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B e n in g , and patted p ro v id e n tia lly between tw o ro c k s , a t a fm all
B ftance ' from each o th e r ; and fin d in g h im fe lf in fmooth water,
B o p p ed anchor, and la y fe cu re in a fine n atu ra l w et d o c k . A
Bfcovery worthy the attention o f mariners * .
B Beyond Jura appears the gulph o f Corry-vrekan, bounded by the
B e of Skarba ; the mountains of Mull fucceed; and before us ex-
| fend the ihores of the two ¡(lands, the immediate objefts o f our vifit..
¡¡Land about one. o’clock on.
O R A N s A Y V
' (The (hip arrives foon a fte r , and anchors w ithin Ghudimal, w h ich r
with two or three other little r o c k y ifles, fo rm s an h a rb o u r .
I After about a mile’s wa lk, rea ch the ruins o f the antient mona fte ry ,
Bounded (as fome fa y ) b y S t. Columba, b u t w ith more p r o b a b ility b y
B n e of the Lords of the IJles, w h o fix ed here a p r io ry o f Canons regular
mfAuguJline, dependent on the a b b y o f Holyrood, in Edinburgh. T h e
Bhurch is fifty-nine fe e t b y eigh teen, and contains the tom b s o f n um -
bers o f the antient iflanders,. tw o o f war riors re cumb en t, feven fe e t
B o n g ; a flattery perhaps o f the fcu lp to r , to g iv e to. fu tu re ages e x i
t e d notions o f their prowefs. Befides thefe, are fca ttered o v e r the
■floor lefier figures o f h eroes, priefts and fem a le s ; th e la ft fe eming ly
B > f fome order : and near them is a fig u r e ,.cu t in ftone, o f f u l l f iz e ,
[apparently an abbefs.
* Mariners have overlooked the account of this harbour given by Alexander
Wtndfay, pilot to 'jama V. in his navigation round Scotland, in 1536, who pronounces
it to have good anchorage. James in perfon executed the great defign
of taking charts of the coafts of his dominions, and founding the moft diftanc and.
dangerous rocks,.
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