Mr. RAY’j Itineraries. 193 
Birds among the Vulgar, two where- 
of are, 
^he Scout, the Scart, the Cattiwake, 
The Soland Goofe Jits on the Loch, 
. Yearly in the Spring. 
We faw of the Scout's Eggs, which 
are very large and fpeckled. It is 
very dangerous to climb the Rocks 
for the Young of thefe Fowls, and 
leldorh a Year pafleth, but one or 
other of the Climbers fall down and * 
lofe their Lives, as did one not long 
before dur being there. The Laird 
of this If and makes a great Profit 
yearly of the Soland Geefe taken ; as 
I remember, they told us 130/. 
Sterling. There is in the Me a fmall 
Houfe, which they call a Caftle ; it 
is inacceffible and impregnable, but 
of no great Confideration in a War, 
there being no Harbour, nor any 
Thing like it. The Iliand will afford 
O Grafs 
