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as he imagined, undifcovered; but one day walking alone on J
beach, he unexpectedly encountred Mr. John Knox who was f]
to apprehend him: and the moment he faw the unfriendly paJ
in defpair, ruihed into the fea, and put an end to his exiftenre*
Made a hearty dinner under the fhade o f the caftle; andevj
at that height procured fine water from a fpring within a hundj
yards of the place. T he view o f the bay o f Gir-vait, in Cm!
within nine miles, and. that of Campbeltown, about twenty-tj
bounded each fide of. the Firth.. ' 1
The weather was fo hot that we did not afcend to the fummit
which is faid to. be broad, and to have had on it a fmall chapel
defigned (as is frequent on the promontories; o f foreign ftoJ I
for the devout feaman to offer up his prayer,, offiuppMoationi
a fafe. voyage, or, o f gratitude for a fafe return.
In the evening returmon board, and fteer towards CampkltJL
but.make very little way, by reafon- o f the ftillnefs of the night, 1
In the morning find ourfelves within nine miles of the to J
having to the South (near the end-of Qantyre) Sanda, or Am\ I
or ifland of harbours +.; fo called from its being the ftation ofili
Danijh fleets, while that nation poffeffed the Hebrides.-, a higll
ifland, about two. miles long,, inhabited‘by four families.’ In*
sto’s time here was the chapel o f St.Jmian, and a fanftnaryfJ
the refuge of criminals £. Near it is Sheep-ifland; and a mill
to the Eaft lies Peterfon’s rock, dreaded, by mariners. The Ä
» SpoßßwoßJ'f Hiß. o f Scot. p. 44$. and 447..
+■ Bucbäoa», Üb. I.- 3 j. The Dean o f the ifles calls it A-voyn, fra the armiesof
Denmark callit m their leid, Haviv»..
i , ForduTfr lib. ii. c, ioA.
I extremity of Cantyre, lies at a fmall diftance beyond this
foupe. •
Dire6t Mr. Thompfon to carry the veiTel round the Mull, and
to wait under the ifle o f Gigha. Take the boat, and make for
JLmfhltown: after feven miles reach the mouth o f the harbour,
¡¡roiled by a fmall and high ifland, with a deep but narrow paff
e on one fide : on the other, connected to the land by a beach,
¡dry at the ebb of the tides, and fo low, t-hat Arrange ihips, mif-
. taking the entrance, fometimes run on ihore. The harbour wi-
Kns to a very confiderable extent, is two miles in length, and o f
a ¡onfiderable depth of water, even clofe to the town, which lies
at the bottom.
mCampbeltown is now a very confiderable place, having rifen
from a petty fiflfimg town to its prefent flouriihing ftate in lefs
than thirty years. About the year 1744 it had only two or three
fmall veffels belonging to the port: at prefent there are feventy-
eight fail, from twenty to eighty tuns burthen, all built for, and
( employed in, the herring fiihery; and about eight hundred fai-
|!lors are employed to man them. This town in fait was created
I by the fifhery; for it was appointed the place of rendezvous for
Itlie buffes; two hundred and fixty have been feen in the har-
Rour at once; but their number declines fince the ill-payment
[ of the bounty. I do not know the gradual increafe of the in-
; habitants here; but it is computed that there are feven thoufand
? in the town and parifh. Two minifters officiate; befides ano-
pher for the church of the feceders, called the Relief houfe. This
| is a remarkable neat building, and quite ihames that o f the efta-
Miihed church: was raifed by a voluntary fubfcription of 2300/.
F f 2 colle&ed
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