IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS. 45 r 



fertile crafts, nor the mod favourable fcafons in the 

 , furnifh lutfkicm s of grain for 



the inhabit.'. 



of Lorn, hitherto unfrequented by 

 travellers, is now laid a road 



gencroufly carrying on at thccxpcnccof the country 

 gentlemen. 



This medley of land and water, of heathy moun- 



is, naked rocks, and Hoping fields; of little 



ill narrow chan- 



.c- lofty mou and 



Mull, * nfin^ from the Weftcrn Ocean, 



ape too complicated for profc dcfcrip- 



which may furniih the bard of fomc future 



th rich materials for the flights of his 



^nation f. 



Towards 



T: .taint of Jura rife in the form of fugtr- 



'. are called the pap* of Jura. Th i ooo 



!s a moll extent! vc prolpect or the Hebrides, 



inh ot Clyde. The peopl 

 'f longevity, and are iu rcw 



\hich ariie from want of nounfhment. 

 the gulph or whirlpool of Corryvrekan, 

 Mackenzie : " Corryvrekan is a 

 'rrned between the iilands 

 valh over any (hip's deck, and be apt 

 :he hatches arc open. The whirlpool it occafioned 

 h runs over a high fteep 



rock , s on the north tide of the found, near the well point 



he rock tapers almoft to a point at the top ; over 



. Icaft u.i . .vas 1 6 fathoms: about 2; ra thorns 



eaft and weft fides, the water is 36 fathoms deep ; 



and $o fathoms from it, the depth is 47 and co fathoms ; 50 



\vatcr i* 83 fathoms deep ; and 



too fathoms from the depth is 91 fathoms ; fo that 



this rock mud be near 100 fathoms perpendicular, and its top 16 

 fathoms Mow the furface of the fea. At this rock the ftream it 

 fo cxccifively rapid, and the lea i-.vclli and breaks fo violently, even 

 :icr, that it js impoflibleto meafure thegrearcft 

 celerity of the ftream ; but it does not ieem to be lefs than la or 

 14 miles an hour. The principal dream of flood enters this (bund 

 from the eaftward, and runs out towards the north weft, forming 

 an eddy about 2 miles long on die weft end of Scarba. Duriag 

 F F a The 



