l e m i i and pa fled p ro v id e n tia lly between tw o ro c k s , a t a fm a ll
E n c e ’ from each other-, and fin d in g h itn fe lf in fmooth water
f c p p e d anchor, and la y fe cu re in a fine natura l w e t d o c k . A
Ifco v ery w o r th y th e attention o f mariners * .
■ B e y o n d Jura appears the g u lp h o f Corry-vrekan, bou nd ed b y the
I o f Skarba ; the mountains o f Mull fu c c e e d ; and before us e x -
E d the ihores o f the tw o iflands, th e immediate o b je ft s o f o u r v ifit..
¿and ab ou t one o ’c lo c k on.
O R A N S A Y •.■
The ihip arrives foon a fte r , and anchors w ithin Ghudimal, w h i c h ,
■with two or three other little r o c k y ifles, fo rm s an h a rb o u r .
■ After a b o u t a mile’s w a lk rea ch th e ruins o f the antient m ona fte ry ,
L n d e d (as fome fa y ) b y S t. Columba, b u t w ith ’more p r o b a b ility b y
fine of th e Lords of the IJles, w h o fix ed here a p r io ry o f Canons regular
¡ | f Augufiine, dependent on the a b b y o f Holyrood, in Edinburgh. T h e
jfhurch is fifty -n in e fe e t b y eigh teen, and contains the tomb s o f n um b
e r s o f t h e a n t i e n t iflanders, tw o o f w ar riors re cumben t, feven fe e t
lo n g ; a flattery perhaps of the fculptor, to give to. future ages exi
t e d notions of. their proweis. Befides thefe, are fcattered over the
fo o r l e f l e r f ig u r e s o f h e ro e s , p r ie fts an d f em a l e s ; th e la f t fe em in g ly
I f fome order : and near them is a fig u r e ,,cu t in fton e, o f fu l l f i z e ,
¡apparently an abbefs.
I * Mariners have overlooked the account of this harbour given by Alexander
find/ay, pilot to James V . in his navigation round Scotland, in 1536, who pro-
Ibounces it to have good anchorage. Jams in perfon executed the great defigu
[of taking charts of the coafts of his dominions, and founding the molt diftant and
[dangerous rocks,.
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