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fant; an cxtenfive plain, from which the Tea hath 

 feemingly receded, alV icrds of 



black cattle. The rifing grounds on the north and 

 eaft, affifted by lime and Tea wreck, i |>s little 



inferior to the bed traces in the i 



Whoever vifits the churrh-yard of .rtin will 



confider this diflrict as having been the feat of nu- 

 merous warriors, who are rrprefented on the tomb- 

 ftones, in their armour; but it is affirmed by the 

 inhabitants, that many of the (lones, with the fined 

 effigies and carvings, were brought from Icolmkill, the 

 ulchre o: , Many final 1 



Hill remain in this diftrict, moftly uninhabited, 

 and fome ruinous. 



At the diflance of 8 miles north-eafl from Crinan 

 is Loch Awe, an inland lake of great depth ; its 

 banks an intermixture of woods and arable ground. 

 Its waters afford a plentiful fupply of trout and fal- 

 mon to the gentlemen of the neighbourhood. 



On the weft fide of Knapdale lies the ifland of 

 Jura, leparated from the main land by a narrow, but 

 navigable channel, called the found of Jura. This 

 ifland is 20 miles in length, from 5 to 7 in breadth, 

 and hath the appearance of one continued mountain, 

 compofed of rock, and covered with heath. Formerly 

 it contained 1200 inhabitants; but the number hath 

 been lately reduced through famine and migration ; 

 yet their fhores abound in fifh, and, in 1784, the 

 whole found of Jura, with the lakes on the main land, 

 were crowded with herrings, which in a great meafure 

 were loft to the inhabitants, from the want of calks. 

 fait, and capital. No herrings were cured, no buf- 

 fes appeared. The captures by the boats were laid, 

 every morning, in heaps upon the beach, waiting for 

 purchafers. The country people flock --d thither 

 from all parts, fome as far as Crief in Pcrthfhire, at 

 the diQance of 80 miles. Thefe poor people tra- 

 velled night and day with little reft or fleep. Some 

 had fmall horfes with a hamper on each fide ; othe 

 in more opulent circumftances, were furnifhed with 



little 



