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< it. Ships may ride in any part of this loch, when 



ir :d from the welt or fouth- 



icularly on I >onga. 



.rt in winter is any where betw< 

 l.iml 1 iorifdale and hlowerdale, o 20 



Small veflcls may anchor in w:n- 

 ile, on the 



r the rock in the found which is 

 ways above wai 



bay extends near 4 miles within land, 



breadth. Its fhorcs arc po, :ag 



3000 ir :s, who are alternately engaged in the 



s, yet thefc poor peo; 



bleed tiu-ir cattle in the fpring and fall, which they 



prcferve to be eaten cold j a fpecics of food very 



in the Hi:/ from the want of grain. 



..c they eat both the blood and 



the meat, raw. 



The inhabitants of this place preferve their 

 iroes by drying them in kilns. 



rdooh is fur : by little inland lakes and 



.ilets, containing falmon and trout. The edges 

 -he waters arc generally covered with timber or 



rrings, f. cr thcmfelvea in (hoals from 



June to January ; cod filh atx>i:' id Bank, one 



corner of which reaches to this bay, and is Tuppofcd to extend as 



:outh, as low as Rona, off Sky, with 



various branches, all . . cod and ling. The hflicry if 



carried on with long lines, be., ruary, and ends ia April. 



The annual 7,000. The native* 



at prelcm labour under fome opprcffions, uhkh might be eafily 

 rcmoTcd, to the great ad\-anccment ot this commerce. At pre- 

 fcnt the fiih arc fold to iomc merchants from Campbcltown, who 

 cootra. t tor them at two-pence tarthing a-pi 

 and dried in the fun. -i chants take only : 



furc 1 8 inches from the gillt to the fetting on of the tail 

 oblige the people ; let them luw .ill that are 



beoeath chat length. - hat alib 



been lent there, but was rejected by the Spaniards. This f 

 far from being pufhed t, s monopolized, and 



the poor fiihers obliged to fell at half the price to thole 



who fell it to the merchants. 



grain. 



