lung, Shuma, &c. on the coaft of 

 Argylefhire, and abounding in flate. 



Befides the above-mentioned Hebride ifiands, 

 lying beyond the Peninfula of Cantire,, there are feve- 

 ral iflands on this fide of the Peninfula, within the 

 Firth of Clyde, which may be called the Little He- 

 brides, viz. Arran, Bute, the two Cumbras, Lam- 

 lalh, Sanda, and the remarkable Craig of Ailfa; the 

 whole inhabited by about 12,000 people, who are 



* Particularly thofe on tlie eallern fide, which penetrate betvveeq 

 the openings of a lofty fliore of rck. The weft fide is in general 

 a fandy level, where the ocean hath made, and is ftill making, 

 great depredations. It hath gained four miles upon South Uift, as 

 appears by the remains of buildings now overwhelmed with water. 

 Perfons of the laft age, remembered to have fiflied from the win- 

 dows of a. church which is now at the diftance of two miles from, 

 the land. 



admirably 



