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My thanks are due, in a special way, to my fellow- 

 Lewisrnen, the Rev. William Morrison, M.A., Carr-Bridge, 

 and Mr. Malcolm Macdonald, Glasgow. The one as a 

 scientist, and the other as an artist, have generously con- 

 tributed to whatever merits this book may possess. Mr. 

 Morrison's reputation as a naturalist has travelled beyond 

 his native island, while Mr. Macdonald is a talented young 

 artist, whose marine and landscape work is full of promise. 



The index, printed at the end of the book, has been 

 compiled by my wife. 



His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased to 

 accept a copy of this history, thus manifesting his interest 

 in the remote island of his dominions which, with the 

 Queen, he honoured by a visit last September. 



W. C. MACKENZIE. 

 London, 1903. 



