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provided they can be found upon the scalps or shores of 

 that part of the island. There is no feu duty or ground 

 rent payable for Tarbert, and no right of hunting reserved 

 in the title deeds of that estate in favour of any party 

 whatever. 



Thus the Argyle family are still the superiors or crown 

 vassals of all those portions of the island which belonged 

 for a few years to the predecessor of Mr. Campbell of 

 Islay ; the family of Mr. Colin Campbell held these lands 

 by sub-feu or sub -grant from the Islay family, upon the 

 tenures already explained. 



In regard to the other portions of the island, both the 

 property and superiority belong to the family of Mr. 

 Colin Campbell, the superiority of these lands having been 

 sold by the Argyle family to his ancestors. He now 

 therefore holds these portions by free tenure directly under 

 the crown, without reservation or condition in favour of 

 any party. 



I may add that long before either the Cawdor or Shaw- 

 field families had any part of this estate, the ancestors of 

 the present Jura were in possession of a great part of it, 

 under wadsets granted by the Argyle ; and being near 

 cadets of that house, they represented for many years the 

 Argyle family as bailies, foresters, and chamberlains of the 

 island. 



Deer have been known to cross of their own accord 

 to Islay, a distance of about a mile ; and, in particular, 

 six hinds and one hart did so a few years ago, and re- 

 turned again to Jura. This was probably in the rutting 

 season, and thus the hart seems to have taken a pretty 



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