MEMOIR OP I)R. WALKER. 
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session-clerk. The minister officiates at this church 
every other sabhath only, and on the sabbath he is 
absent, the schoolmaster convenes the scholars in 
the church, where he reads the Scriptures, examines 
them, and joins with them in psalms and prayer. 
I examined this school in presence of the Reverend 
Mr. M‘Lea, minister of the parish, Robert Camp- 
bell of Sunderland, and Alexander Campbell of 
Baikal, Esqrs., ruling elders, from whom I had a 
very good character given of the schoolmaster. 
“ On the 29th of June, I visited the charity 
school kept in the island of Colonsay, which is 
situated in the parish of Jura. This island is eight 
miles long and three broad, and, with the adjacent 
island of Oronsay, contains four hundred and forty 
inhabitants. These islands are distant above' twenty 
miles of sea from Jura, and can only be visited by 
the minister twice a year. The school is kept by 
Donald M‘Lean, in a house built for the purpose in 
the centre of the island. The number of scholars in 
winter and spring is usually between thirty and 
forty, and there were twenty-three attending in 
June, from seven to nineteen years of age, of whom 
the greatest part read the Scriptures very distinctly. 
I was accompanied by Mr. Neil M‘Leod, minister 
of Jura, Gilbert M‘Lean, elder, Mr. M‘Neil, younger 
of Colonsay, aud Alexander M‘Neil of Oronsay, 
Esq., ruling elder, who all attested the diligence of 
the schoolmaster. 
On the 30th of July, I visited the charity school 
kept in the island of Barra. It was then attended 
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