Chapter XX: Deer Forests and Grouse Shooting (3)

"The name of God Incalled. Inter alia, The Minister being
inquired be his brethren of the maine enormities of the
parochin of Lochcarrone and Appilcross, declaires some of
his parochiners to be superstitious, especiallie in
sacrificeing at certaine tymes at the Loch of Mourie,
especiallie the men of Auchnaseallach; quho hes beine
summoned, cited, bot not compeiring, execution is lawfullie
given be the ... kirk officer of Loch Carron, quhose names
ar as followes:--Donald Mcconillchile--Murdo Mc Ferqre vic
conill eire--Wm Mc conil eire, Gillipadrick Mc rorie--Duncan
Mc conill uayne vic conill biy--Alexr Mc finlay vcconill
diy--Donald Mc eaine roy vic choinnich--Johne Mc conill
reach--Murdo Mc eaine roy--Murdo Mc eaine voire vc eaine
ghlaiss--Finlay Mc Gilliphadricke--Ordaines the kirk officer
to chairge these againe to compeire at Dingwall the third
Wednesday of October nixt--recommend that thaire Minister
compeire the said day at Dingwall, and that he preach at the
vacand kirk of Urquhart, the ensuing Lord's day he is in the
country.

"The said day the presbyterie of Dingwall, according to the
appoyntment of Synode for searcheing and censureing such
principalls, and superstitious practices as should be
discovered thaire--haveing mett at Appilcross, and findeing
amongst uther abhominable and heathenishe practices that the
people in that place were accustomed to sacrifice bulls at a
certaine tyme uppon the 25 of August, which day is dedicate,
as they conceive, to Sn Mourie as they call him; and that
there were frequent approaches to some ruinous chappels and
circulateing of them; and that future events in reference
especiallie to lyfe and death, in takeing of Journeyis, was
exspect to be manifested by a holl of a round stone quherein
they tryed the entering of their heade, which (if they)
could doe, to witt be able to put in thair heade, they
exspect thair returning to that place, and failing they
considered it ominous; and withall their adoring of wells,
and uther superstitious monuments and stones, tedious to
rehearse, Have appoynted as followes--That quhosoever sall
be found to commit such abhominationes, especiallie
Sacrifices of any kynd, or at any tyme, sall publickly
appear and be rebuked ... six several Lord's dayis in six
several churches, viz., Lochcarron, Appilcross, Contane,
Fottertie, Dingwall, and last in Garloch paroch church; and
that they may, uppon the delatatione of the Sessione and
minister of the paroche, he sall cause summoned the guiltie
persone to compeire before the pbrie, to be convinced,
rebuked, and there to be injoyned his censure, And withall
that the session sould be charged to doe thair dewties in
suppressing of the foresaid wickedness, and the foresaid
censure in reference to thair sacrificing to be made use of
in case of convict, and appeiring, and evidences of remorse
be found, and failing, that they be censured with
excommunicatione. Ordaines the minister to exercise himself
with his people in such manner as at his coming to
Appilcross, once in the five or sax weekes at each Lord's
day of his coming, he stay thrie dayes amongst his people in
catechising a pairt of them each day, and that he labour to
convince the people of their former error, by evidenceing
the hand of God against such abhominations as hes beene
practised formerlie. Appoynts Mr Allexr Mc Kenzie to informe
the presbiterie of any strangers that resorts to thease
feilds as formerlie they have to their heathenishe
practices, that a course may be taken for their restraint."

"AT KENLOCHEWE, _9 Septr 1656_.

"Inter alia, Ordaines Mr Allex Mc Kenzie, minister at
Lochcarron, to cause summond Murdo Mc conill varchue vic
conill vic Allister in Torriton, and Donald Smyth in
Appilcross, for sacrificing at Appilcross--to compeire at
Dingwall the third Wednesday of October, with the men of
Auchnaseallach.

"The brethren taking to their consideratione the
abhominationes within the parochin of Garloch in sacrificing
of beasts upon the 25 August, as also in pouring of milk
upon hills as oblationes quhose names ar not particularly
signified as yit--referres to the diligence of the minister
to mak search of thease persones and summond them as said is
in the former ordinance and act at Appilcross 5 Sept: 1656,
and withall that by his private diligence he have searchers
and tryers in everie corner of the countrey, especiallie
about the Lochmourie, of the most faithful honest men he can
find; and that such as ar his elders be particularly poseit,
concerning former practices in quhat they knowe of these
poore ones quho are called Mourie his derilans[13] and ownes
thease titles, quho receaves the sacrifices and offerings
upon the accompt of Mourie his poore ones; and that at laist
some of thease be summoned to compeire before the pbrie the
forsaid day, until the rest be discovered; and such as heve
boats about the loch to transport themselves or uthers to
the Ile of Mourie, quherein ar monuments of Idolatrie,
without warrand from the superiour and minister towards
lawful ends; and if the minister knowes alreaddie any
guiltie, that they be cited to the nixt pbrie day, and all
contraveners thereafter, as occasione offers in all tyme
comeing. The brethren heiring be report that Miurie hes his
monuments and remembrances in severall paroches within the
province, but more particularly in the paroches of
Lochcarron, Lochalse, Kintaile, Contan, and Fottertie, and
Lochbroome, It is appoynted that the brethren of the
congregationes heve a Correspondence, in trying and curbing
all such, within their severall congregationes. And for
thease that comes from forren countreyis, that the ministers
of Garloch and Lochcarron informe themselves of the names of
thease, and the places of their residence, and informe the
pbrie thereof, that notice may be given to those concerned."

"AT DINGWALL, _6 August 1678_.

"Inter alia, That day Mr Roderick Mackenzie minister at
Gerloch, by his letter to the prebrie, declared that he had
summoned by his officer to this prebrie day Hector Mackenzie
in Mellan in the parish of Gerloch, as also Johne Murdoch,
and Duncan Mackenzies, sons to the said Hector--as also
Kenneth Mc Kenzie his grandson, for sacrificing a bull in ane
heathenish manner in the iland of St Ruffus, commonly called
Ellan Moury in Lochew, for the recovering of the health of
Cirstane Mackenzie, spouse to the said Hector Mackenzie, who
was formerlie sicke and valetudinairie:--Who being all
cited, and not compearing, are to be all summoned againe pro
2°."

G.

RECORDS and EXTRACTS relating to Sir George Hay and the Manufacture of Iron.

ACT ANENT THE MAKING OF IRON WITH WOOD. THIS ACT WAS PROBABLY INTENDED TO SUPPRESS SIR GEORGE HAY'S IRONWORKS. SCOTS ACTS, VOL. IV., P. 408_b_.

"_Act anent the making of Yrne with Wode._

"_Apud Edinburgh xxvij die mensis Januarij
1609._--Forsamekle as it hes pleasit god to discover certane
vaynes of ritche mettall within this kingdome: as alsua
certane wodis in the heylandis: whilkis wodis by reasoun of
the savagnes of the inhabitantis thairabout wer ather
vnknawin or at the leist vnproffitable and vnused: and now
the estaitis presentlie conveyned being informit that some
personis vpoun advantage of the present generall obedience
in those partis wald erect yrne milnis in the same pairtis:
To the vtter waisting and consumeing of the saidis wodis:
whilkis mycht be reserved for mony bettir vseis: and vpoun
moir choise and proffitable mettaillis for the honnour
benefite and estimatioun of the kingdome: Thairfore the
estaitis presentlie conveyned Statutis and ordanis: and
thairwith commandis chairgeis and inhibitis all and sindrie
his maiesties leigis and subiectis: That nane of thame
presome nor tak vpoun hand To woork and mak ony Irne with
wod or tymmer vnder the pane of confiscatioun of the haill
yrne that salbe maid with the said tymmer: to his maiestes
vse: And ordaines publicatioun to be maid heirof be oppin
proclamatioun at all places needful quhairthrow nane pretend
ignorance of the same."

RATIFICATION TO SIR GEORGE HAY OF THE GIFT OF THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON AND GLASS. SCOTS ACTS, 1612.

"_Ratificatioun To Sr George Hay off his gift and privilege
of making of yron glasworkis passed October 23d 1612._

"Oure Souerane Lord with aduise and consent of his Estaittis
of parliament Ratifies apprevis and confermis The Commission
and Licence grantit be his Maiestie vnder his hienes great
seall To his Maiesties Louit Sr george hay of Nethirliff
knycht gentilman of his Maiesties privie chalmer his airis
executouris and assignais Be him selff his factouris and
servandis and vtheris haueand his licence tollerance and
permissioun within the haill boundis of the kingdome of
Scotland To mak yrne and glass within the said kingdome of
Scotland In forme and manner specifeit in the said
Commissioun And that during the space of threttie ane zeris
nixt efter the dait efter specifeit of the said Commissioun
As the samyn contening diuerse and sindrie vtheris
priuilegis prouisiones and conditiones off the dait At
quhitehall the twentye foure day of December ane thowsand
sex hundreth and ten zeris at mair lenth proportis In All
and Sindrie pointis part heides articles clauses conditiones
and circumstances quhatsomeuir thairin contenit Efter the
forme and tennoure thairof with all that hes followit or may
follow thairvpoun Lykeas his Maiestie with Aduise and
consent foirsaid Statutis decernis and ordains That the
forsaid Commissioun and this pnt ratificatioun thairof Sal
be ane sufficient lauchfull and valide rycht To the said Sr
george hay and his foirsaidis for vsing of the haill rychtis
priuilegis and liberties thairin contenit and vplifting of
the haill proffites and dewities comprehendit or that may be
comprehendit vnder the said Comission during the space aboue
specifeit thairin contenit Efter the forme and tennoure
thairof in all pointis."

PROCLAMATION RESTRAINING THE EXPORT OF IRON ORE OUT OF SCOTLAND. REGIST. SECRETI CONCILII ACTA, FOLIO 166. PROBABLY INTENDED TO ASSIST SIR GEORGE HAY'S ENTERPRISE.

"_Apud Edinburgh Septimo Aprilis 1613._--Forsamekle as
certane of his maiesties subiectis oute of thair affectioun
to the credite reputatioun and commoun weill of this thair
natiue countrey haueing interprysit the practise and making
of yrne within the same and haueing with verie grite
travellis chargeis and expenssis broght that work to ane
ressounable good perfectioun of purpois and resolutioun to
prosequute and follow out the same work for the good of the
countrey, Thay ar lyk to be hinderit and disapointit in the
cours and progres of the saidis workis by the frequent
transport of the Irne vr furth of this realme, whiche
transport is now become sa ordinar and commoun alsweill in
the personis of strangeris as of the borne subiectis of this
realme as thair can nocht be haid sufficientlie whairwith to
interteny the saidis workis and since this art and practise
of making of Irne is most necessar and expedient for the
commonweill of the countrey and that the same can nocht be
intertenyed and haldin fordwart yf thair be nocht aboundance
and sufficiencie of vr within the countrey whairwith to work
the same, Thairfoir the lordis of secrete counsell hes
thocht meitt and expedient for the commoun weill and
benefite of the countrey to discharge lyk as the saidis
lordis by these presentis discharges the transport of ony
kynd of vr furth of this realme, and ordanis lettrez to be
direct to command charge and inhibit all and sindrie his
maiesties lieges and subiectis as alsua all streangearis
resorting and repairing within this realme be appin
proclamatioun at all placeis neidfull That nane of thame
presvme nor tak vpoun hand at ony tyme after the
publicatioun heirof to carye or transport furth of this
realme ony Irne vr vndir the pane of the confiscatioun of
the same and of the rest of the movable goodis partening to
the awnaris and transportaris and siclyk to command charge
and inhibit all and sindrie skipparis maisteris awnaris and
marchantis of shippis and veshellis that nane of thame
ressaue within thair saidis shippis and veshellis ony Irne
vr to be transportit furth of this realme vndir the pane of
confiscatioun of the saidis schipis and veschellis to his
maiesteis vs, certifeing all and sindrie personis who sall
violatt and contravene this present act and ordinance in
maner foirsaid that thair saidis goodis vr schippis and
veshellis sal be confiscat to his maiesteis vse as said is."

LICENCE TO SIR GEORGE HAY ANENT SELLING HIS IRON.

"_Licence to Sr George Hay Annent Selling off his Irne,
Scots Act passed August 4th 1621._

"Oure Souerane Lord With advyse and consent of the Estaittis
of Parliament, And in speall with advyse and consent of the
Commissionaris off the haill ffrie burrowes Royall within
this Realme, Gevis and grauntis full and frie Libertie,
Licence, and powar to Sr George Hay off kinfawnis knicht
Clerk off his hienes Regr be him selff his seruantis and
vyeris in his name, To transport and Carye ony Irone maid be
him and his saidis servantis in his name within this realme
To any poirt or harbrie off any ffrie burgh Royall or ony
vther place within ye samen, To vnloade weigh and dispone
vpoun the said Irone to any persoun qt sumeuir within this
realme that they sall think expedient, And that
notwithstanding off ony privilegis or Liberties qt. sumeuir
formarlie grauntit to the saidis burghes To be contrar
heiroff Quhairanent his maiestie with advyse and consent
foirsaid dispensse be thir pñtis, Provyding Alwayis that
this pñtt act Sall nawayis hurt nor preiudge the liberties
and priviledges of the saidis Royall burghis in any vther
caices, And that in regaird they thame selffis haif
consentit to this priviledge."

REMARKS ON DR SAMUEL JOHNSON'S JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDES. By the Rev. DONALD M'NICOL, A.M., London, 1779.

Page 139.--"Several English companies come to different
parts of the west coast for charcoal, and bring ore all the
way from England to be there smelted."

Page 155 _et seq._--"The smelting and working of iron was
well understood and constantly practised over all the
Highlands and Islands for time immemorial. Instead of
improving in that art we have fallen off exceedingly of late
years, and at present make little or none. Tradition bears
that they made it in the blomary way, that is, by laying it
under the hammers in order to make it malleable, with the
same heat that melted it in the furnace.

"There is still in the Highlands a clan of the name of
MacNuithear, who are descended from those founders, and have
from thence derived their surname. I am likewise well
informed, that there is in Glenurchy, in Argyleshire, a
family of the name of MacNab, who have lived in the same
place, and have been a race of smiths, from father to son,
for more, perhaps, than three hundred years past; and who,
in consequence of the father having instructed the son, have
carried down so much of their ancient art, that they excel
all others in the country in the way of their profession;
even those taught in the south of Scotland, as well as in
England, not excepted. A tinker or smith of the name of Mac
Feadearon, a tribe now almost extinct, was the most famous
of his time for making arrow-heads.

"It is certain that Mac Donald was formerly possessed of
most of the western isles, as well as of several large
districts upon the continent or mainland. He had many places
of residence, such as Ardtorinish, &c., but the most common
one was in an island in Lochsinlagan in Isla. Near this
place, and not far from Port Askaic on the sound of Isla,
lived the smith Mac Cregie (that is, the son of the Rock),
and his posterity for a great length of time. There is still
pointed out, by the inhabitants, the rock out of which he
dug his iron ore. Near the rock is a large solid stone, of a
very hard consistency, on which he knapped his ore; and, at
a little distance, there is a cascade on a rivulet, where
stood his mill for polishing, or otherwise preparing the
iron which he had manufactured. He and his descendants made
complete suits of armour, according to the fashion of the
times; such as helmets, swords, coats of mail, &c. The Isla
hilt for the broadsword is well known, and so famous as to
have become proverbial."

EXTRACT FROM DOUGLAS'S PEERAGE.--KINNOUL.

"George Hay, the second son [of Peter Hay of Melginche] born
in 1572; went about 1590 to the Scots College at Douay,
where he studied some years under his uncle Edmund, and
returning home about 1596, was introduced at Court by his
cousin Sir James Hay of Kingask. King James the VI. was
pleased to appoint him one of the gentlemen of the
bedchamber, and to bestow on him the Carthusian priory or
Charter House of Perth, with a seat in Parliament, 18th
Feby. 1598: also the ecclesiastical lands of Errol by
another charter dated the 1st of that month. But finding the
rents too small to support the dignity of a lord of
Parliament, he returned back his peerage to his Majesty. He
attended the King to Perth, 5th August 1600, when the Earl
of Gowrie was killed in his treasonable attempt on his
Majesty's life. Mr Hay applying to the profession of the
law, acquired considerable property, was designed of
Netherleiff, and had charters of Dunninald, in Forfarshire,
17th May 1606, and of Lewes, Glenelg, Barra, &c., 24th July
1610. He was appointed Clerk Register in 1616 and knighted.
Sir George Hay of Netherleiff had charters of an annual rent
of Redcastle, 18th July 1620; of the barony of Kinfauns,
20th July 1620; of Tulliehow, 20th March 1622; and of
Innernytie, Kincluer, &c., 15th May 1622. He was constituted
High Chancellor of Scotland 16th July 1622; had charters of
Craigton 28th August 1622, of the land and earldom of Orkney
and Zetland 22d August 1624; of the barony of Aberdalgy,
Duplin, &c., 29th July 1626. He was created a peer by the
title of Viscount of Duplin, and Lord Hay of Kinfauns, 4th
May 1627, to him and the heirs male of his body, and
advanced to the dignity of Earl of Kinnoul, Viscount of
Duplin, and Lord Hay of Kinfauns, by patent, dated at York,
25th May 1633, to him and his heirs male for ever. His
Lordship enjoyed the Chancellor's place with the approbation
of the whole kingdom and the applause of all good men, for
his justice, integrity, sound judgment, and eminent
sufficiency till his death, which happened at London on the
16th December 1634. His body was conveyed to Scotland, and
on the 19th August 1635, was interred in the Church of
Kinnoul, where a sumptuous monument was erected to his
memory, being a statue of his Lordship of the full size,
dressed in his robes as chancellor, and reckoned a strong
likeness. There is no inscription on the monument: but an
epitaph on him by Dr Arthur Johnston is published in
Crawford's lives of the Officers of State, beginning thus:--

Gone is the wise Lycurgus of our time,
The great and grave dictator of our clime.

His Lordship married Margaret, daughter of Sir James
Halyburton of Pitens, and by her, who dying 4th April 1633,
was buried at Kinnoul 7th May following, had issue--

1. Sir _Peter_ Hay, who had charters to Peter Hay, eldest son
of George Hay of Neyerleiff, of the ecclesiastical lands and
right of patronage of Errol, 8th Jany 1602-3; and of the
lands of Dunnynald, 23d May 1611. He died before his
father, unmarried.

2. _George_, second Earl of Kinnoul."

PORTRAIT OF GEORGE HAY, 1ST EARL OF KINNOULL, NOW IN DUPPLIN CASTLE.

Extracted from the Life of GEORGE JAMESONE, THE SCOTTISH VANDYCK, by JOHN BULLOCK, 1885, p. 150.

"This picture bears evident trace of Jamesone's hand, but it
has been largely repainted. He wears a fine cap, richly
ornamented with lace, and a common ruff over a plain
doublet. It is a usual feature of these repainted portraits
that the dates of Jamesone's pictures are generally
sacrificed by the restorer.

"He was the youngest son of Peter Hay, and was appointed a
Gentleman of the Bedchamber, and honoured with the dignity
of knighthood (1598). He was created Baron of Kinfauns and
Viscount Dupplin in 1627, and in 1633 was created Earl of
Kinnoull. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir James
Haliburton of Pitcur. He died in 1634."

The portrait of Sir George Hay, 1st Earl of Kinnoull, above
described, is reproduced amongst our illustrations.

Another portrait of the illustrious ironfounder of Loch
Maree, also at Dupplin Castle, forms another illustration.
It is entitled "Portrait of Sir George Hay of Megginish, by
Ferdinand." It represents Sir George as a young man in
armour.

* * * * *

On a map of "the Kingdome of Scotland," by John Speed,
published in 1610, there is marked to the north or
north-east of Loch Hew "mines of iron." The sheet of water
called on the map "Loch Hew" is evidently Loch Maree.

H.

ADDENDA ON ST MAELRUBHA AND ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

The following Notes are principally gleaned from Dr Reeves' paper on St Maelrubha (_Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot._, vol. iii., p. 258 _et seq._), and from "Bishop Forbes' Journals," &c., by Rev. J. B. Craven (1886):--

St Maelrubha was eighth in descent, on his father's side,
from Niall of the Nine Hostages, Sovereign of Ireland,
through Eoghan (who died in 465), one of Niall's sons, and
on his mother's side he was akin to St Comgall, the great
abbot of Bangor, in the county of Down. He was born 3rd
January 642, and trained at the monastery of Bangor, of
which, according to some, he became abbot. In 671, following
the example of St Columba, he went to Scotland, probably in
the first instance to Iona, and in 673 he founded the church
of Applecross, which became the nucleus of a conventional
establishment, following the order of Bangor, and for a long
time affiliated to that monastery. He founded a church on an
island on Loch Maree,--both island and loch still bearing
his name in the corrupted form of Maree. He preached
Christianity in the adjoining districts. Maelrubha's Seat,
near Loch Clair, is so named because it was a place where he
preached. He died at Ferintosh, whilst discharging his
sacred office, on Tuesday, 21st April 722, at the age of
eighty. There is a tradition that he suffered martyrdom at
the hands of the Danes, but it seems inconsistent with
existing records. His body was removed to Applecross, and
there interred. He acquired so great a reputation for
sanctity that he was regarded as the patron saint of this
part of Scotland, whence he extended his influence both in
the islands and on the mainland. His work in the parish of
Gairloch did not die with this holy man. Isle Maree became
the residence of a priest. Later on two churches were
erected within the parish,--the church dedicated to St
Maelrubha at Gairloch, and a church near the head of Loch
Maree, then called Loch Ewe. In all probability this church
stood (as tradition has it) by the small well that still
bears the name of Tobar Mhoire, or "Mourie's well." No doubt
St Maelrubha had himself hallowed the spot by blessing the
well, or preaching close to it. From the numerous
dedications of churches to his memory, not only here but
elsewhere, we learn how laborious must have been his
missionary work. The name Maelrubha is compounded of _Mael_,
a servant, and _Rubha_ or _Ruba_, patience. It has been
corrupted in almost endless variety. There are the following
amongst many undoubted corruptions:--

Mulruby,
Malrew,
Mulruy,
Mulroy,
Morew,
Morow,
Maroy,
Mareve,
Maree,
Mărie,
Măry,
Mury;

or dropping the initial letter,

Arrow,
Erew,
Olrou;

or dropping the first element of the compound name,

Rice,
Ro,
Row,
Ru,
Rufus,
Ruvius;

or combining the title "Saint,"

Summaruff,
Samervis,
Samarevis,
Smarevis,
Samerivis,
Smarivis.

Contemplating these corruptions of Maelrubha, one cannot but
conjecture that the name Smiorsair, given to a hamlet two
miles north of Tobar Mhoire, is derived from the name of the
saint, and that perhaps some other Gairloch names may have
had the same origin. At and near Applecross are many names
connected with the saint and his successors.

The churches founded by St Columba and St Malrubha not
having the assistance of a powerful body like the Church of
Rome (with which they had no connection), gradually fell
into decay. Later on the Romish Church stepped in and
gathered up the threads of languishing Christianity; but the
inaccessible Gairloch seems to have had no place in church
history for some centuries. No doubt Christianity was
maintained by a few pious priests amid the clan contests and
general turbulence that filled the long interval before the
Reformation. That casting off of the Roman yoke made little
difference on the west coast. It seems most likely that the
Rev. Farquhar MacRae, ordained vicar of Gairloch in 1608,
was brought up as a Roman Catholic, and no doubt his learned
hearer, Sir George Hay, was so too; but neither they nor the
common people seem to have objected to the change made by
the Reformation, nor can we suppose that it affected them to
any appreciable extent. The simple ritual of the Highland
churches was scarcely capable of any change; and it is not
likely that forms and ceremonies were much debated in
Gairloch.

It was far different when the change came from
Presbyterianism to Episcopacy. The Highlanders clung to the
old faith, and stoutly struggled against the introduction of
Presbyterianism.

The diocese of Ross at the Revolution (1680) comprised
within its bounds thirty-two parishes divided into four
presbyteries or "exercises," one of which was Gairloch. Of
the thirty-one clergy (one parish was vacant) nine were
deprived of their livings by the Presbyterians; one
voluntarily demitted, declining to obey the new powers; one
offered to submit to the new church government (his services
were declined); of one parish we have no account; and the
remaining nineteen continued (without submission to
presbytery) to hold their benefices to their deaths. Of this
last class was the Rev. Roderick Mackenzie, Episcopal
minister of Gairloch, whose masterly disregard of the
Presbytery has been stated (page 65).

When the long incumbency of the Rev. Roderick Mackenzie was
brought to a close by his death in 1710, the presbytery
resolved to have a minister of their own settled in
Gairloch. The Rev. John Morrison was nominated, and the Rev.
Thomas Chisholm was sent to Gairloch to take preliminary
measures. At a meeting held at Kiltearn, 28th February 1711,
Mr Chisholm reported "that, in obedience to the presbytery's
appointment, he had gone to the parish of Gerloch in order
to have preached at that church and serve the edict for Mr
Morrison's admission; but after he was come near to said
church he was seized upon by a partie of men and carried
back again about six miles, and that being let go by them,
he had essayed again to go to the said church another way,
and that he was again seized upon by another partie of men,
and carried back by them to Kan-loch-ow, where he was
detained by them for some time as a prisoner, and thereafter
by other parties coming successively was carried back till
he was a great way out of the parish, and not let go till
Sabbath afternoon; but that while he was detained prisoner
(understanding that he was designedly carried back lest he
should preach at Gerloch) he had read and intimat the said
edict before six or seven persons, within ane house at
Kan-loch-ow, which is one of the preaching places of the
said parish, and he returned the said edict endorsed by him
with the attestation of his having executed the same in the
foresaid manner." The Rev. John Morrison was admitted
minister of Gairloch,--not at Gairloch, for that was
impossible, but at Kiltearn. The story of his treatment by
the tenants of Sir John Mackenzie of Coul, and of Sir John's
declaration to him, has been recorded (pp. 65, 66). It seems
the presbytery represented Sir John's conduct to the General
Assembly, but he set them at defiance, and apparently with
impunity.

When the Presbytery of Gairloch was constituted in 1724,
only two ministers were found in its bounds.

The subsequent progress of Presbyterianism in Gairloch is
recorded in Part I., chap. xvi. Notwithstanding the
statement of the Rev. Daniel Mackintosh in the "Old
Statistical Account" (1792), that there was then no division
or dissent in the parish, it seems that there were at least
a few who still clung to Episcopacy, for we find from a
quotation given in "Bishop Forbes' Journal," that in the end
of the eighteenth and beginning of the nineteenth century
Episcopal "pastors took it by turns to wander over the west
of Ross, through Strath-Garve, Torridon, and Gairloch, and
thence into Skye and the Long Island, ministering to the
detached families who still kept up a connection with them."

FOOTNOTES:

[1] Professor Skeat traces "neap" and "nip" to one root. I have myself heard, in the Channel Islands, "the tides are nipped," for the "tides are neap."

[2] "Such names as _Crenella decussata_, _Tellina pusilla_, _Modiolaria marmorata_, _Venus verrucosa_, _Cylichna umbilicata_, _Utriculus hyalinus_, _Melampus bidentatus_, _Rissoa violacea_."

[3] See _Quart. Jour. of Geolog. Soc. of London_, May 1883.

[4] Pronounced _Croocholee_. The wrong name occurred in the common maps, and from them, being much used by geological writers, will, it is to be feared, continue to be employed.

[5] See _Quart. Jour. Geolog. Soc. of London_ for Dec. 1858.

[6] See _Quart. Jour. Geolog. Soc._ for Feb. 1861; and his "Geology and Scenery of the North of Scotland," 1866.

[7] See _Quart. Jour. Geolog. Soc._ for Dec. 1858 (Murchison); for May 1861 (Murchison and Geikie).

[8] See _Quart. Jour. Geolog. Soc._ for Nov. 1878, on "Metamorphic and Overlying Rocks in the Neighbourhood of Loch Maree."

[9] See _Quart. Jour. Geolog. Soc. London_ for 1878 and 1883, and _Geol. Mag._ for 1880.

[10] For an interesting and valuable account of these Gruinard rocks and their correlations, by the greatest authority, Professor Judd, see _Quart. Jour. Geolog. Soc._ for 1878, pp. 670, 671, 688-690, where they are called Poikilitic, or Variegated, their varied colouring being well shewn on Loch Gruinard.

[11] Beinn Aridh Charr is called Beinn Lair on the older maps.

[12] Probably the Bull rock.

[13] Mr William Mackay, of Inverness, points out that this word is misspelt by Dr Mitchell, who makes it "devilans." In the original record, which Mr Mackay has examined, the word is "de_r_ilans," which is probably an old Gaelic word signifying the "afflicted ones" (or lunatics), from "deireoil," used in Kirke's Gaelic Bible for "afflicted."

INDEX.

Many names of subjects of Natural History and of books, &c., that are included in lists given in the foregoing pages are not indexed.

Local names of persons will generally be found under their Christian names.

A Mhaighdean. _See_ Maighdean.

Abernethy iron-smelting works, 76.

Achagarve, 337.

Achnasheen, 73, 148, 202, 279, 296, 297, 299, 300, =301=, 302,
309, 321.

Achnashelloch, 299, 322, 410, 411.

Achtercairn, 26, 61, 164, 186, 210, 293, 294, 295, 296, 297,
312, 329, =331=.

Act forbidding the making of iron with wood, 78, 80, =412=.

Act proscribing the Highland dress, 128.

Æneas (Rev.) M'Aulay. _See_ M'Aulay, Rev. Æneas.

Agriculture, 136-142, 399, 406.

Aird House and Point, 58, 103, 203, 321, 337.

Aird na h' Eighaimh, 210, 346.

Alastair Breac, fifth laird of Gairloch, 42, 48, =49-52=, 177,
189, 201, 323, 347.

Alastair Buidhe Mac Iamhair, or Alexander Campbell, 57, 174,
=185-187=, 189.

Alastair Buidhe Mackay, 50.

Alastair Cam, 189, 191.

Alastair Liath MacRae, 19, 20, 22, 23.

Alastair Mac Iain Mhic Earchair, his vision of Hector Roy, 29,
169.

Alastair Mor an t' Sealgair, 167, 168.

Alastair Og, 189.

Alastair Ross of Lonmor, 51, 323.

Alastair Roy son of John Glassich Mackenzie, 38.

Alexander III., 11.

Alexander Bain, poet, =198-200=, 297.

Alexander Cameron, the Tournaig bard, 134, =194-198=, 231, 319,
320.

Alexander Campbell. _See_ Alastair Buidhe Mac Iamhair.

Alexander Grant, the great bard of Slaggan, 57, 186, =187-189=,
339.

Alexander Mackenzie, from Stornoway, drowned, 211.

Alexander Mackenzie, historian of the Mackenzies, 11, 126, 143,
186, 191, 192.

Alexander Mackenzie of Lochend, his statement about the Poolewe
iron furnace, 83.

Alexander Mackenzie of Oban, the bard, 192.

Alexander (Rev.) Mackenzie. _See_ Mackenzie, Rev. Alexander.

Alexander Mackenzie, seventh laird of Gairloch, =53=, =177=.

Alexander (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., ninth laird of Gairloch,
=53-56=, 82, 144, 178, 179, 298.

Alexander (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., tenth laird of Gairloch, =56=,
179.

Alexander the Upright, 14, 26, 30, 33.

Allan M'Leod of Gairloch, 14, =25=, 313, 315.

Allt a Choire Dhuibh Mhoir. _See_ Great Black Corrie of
Liathgach.

Alness iron-smelting works, 73.

Alpine hare, 238, 239, 379.

Altgreshan, 330.

American merchant drowned, 367.

An Fhridh dhorch, 211, 342, 361.

Ancestry of the Mackenzies, 11.

Ancient ironworks. _See_ Ironworks, ancient.

Ancient records wanting, 3.

Anecdotes, Natural History, 228-232.

Anecdotes of salmon fishing. _See_ Salmon angling.

Anglers and their outfit, 359, 360.

Angling in fresh-water lochs, 312, 363-366.

Angling in Loch Maree, 304, 308, 346, 348.

Angling in sea-lochs, 312, 317, 321, 331, 360, 361.

Angling incidents, 369, 370.

Angus Mackay, piper, 56, 176, 178, 179.

Angus MacMhathain, 11.

Annelid borings, 275.

Applecross, 5, 133, 273, 294, 322, 323, 357, 397, 410, 411, 415,
416.

Archers, MacRae (_and see_ Donald Odhar), 20, 22, 23, 46, 47,
328.

Archibald Primrose, clerk of mines, 75.

Arctic fox, 236, 240, 241.

Ardlair, =14=, =15=, 71, 81, 134, 210, 211, 221, 298, 325,
=342=, 373, 395.

Area of Gairloch, 219.

Argyle Furnace Company, 76.

Art, rarity of, in Gairloch, 200.

Arthur, Dr Mitchell. _See_ Mitchell, Dr Arthur.

Artificial islands. _See_ Crannogs.

Assynt, 47, 215, 216, 239, 272, 275, 278.

Ath-nan-ceann, or Anagown, 13, 210, 304.

Attendants to brides of Gairloch lairds, 109, 170, 185, 187.

Aultbea, 71, 72, 87, 99, 118, 162, 213, 241, 245, 246, 283, 288,
293, 294, 296, 297, 299, 300, 320, =321=, 332, 336, 337, 339,
356, 360.

Aurora Borealis, 225.

Bac an Leth-choin, 47, 240, 333, 334.

Bac Dubh, or Moss Bank, Poolewe, 213, 316, 317.

Bad a Mhanaich, 302.

Badachro, 60, 61, 145, 149, 184, 293, 328, 331.

Badachro river, 221, 328, 367, 372.

Badfearn, 293, 321, 337.

Badge of the Mackenzies, the deer grass, 59, 234.

Badgers, 232, 237.

Bagpipes and pipe music, 59, 174, 175, 178, 179.

Baile na h' Eaglais. _See_ Londubh.

Ballymeon, Inverasdale. _See_ Midtown.

Balmerino, Lord, 77, 78.

Balvenny, battle of, 53.

Bank, Caledonian, Gairloch branch, 297, 310.

Bankes, M., of Letterewe, 62, 149, 157, 162.

Bankes, Mrs Liot, 62, 63, 219, 298, 320, 321, 342.

Bannockburn, battle of, 12.

Bard Mor an t' Slaggan. _See_ Alexander Grant.

Bard Sasunnach, 54, 175, 335.

Bards, 173-175, 331.

Barony of Gairloch, 61.

Bateson, J., 201, 327.

Bathais [Bus] Bheinn, 220, 241, 309, 310, 327, 348.

Bay of Corree. _See_ Corree Bay.

Bay of Gruinard, or Loch Gruinard, 219, 272, 283, 288, 293, 338,
340, 349, 351, =355-359=.

Beallach a Chomhla, on Bathais Bheinn, 39.

Beallach Glasleathaid, battle of, 35.

Beallach nan Brog, skirmish of, 14.

Beauly Priory, lairds of Gairloch buried in, 37, 53, 57.

Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, by John Mackenzie, 126, 175, 179,
184, 188, 189, =190=, 191, 192, 201.

Beggars, 115.

Beinn a Chaisgean, 314, 315, 336, 351.

Beinn a Chearcaill, 220, 307.

Beinn a Mhuinidh, 219, 221, 305, 345.

Beinn Alligin, 220, 272, 285, 288, 324, 356.

Beinn an Eoin, 220, 307, 348.

Beinn Aridh Charr, 219, 241, 272, 282, 288, 298, =315=, 318,
321, 336, 340, 343, 344, 345, 350, 352, 354, 356.

Beinn Bheag, 219, 249.

Beinn Bhreac, 220.

Beinn Damh, 324.

Beinn Dearg, 220.

Beinn Eighe, or Eay, 220, 275, 285, 286, 288, 303, 304, 305,
322, 324, 352, 356.

Beinn Lair, 54, 219, 272, 282, 288, 336, 344, 351, =352=, 402.

Beinn na h' Eaglais, 323.

Beinn nan Ramh, 219.

Beinn Tarsuinn, 219.

Beinn Tarsuinn Chaol, 219, 336.

Bethune, or Beaton, one of the ironworkers, 84, 109.

Bicknell, A. S., 236.

Bidein Clann Raonaild, 303.

Big Englishman. _See_ Sasunnach Mor.

Bird-cherry walking-stick, 161.

Birds, 227-231, 241, 346, 351.

Bishop Leslie of Ross, 64, 77.

Bishops, 63, 64.

Black game, 197, 230, 248, 306, 346, 379.

Black Murdo of the Cave. _See_ Murdo (Black) of the Cave.

Black rock, Craig Tollie, 247, 289, 290, 349.

Black-throated divers, 252, 346, 352, 354.

Blackbirds, 227, 244.

Blackie. _See_ Professor Blackie.

Blar na Fala, 136, 313.

Blar na Pairc, battle called, 31.

Bleeding living cattle, 136, 313, 320, 399.

Bloomeries, or ancient iron furnaces, 72, 74, 86.

Blue hare. _See_ Alpine hare.

Boar (Brown) of Diarmid, 186, 324.

Boats, 312, 327, 331, 334.

Boats, new, or newly tarred, 161, 207.

Bodyguard of John Roy, 40.

Bog iron, 73, 86, 87, 88, 96.

Bog iron, localities and analyses of, 87, 88, 328, 329.

Bonaid Donn, 91, 221, 305, 325, 345.

Bonawe, or Bunawe, iron works on Loch Etive side, 76, 77.

Boor, or Boora, 23, 332.

Booth, E. T., 253, 255.

Boundaries of Gairloch, 219.

Bowman, 136.

Bows, 112.

Boys' dress, 26, 129.

Brae, Inverasdale, 293, 333.

Brahan Castle or Mains, 14, 23, 26, 37.

Brahan, 14, 23, 37, 41, 51.

Breacan an Fheilidh, or plaid of the kilt, 29, 126, =127=.

Bridges in Gairloch, 148, 399.

Bright, John, 369.

British coin, ancient, found near old iron slags, 72.

Broadsword and targe, 4, =112=.

Brochs, or round houses of the Picts, 4, 97, =132=, 336.

Broik, Sir John, rector of Gairloch, 63.

Bronze weapons and implements, 103, 104.

Brown, J. A. Harvie, =241-255=.

Brown trout. _See_ Trout, brown.

Bruachaig, 101, 134, 137, 221, 324.

Buaile na luib, 293, 294, 295, 337.

Buchanan, laird of, slain by Donald Dubh, 29, 33.

Bull Rock, or Craig Thairbh, 148, 325, =343=, =344=, 402.

Bull-trout, 233, 362, 368.

Bunyan's works translated into Gaelic, 190.

Burial-places. _See_ Churchyards.

Burn of the Great Black Corrie. _See_ Great Black Corrie of
Liathgach.

Bynames in Gairloch, 111.

Cabar Feidh, 11, 59.

Cadha Beag, 296, 339.

Cailleach a Mhuillear, 178.

Cailleach Liath Rasaidh, 178.

Caithness men attack MacCailean, 34.

Callaway, Dr, 277, 278.

Callum a Ghlinne, or Malcolm M'Lean, =180-183=.

Calthorp, Rev. Gordon, 370.

Cambrian System, 273, 278, 280, 283, 284, 356.

Cameron of Lochiel, 51.

Canal projected by ironworkers, 95, 332.

Cantæ, 4, 109.

Carbisdell, victory at, 409.

Carn a Ghlinne, 303.

Carn Anthony, 323.

Carn Bhan, 287.

Carn Dearg, 159, 298, 329.

Carried or perched blocks, 283, 350, 353, 355, 358.

Carrier to Gairloch, 297.

Carron ironworks, 76.

Carts, 135.

Cas-chrom, or hand-plough, 138, 141.

Cathair Bheag, 159, 310.

Cathair Mhor, 159, 325.

Cattle, 136, 170, 206, 398, 399.

Cautious, canny disposition (anecdote), 123.

Cave at Cove, 105, 221, 294, =334=, 357.

Cave at North Erradale, 105, 221, =329=.

Cave at Opinan, near South Erradale, 221, =328=.

Cave at Sand of Udrigil, 105, 221, 294, 339, =357=.

Cave at Sand of Udrigil used as a dwelling, 339, =357=.

Cave of Gold on Loch Maree, 221, 344.

Cave of the King's Son, =15=, 16, 18, 221, 343.

Caves with weapons concealed by the sian, 166.

Ceann a Chro, or Cruive End, 315.

Ceann an t' Sail, 30, 310.

Ceilidh, 174, 201.

Cell on Isle Maree, 7, 10, 102.

_Celtic Magazine_, 126, 159, 186, 187.

Chanonry Castle, 14, 396.

Chapel or church of Sand of Udrigil, 5, 63, 66, 70, =100=, 338,
357, 400.

Char, 362, 365, 397.

Character and characteristics, 121, 122, 123, 400, 405, 406.

Charlestown, or Charleston, 30, 46, 60, 167, 246, 293, 297, 310,
331.

Charter of Gairloch, 30, 391.

Chevy Chase, battle of, 13.

Chisholm, friend of Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead, 47, 330.

Chisholm, Rev. Thomas, 416.

Christian festivals, 64, 121.

Christian Lady Mackenzie, wife of Sir Hector, 57.

Christianity introduced, 4, 323.

Christmas, 66, 202.

Church at Culinellan, near Kenlochewe, or Heglis-loch-ew, 62,
70, 99, 324, 400, 415.

Church at Poolewe, 71, 293, 316, 407.

Church at Tollie Croft, or Cruive End, 70, 99, 315, 398, 400.

Church attendance in Gairloch, 118, 120.

Church of Gairloch, or Heglis Gherloch, 5, 61, 62, 69, 70, 99,
293, 310, 400, 407, 408, 411, 415.

Church of Inverewe. _See_ Inverewe church and churchyard.

Church of St Maelrubha, 5, 63, 69, 311, 415.

Church of turf in Tollie Bay, 66, 71, 99.

Churchyard of Gairloch, 36, 43, 52, 53, 56, 82, =101=, 177, 178,
184, 186, 190, 191, 311, 331.

Churchyards or burial-grounds, 100, 101, 247.

Circle, supposed to be Druidical, in Tollie wood, 97.

Circular enclosure, supposed to be Druidical, on Isle Maree, 97,
151, 152, 397.

Clach a Mhail, 134, 343.

Clach an t' Shagart, 302.

Clach nam Brog, 313.

Clachan garbh, 26.

Cladh nan Sasunnach, =84=, 100, 325, 345, 405.

Clais na Leac, 87, 325.

Clan Eachainn, 36.

Claonadh, or Slopes at the back of Beinn Lair, 54, 344.

Clark, Rev. W., minister in Inverness, 216.

Clayband ironstone, 88, 89, 317.

Cliff Hill, 314, 318, 333.

Climate of Gairloch, 222-225, 404.

Clive. _See_ Poolewe.

Clowes, S. W., 240.

Clyde ironworks, 76.

Cnoc a Chrochadair, 45, 304.

Cnoc a croiche, or Gallows hill, =116=, 311, 331.

Cnoc na mi-Chomhairle, or Hill of Evil Counsel, 25, 315.

Coast, Inverasdale, 293, 333.

Cochran-Patrick, Dr, quoted or referred to, 344.

Cod fishery of Gairloch, 57, =143-146=, 398, 399, 407.

Coigeach, 272, 356.

Coille Aigeascaig, 196, 197, 221, 231, 243, 319.

Coinneachadh Beag, 307.

Coire an Easain, 178.

Coire Chaoruinn, 287.

Coire Cheud Cnoc, or Valley of the Hundred Hills, =285=, 323.

Colin Cam, lord of Kintail, 40, 396.

Colin Fitzgerald, 11.

Colin Mor Gillespic, 17, 18.

Colla Ban, 51.

Colouring of landscapes, 226, 234, 303, 346, 351, 402.

Communicants, 119, 407.

Competitions suggested, 124.

Conan House, 56, 57.

Confession of Faith of the Westminster Divines, 118.

Conglomerates or breccias of the Cambrian Series, 274, 283, 284,
285, 327, 331, 332.

Controversy on separate form of the kilt, 127.

Coppachy, 87, 290, 293, 325, 345.

Corree Bay, or Ob Choir' I, 348, 362.

Corson, G., 298, 329, 330.

Coulin mountains and forest, 299, 302, 322.

Cove, 105, 166, 293, 294, =334=.

Covenant, wars of Montrose against the, 53, 408, 409.

Courtesy in Gairloch, 122, 194, 200, 201.

Crabs, 143.

Craig a chait, 46, 55, 232, 310.

Craig an Dubh Loch, 219, 287, 288, 336, 350, 351, 352, =353=.

Craig an Fhithich, 312, 335.

Craig an Fhithich Mhor, 337.

Craig an t' Shabhail, 211, 285.

Craig Bhadain an Aisc, 26, 313.

Craig Bhan, 335, 336.

Craig Thairbh. _See_ Bull Rock.

Craig Tollie, 23, 228, 229, 230, 243, 247, 272, 282, 283, 309,
314, 315, 318, 327, 333, 348, 349.

Crannogs, or artificial islands, on Lochs Tollie, Kernsary, and
Mhic 'ille Rhiabhaich, 98, 99, 350.

Crasg, the, 36, 40, 116, 311.

Creagan an Inver of Meikle Gruinard, 180.

Crest of the Mackenzies, figure of Donald Odhar, 59.

Crinan, 203, 205.

Croft. _See_ Tollie Croft.

Croft Brae, 315.

Crofters and Cottars, Royal Commission on, 57, 138, 376-379.

Crofts and crofters, 137, 138.

Cromasaig, 51, 175, 322.

Crops, 138.

Cross, one of the ironworkers, 54, 84, 109.

Crosses on the graves of the Prince and Princess, 10, 105, 152.

Cruive End. _See_ Ceann a Chro.

Cruives for taking salmon, 367, 372.

Cuckoo, 197, 231, 247.

Cuil an Scardain, 95, 332.

Cuilchonich, 321, 337.

Culinellan, 70, 91, 99, 101, 247, 304, 325.

Curlews, 230, 241, 250, 354.

Danes, 5, 415.

Daniel (Rev.) Mackintosh. _See_ Mackintosh, Rev. Daniel.

Darrochs, the. _See_ Duncan Darroch.

David II., 13.

Davidson, A., 256.

Davis, H. B. W., R.A., 201, 315.

Davy, Sir Humphrey, and his salmon, 369.

Deaths, presages of, 161.

Deer forests and deer-stalking, 372-379.

Deer-grass, or Stag's-horn moss, 234.

Deer (red) and stags, 39, 104, 168, 346, 372-379.

Denudation of rocks, 273, 284.

Destitution fund at the time of the potato famine, 149.

Diabaig, 61, 293, 294, 295.

Diet, 133, 136.

Dingwall, Rev. Ronald, 72, 294.

Dirks, 30, 112, 161.

Discontinuance of the historic ironworks, 83.

Disruption, the, 68.

Dog, bite of a, 161.

Doire, 348.

Domhnull Greannach, 45.

Donald Dubh Mac Gillechriosd Mac Gille Riabhaich, 28, 33.

Donald Fraser, forester, Fannich, 245, 249.

Donald Gorm of Sleat, 37.

Donald Lord of the Isles, 6, 13, 24, 27.

Donald Maclean, his visions of red coats, 172, 335.

Donald Mor Mackay, 41, 42, 177.

Donald Mor MacRae, 19, 22, 23.

Donald Morrison of Drumchork, 187, 206.

Donald (or Domhnull) Odhar Mac Iain Leith, 19, 20, 45, 46, 48,
59, 102, 127, 310, 328.

Donald (Rev.) MacRae. _See_ MacRae, Rev. Donald.

Donnachadh Mor na Tuaighe, or Big Duncan of the Axe, 19, 32, 34,
35.

Donnachadh na Fadach, or Duncan MacRae, 172, 211.

Dounie, Rev. John, 68, 77, 99, 398.

Dress, ordinary, of Gairloch men and women, 130.

Dresser, H. E., 229, 253.

Drowning, deaths by, 171, 203, 208, 210, 211, 367.

Druids and Druidical remains, 4, 97, 153, 154, 157.

Druim a chait, battle of, 33.

Druim Carn Neill, 47, 333.

Drumchork, 187, 208, 298, 320, 321, 379.

Drust the son of Erp, 4.

Dry Island, Badachro, 145, 328.

Dubh Loch, 272, 287, 288, 350, 352, =353=, 354, 365.

Dugal MacRae son of Big Duncan of the Axe, 19, 35.

Dun Bhorraraig, 178.

Dun Naast, 61, 98, 333.

Dun or Castle of Gairloch, 21, 24, 30, 36, 40, 43, 98, 311, 331.

Dunan, Tournaig, 98, 320.

Duncan Darroch of Torridon, 28, 246, =324=.

Duncan Mackenzie at Blar na Pairc, 31, 32.

Duncan Mackenzie, butler to Sir Hector, and innkeeper at
Poolewe, 70, 148.

Duncan Mackenzie, the Kenlochewe bard, =192-194=, 324.

Duncan MacRae of Isle Ewe, bard, and the sian, 55, 165, 175,
334.

Duncan Urquhart, valet to Captain Mackenzie, Kinloch, 204.

Dundonell, 149, 209, 300, 314, 359.

Dutch map of 1660 or 1662, 61.

Dyes and dyeing, 128, 132, 235.

Eachainn Ruadh. _See_ Hector Roy.

Eagles, 228, 229, 241, 309, 349, 350, 354.

Earl of Kinnoull. _See_ Kinnoull.

Earl of Seaforth. _See_ Lord Seaforth.

Earldom of Ross, 6, 32.

Earls of Ross, 6, 12, 59.

Early history, 3.

Eastern gneiss, 277, 279, 281, 288.

Ecclesiastical History, 63-72, 415-417.

Edward Balliol, 24.

Eels, 361, 366.

Eilean Dubh na Sroine, 346.

Eilean Grudidh, or Grudidh Island, 21, 24, 43, =98=, 307, 326,
346.

Eilean Horisdale, 210, 328.

Eilean na h' Iolair, 241.

Eilean Ruaridh Beag, 25, 40, 49, 61, =102=, 177, 346, 348.

Eilean Ruaridh Mor, 230, 346, =348=.

Eilean Suainne, 38, 49, 61, 102, 160, 177, 242, 346, =347=, 348.

Eileandonain Castle, 11, 13, 14, 16, 31, 37, 395, 396.

Elegy on Dr Kennedy, Dingwall, 198-200.

Elm bark hair-wash, 131.

English more spoken than formerly, 125.

Episcopalianism, 63, 64, 65, 416, 417.

Epithalamium on the marriage of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie and Miss
Eila Campbell, 193, 194.

Erradale, 5, 61.

Estates in Gairloch, 60-63, 219, 318, 320, 335, 342.

Ewan Mac Gabhar the son of the Goat, 14, 16, 18.

Ewe river. _See_ River Ewe.

Fairies, fairy seats, knowes, or hillocks, 159-161, 310, 325,
329, 334, 337, 347.

Falcon, peregrine, 242, 349, 354.

Family worship, 121.

Farquhar MacRae, Rev. _See_ MacRae, Rev. Farquhar.

Farquhar (Rev.) Mackenzie. _See_ Mackenzie, Rev. Farquhar.

Fasagh, and Fasagh glen and burn, 274, 275, 279, 345.

Fasagh ironworks, =91=, 95, 325, 345.

Fast-day, communion, 118.

Faults (geological), 281, 282.

Fedan Mor above Loch a Druing, 55, 166, 334.

Feill Iudha, or Ewe market, 104, 317.

Feith Mhic Iain Dhuibh, 44, 307.

Feith, or Fe, Leoid, 13, 322.

Feithean Mor, or Fain Mor, 149, 300.

Ferintosh, 66, 202, 415.

Ferruginous rocks, shales, and earths, 74, 86.

Feur, or Fear, or Fiar Loch, 309, 330, 366.

Fevers, =133=, =400=.

Fiaclachan, 333.

Fidelity to chief, 37, 122, =201=.

Fife Adventurers, 77.

Fighting Jack, 56.

Fingalian legends, 3, 186, 324, 342.

Finlay Mackinnon, the Poolewe artist, =200=, 201, 316.

Finnocks, 233, 362.

Firemore, or Faidhir Mor, 293, 333.

First Coast, or Bad an t' Sluig, 138, 293, 339, 358.

First-footing, 116.

Fish, species of, in Gairloch waters, 361, 362, 363, 366.

Fish-hooks, 144, 145.

Fishing tackle, 359, 360.

Fishing station at Badachro. _See_ Badachro.

Fionn Loch, 220, 221, 238, 241, 272, 283, 287, 289, 290, 298,
321, 335, 336, 339, =349-355=, 356, 357, 358, 359, 364, 365.

Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead, 19, 20, 46, 47, 330.

Flies for the Ewe, 369.

Flodden Field, battle of, 27, 29, 36.

Flowerdale, 49, 51, =54=, 55, 57, 63, 97, 102, 103, 116, 117,
127, 130, 147, 148, 170, 184, 185, 186, 221, 222, 224, 225,
232, 237, 298, 310, 372, 373, 398, 399, 400.

Flowers, 234, 256-264.

Fogs almost unknown, 225.

Folk-lore, 117, 201.

Forbes, Bishop, his journal, 415, 417.

Forested, meaning of, 137, 373.

Forests. _See_ Deer forests.

Forests of timber, 74, 373.

Forty-five, the, 54.

Foura, 5, 220, 246, 250, 251.

Fowler, Mrs, Inverbroom, 256.

Fox Point, or Rudha mhadaidh ruaidh, 3, 159, 252, =341=, 342,
362.

Foxes, 137, 237, 240, 341.

Francis H. Mackenzie, 57, 312.

Francis (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., twelfth laird of Gairloch, =57=,
122, 129, 132, 140-142, 164, 168, 194, 376, 404, 405.

Fraoch Eilean, 45, 310, 328, 331.

Fraser of Foyers concealed in Flowerdale House, 56.

Fraser, Rev. Mr, minister, Stornoway, 213.

Free church and churches, 68, 71, 294, 304, 311, 317, 321, 328,
334.

Free church, characteristics of services, 121.

Free church ministers and manses, 71, 72, 294, 298, 311.

Fucoid remains, 275.

Fuirneis, or Furnace, 79, 92, 95, 293, 294, 325, 344, 345.

Funeral customs, 115.

Funeral of Colonel Keith Stewart Mackenzie, 20.

Fungi and toadstools, 234, 236.

Furnace (Letterewe) ironworks. _See_ Letterewe, or Furnace,
ironworks.

Gaelic Bible, 190.

Gaelic language, 125, 183, 400, 406, 407.

Gaelic literature, 126.

Gaff, unnecessary on Ewe, 371.

Gairloch churchyard. _See_ Churchyard of Gairloch.

Gairloch company of Seaforth Highlanders, 56, 112.

Gairloch, first mention of, 6.

Gairloch Hotel, 26, 226, =311=, 329, 330, 331.

Gairloch, lands of, being the original estate, 60.

Gairloch, the. _See_ The Gairloch.

Gallows hill. _See_ Cnoc a Croiche.

Garavaig falls and burn. _See_ Victoria Falls.

Garavaig ironworks, =93=, 95, 309, 348.

Garbh Eilean, 346, 348.

Garbh, or Kenlochewe river, 221, 303, 322, 325, 367, 372.

Gardens, infrequency of, 133, 142.

Garradh Iaruinn. _See_ Iron dyke.

Geikie, Dr A., quoted or referred to, 271, 278, 279, 280, 283,
313, 331.

Genealogical account of the Macras, quoted, 77, 78, 79, 81, 395.

General Wade's, or the old military, roads, 148, 398.

Geology, 271-289.

George Mackenzie of Gruinard, 66, 211.

George Ross, head gamekeeper, 130, 184.

George (Sir) Hay. _See_ Hay, Sir George.

George Steuart (Sir) Mackenzie of Coul. _See_ Mackenzie, Sir G.
S., of Coul.

George III., 224.

Ghost stories, 169.

Giant's Point. _See_ Ru Nohar.

Gift of the manufacture of iron and glass to Sir George Hay, 80,
=412=.

Gille Buidhe, murder of the, 55, 83, 344.

Gille Dubh of Loch a Druing, a fairy, 160, 334.

Gille Riabhach assists Black Murdo of the Cave, 12, 27.

Gilleon na h' Airde, 11.

Gilleon Og, 11.

Gizzard, or Gilaroo, trout, 363.

Glac Mhic Iain Dhuibh. _See_ Feith Mhic Iain Dhuibh.

Glac na Sguithar, 51, 302.

Glaciation and Glacial Age, 282, 283, 288, 301, 348, 355.

Glas Leitire in Kintail, 30, 33, 36, 38, 39, 60.

Glas Leitire woods, 221, 237, 305, 306, =346=.

Glen Cruaidh Choillie, or Glen Logan, =274-277=, 279, 290, 304,
324.

Glen Dochartie, 50, 90, 95, 220, 277, 279, 280, 281, 282, 296,
303, 315, 396.

Glen Dochartie ironworks, =90=, 95, 303.

Glenelg of Glenelg, loss of the, 213.

Glen Grudidh, 306, 346.

Glen Logan. _See_ Glen Cruaidh Choillie.

Glen na Muic, 324, 396.

Glen, the. _See_ The Glen.

Glen Torridon, 67, 304.

Glengarry ironworks, 76, 127.

Gneiss, or Hebridean gneiss, 272, 277, 278, 280, 288, 313, 327,
331, 332, 350, 357, 404.

Goats, 16, 23, 232.

Goatfield ironworks, 76, 77.

Gold for Prince Charlie, 55, 166.

Gold mining, 344.

Golden Eagle. _See_ Eagles.

Good, W. Clements, of Aberdeen, 195, 198.

Goosanders, 230, 255, 346.

Grant of Grant, Sir John, 187.

Grant, the peddler of Tournaig, 215, 216.

Grasses, 226, 234.

Graves at the Cladh nan Sasunnach, 3, 84, 85, 100, 345.

Great Black Corrie of Liathgach and its burn, 51, 303, 322, 323.

Greenstone Point, 62, 109, 113, 161, 172, 214, 219, 284, 320,
339, 356, 404.

Grey crow. _See_ Hoodie crow.

Grigor M'Gregor, from Achtercairn, drowned, 211.

Groban, 219.

Grouse and grouse shooting, 248, 379.

Grudidh Island. _See_ Eilean Grudidh.

Grudidh river and bridge, 148, 221, 307, 321, 326.

Gruinard, 62, 241, 243, 244, 245, 247, 296, 299, 300, 321, 358.

Gruinard Bay. _See_ Bay of Gruinard.

Guard of the Black Corrie, 51.

Gulf stream, 225, 318.

Gulls, 230, 346, 347.

Guns, 50, 112, 113.

Haco, king of Norway, defeated at the battle of Largs, 5.

Haddocks and haddock fishing, 143, 207, 361.

Hamilton, Dr, Windermere, 371.

Hammers worked by water-power at ironworks, 75, 94.

Hamond, A., 201, 327.

Hand-line fishing, 360, 361.

Harlaw, battle of, 13.

Harold Harfager, 5.

Harpers, 174.

Hay, John, last manager of the Letterewe ironworks, 82, 83, 311.

Hay of Kirkland, 82, 83.

Hay, Sir George, the ironfounder of Loch Maree, 40, 75, 77,
=78-82=, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 92, 93, 95, 395, 398, 412-415,
416.

Heather burning, 349.

Hebridean gneiss. _See_ Gneiss.

Hector Cross, crofter at Letterewe, 54.

Hector, eldest son of John Glassich Mackenzie, =38=.

Hector Roy, 14, 26, 27, 28, =29-36=, 177, 185, 186, 307.

Hector (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., eleventh laird of Gairloch,
=56-57=, 68, 116, 117, 135, 144, 145, 161, 179, 185, 186, 187,
194, 206, 210, 224, 371, 399, 400, 401, 404.

Heddle, Dr, 273, 276, 277, 278, 280, 287.

Heglis Gherloch. _See_ Church of Gairloch.

Heglis Loch Ew. _See_ Church at Culinellan.

Heights of Kenlochewe, 324, 396.

Helen Marianne of Campbeltown wrecked, 214.

Hematite (red) iron ore, 88, 89, 317.

Hemp for fishing lines, 145.

Hereditary pipers (Mackays) of the Gairloch family, 41, 56, 57,
=177-179=.

Hermit of Isle Maree, 7, =415=.

Herons, 230, 253, 354.

Herring fisheries, 143, 204, 205, 208, 212, 398, 399, 407.

Hicks, Dr, 272, 275, 278, 279, 280, 281, 283.

Highland dress, 126-130, 161.

Highland _esprit_, 124.

Highland Railway, 299, 301.