D e s c r i p t i o n
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miftake arofe from two o f the name o f Donald, who were mod
remarkable for the ravages they made in Scotland, in the reign oil
Edward Baliol, in 1368, and in that o f James E in 1410. As the!
title is popular ftill in the ides, I ehufe to continue what is foj
much in ufe.
Befides thofe already mentioned, the lords had a houfe and chapel
at Laganon, on the South fide of Loch-an-daal: a ftrong caftlej
on a rock in the fea, at Dunowaick, at the South-Eaft end of the]
country; for they made this iiland their refidence after their ex*]
pulfion from that o f Man, in 1304.
There is a tradition, that while the ifle of Man was part of]
the kingdom o f the ifles, that the rents were for a time paid
in this country: thofe in filver were paid on a rock,, ‘ ftill called!
Greig-a-mone, or, the rock of the filver rent: the other, CrM
a-nairgid, or, the rock o f rents, in kind* Thefe lie oppofite tel
each other, at the mouth, of a harbour on the S.-fide of this
iiland.
Return to Freeport, and go on board my vcflel, now atanchoJ
on the Jura fide of the found, in Whitefarlane bay.
The ifle o f Bay, IJla, or, as it is called in Erfe, Be, is oft
fquare form, deeply indented on the South by the great bay oil
Loch-an-daal, divided {ram Jura, on the N.Eaft, by. the found,!
which is near fourteen miles long, and about one broad. The]
tides moft violent and rapid: the channel clear, excepting atthel
S. entrance, where there are forne rocks on the Jura fide.
The length of Bay, from the point o f Ruval to the Midi of XH
wth, is twenty-eight, miles; is divided into the parilhes of 'ISme
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