534 HISTORY OF THE OUTER HEBRIDES. 



cattle, and some " pladinge and tartan, which is a kind of 

 woollen cloath wherewith they cloath themselves." Lewis- 

 men were in the habit of frequenting a large market which 

 was held for generations near Poolewe. The last of these 

 markets was held in 1720. Many of the Lewismen who 

 attended it were drowned in the Minch during a storm, 

 when returning home in their open boats. But Inverness 

 was the chief market of the Long Islanders until early in 

 the eighteenth century, when they began to trade by sea 

 with Glasgow. The custom was, to land their exports at 

 Glenelg and elsewhere on the west coast, transporting 

 them thence to Inverness on horseback ; bringing back 

 imports in the same manner. The loss of the trade of the 

 Long Island was a grievous blow to the Capital of the 

 Highlands. 



There is in existence a statement of accounts, prepared 

 by Zachary Macaulay in 1/17, for Frances, Countess of 

 Seaforth, which shows the income and the outgo from the 

 Lewis estate, together with the values of various commo- 

 dities. The money rent of the crop was, in round figures, 

 708 sterling ; the lease of the vicarage of Stornoway* 

 yielded ni ; and the rental of Stornoway (crop 1715) 

 was ,31. The total income was 1,354, and the total 

 expenditure 1,366, showing a deficit of 12. A cargo of 

 beef, tallow, tongues, and hides, shipped "with Skipper 

 Robertson as per Bill of Lading dated at Stornoway 

 January 25th, 1716," is valued at 214. Herrings were 

 valued at 135. 4d. per barrel ; ling at 335. 4d. per 100 ; cod 

 at 20s. per 100; beef at i6s. 8d. per barrel ; and tallow at 

 about 45. per stone. It is interesting to compare these 

 values with those given by Dr. Walker in 1765. The 

 stipend of Kenneth Morison (crop 1715), was about 56 

 (666 135. 4d. Scots), and of Allan Morison, half that sum. 

 The schoolmaster's salary was 8 6s. 8d. (100 Scots) ; the 

 salary of Zachary Macaulay himself was 50 (600 Scots), 

 and that of the officer of Stornoway about 255. 6d. 



* The glebe and manse were at Stornoway until 1758, after which they were 

 located at Tong. 



