Proceed two tniles farther; pafs under a high hill, with a prei
¿ipitous front, ftyled Sgor-more, or, the great projeition; and
immediately after reach Dun-tuilm caftle, or, the caftle of the
round grajjy eminence, placed at the verge of a high precipice over
the lea ; the ground adjacent formed of fine verdant turf.
Find our veffel at anchor under the little rocky Elan-tuilm, lofty!
and of a pifturefque form.
Take leave of feveral gentlemen, who, according to the v/or!
thy cuftom o f thefe iflands, convoyed us from place to place, a n t i
never left us till they 'had delivered us over to the1 next h o fp ita b lJ
roof, or feen us fafely embarked. Among others who d id mJ
this honor, was Dodtor John Maclean, whofe family h a v e b e e «
hereditary phyficians, for fome centuries, to tha't o f Mac-domlM
They have been educated at the expence of the chieftain ; and r e J
ceive .to .this day an appointment in land, holding the farm o f l
'Shulijla at t'he gates of the antient refidence of the Mac-donalds, the
caftle of Dun-tuilm, which the Dodtor enjoys together w ith M
penfion from the late Sir James Mac-donald.
D u n - t u i l m Dun-tuilm caftle is a ruin, but was inhabited as late as I 7 I < 1
CASTLE« I
.It was .the original feat o f the Mac-donalds, in Skit: near it, a h i l l l
called Cnock an eirick, or, the MU of pleas: fuch eminences arJ
frequent near the houfes o f all the great men, for on thefe, b y t h J
affiftance of .their friends, they determined all differences betw een !
their people-: the place was held facred, and to the refpeft paid!
to the decifions delivered from the fummit, may in fome meaiurel
be attributed the ftrict obedience o f a fierce and military race tol
their chieftain.
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