M a c - d o n a l d ’ s
HARBOUR*
knees, and the covering of'his head o f a conic form, like the Bird
of the antient Irijh * ; a fword in his hand, and dirk by his fiJ
The other has on it a great fword ; a beautiful running, pattern oi
foliage round i t ; and a griffin, a lion,,and another animal at oj
end: near- to them is a plain tablet, whether intended to beenoravJ
or whether, like Peter Papin,'Lord of Utrique,he was a new ltnightl
and wanted a device, muft remain undetermined.
On a little flat hill, near the village,,are the remains of the gallowjJ
this was the place of execution in the days o f the lords of the idea
From hence is a pretty, view of the loch, and the church and villaJ
o f Bomore.
This part o f the ifland is in many places bounded by a fortol
terrafs near twenty-two feet high,, entirely formed of rounded fed
worn pebbles, now fome hundred o f yards diftant from the medium]
line between high and,low water mark ; and above twenty-five yard«
aboveit. This is another proof of the lofs fuftained by the feaini
the Scottijb,iflandswhich, we know,..makes more than reprizds ii]
other places.
Ride along the head o f the bay ; at Pralaig, on a heathy eminence]
that faces the fands, are three deep hollows ; their infides once lined;
with ftone: thefe had been the watch-towers o f the natives, to attend,
the motions o f any invaders from the fea. Qbferve near them 3.
great column o f rude ftone.
Pafs by two deep channels, at prefent dry: thefe had been the harft
bour of the great Mac-donald-, had once piers, with doors to iecure
his ffiipping; : a great iron hook, one o f the hinges, having lately been
found there.
* Mr. O'Conner's dilT. ¡lift. Irelandr iiz r
Thq
I Tbeveffels then in ufe were called Birlings, probably corrupted
I r o tn ZM ^ * , a fPecieS of Ihip among the but by
IL iize o f the, harbours, it is plain that the navy of this potentate
E s not very confiderable. \ ' r . ■
■ Xum a little out of the road to fee the fite o f one o f his houles,
lulled Kil-choman,and a deep glen, which is pointed out to me as
fce place where he kept his fat cattle: fuch a conveniency was very.
Keceffary, as moft of th e eftablifhment of th e great Mac-donald.''s
h o u lh o ld was paid in kind. Mr. Campbel, o f Baliuk, fa vo redme -
^ith the ftate of it in 154?, which was, as follows :
South Cantyre.
In money, 162/. 8 B. 48.
Meal, 4S0 ft- 2 pt.
Malt, ,2 5 ch.. 14 B. 2 fir.
Marts, 4?
Mutton, 53
Cheefe, 342 ft. three-quarters.
Norib Cantyre.
I Ih money, 125I. 10 B.
jb a t -m e a l, 388 ftones three-quarters.
H a l t , 4 ,ch. 10 b o l l s ,
P l a t t s , i. e. a ftalhfed ox, .6, .
Cow, 1.
| p u t t o n s , 4 1
Bheefe, 307 ft. three-quarters.- .
Bay and Reinds -ft.
Poney,45/. li.: Meal, 2593 ft. Marts, 301. • Mutton, ,301.
Cheefe, .2161, 3 pt. Geefe, 301. Poultry, 30,1,
| 'forfeits, 106.
I t Atria of/fey to the Weft between Kilarew and Sunderland.
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