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isle. These drawings, which are very accurate, were the first 

 ever published really worthy of the buildings and monuments 

 represented. The Antiquities of lona, by H. D. Graham, is a 

 most valuable and notable work, now out of print, and to be had 

 only at a premium. It is specially valuable, as, since the 

 drawings were made, time and the tramp of many tourists' feet 

 have done much to obliterate inscriptions and the more delicate 

 tracery on the ancient tombs. It should be mentioned, however, 

 that the Duke of Argyll has done much of late to protect these 

 interesting ruins and monuments from the dangers indicated." 



Mr Graham continues his MS. : — 



"In July 1848 I got the ' Scarbh ' built at the neigh- 

 bouring village of Kintra, and this little boat was a never-failing 

 source of amusement during the whole time I was at lona. She 

 was only nine feet in the keel, but drew a great deal of water, 

 carried a great deal of sail, and stood a heavy sea ; in short, a 

 very powerful boat for her size." 



We are indebted to Mr C. M'Vean for a few further parti- 

 culars of the ' Scarbh ' and dinghy, so prominent in Mr Graham's 

 " Heart-pictures,'' as follows : — 



" In addition to the ' Scarbh ' already mentioned, he had a 

 smaller boat, made by cutting an old skiff in two, and converting 

 the bow end into a punt. In this he would paddle round the 

 shores alone, enjoying his favourite pastime of watching the 

 birds, the ' Scarbh ' being employed in longer expeditions, such 

 as to Staffa, Soay, Gribun, &c. At times, in the opinion of 

 the islanders, he was too adventurous and rash, and though 

 on more than one occasion his friends were in considerable 



