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Water call’d Bourns , and Loches or Lakes; many of 
which afford Trouts ; and I have eaten excellent Cod - 
fifh, that have been taken in one of thcfe Loches or 
Lakes of perfett frefh Water, which has been very 
near the Sea. 
The People are generally civil, fagacious, of a 
ready Wit, and of a quick Apprehenfion, pioufly 
inclin’d, much given to Hofpitality, civil and liberal 
in their Entertainments, and exceeding kind to 
Strangers ; which I may fay indeed from Experience ; 
for I never met with more Civility in any Part of 
the World. 
They are generally of a dark Complexion, perfon- 
able, and comely enough. The Women are lovely; 
and the Gentry of them go well dreft, are genteel in 
Carriage, well- behav’d in Company, and fmart and 
pleafant in Convention, even to a Miracle, con- 
ftdering they live in fuch a remote Ifland, which has 
fo little Correfpondence with the reft of the World : 
They delight more in the Converfation of Men, than 
in the common Tittle-tattle of their own Sex j they 
are Strangers to Plays, Opera’s, Mafquerades, Balls, 
Affemblies, Set Vifiting-Days, extravagant Drefs, Gal- 
lantry, &c and are free from thofe fafhionable Vices 
which fo much difgrace their Betters : In a Word, 'they 
arc modeft Virgins, and virtuous Wives: Adultery 
is not fo much as known among them : With the 
common Sort Fornication fometimes happens ; but 
their Conftancy is fuch, that they are fure to marry 
each other after; neverthelefs, if a Child happens to 
come in lefs than nine Months after the Marriage, 
they are both obliged, by the Law of Scotland , to 
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