INTRODUCTION. XXV 



a peck of meal ground in it ; and I have seen my father 

 having to wait for a whole week for his turn at the mill. 

 That was before the first potato blight. As to the Clear- 

 ances, I have only to repeat what the previous delegates 

 have stated." 



Donald Campbell, crofter, Struan Mor, said "I wish to 

 state that the townships of Colbost, Ebost, Ullinish, Struan- 

 mor, and Struanbeg were added to the tack of Ullinish 

 when Mr. Gibbon became factor to MacLeod. The tenants 

 were also removed from Glen Colbost, Glen Ose, and Glen 

 MacCaskill. They were in very comfortable circumstances 

 before they were removed. Five of the families were sent 

 to a wet, black place called Garmore, which had not been 

 cultivated hitherto. Twenty families who were in Ullinish 

 he sent to Struanmor, where he gave them a corner of land 

 which was lotted out among them. That land had been 

 cultivated for 40 years. All this happened in 1841. None 

 of the people had a cow, but the merchant. He left 3 or 4 

 families in Ebost, and 5 families went to Australia to try 

 and better their condition. Mr. Gibbon compelled them 

 to give him 4 days' labour. Mr. Gibbon was 15 years in 

 possession of the tack, when he was succeeded by his 

 nephew, Mr. Norris, who was not better than him. If a 

 man married, his father dare not give him shelter for a 

 night, and the young man and his wife must needs leave 

 and go into the cities. When the parents became old 

 they became poorer, until they came on the poors' roll, as 

 their children were not allowed to remain with them. After 

 Norris, Simpson, his brother-in-law, took up his farm. He 

 was a non-residenter. He had a manager on the farm who 

 was the worst that ever came to us. He treated the people 

 very badly. He was ten years in the place, and after him 

 Mr. Robert Macdonald took the farm." Campbell further 



