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cretly prefided, and protected. He raifed an income o f five him.'
dred a year by thefe taxes; and behaved with genuine honor in
reltoring, on proper eonfideration, the ftolen cattle of his friends.
In this he bore fome refemblance to our Jonathan; but differed,
in obferving a itriCt fidelity towards his own gang; yet he was
indefatigable in bringing to juftice any rogues that interfered with
his own. He was a man of a polifhed behaviour, fine addrefs,
and fine perfon. He confidered himielf in a very high light, as
a benefactor to the public, and pteferver o f general tranquillity;
for on the filver plates, the ornaments of his Baidrick, he thus
addreifes his broad-fword,
Hae tibi erunt arte», paeis componere mores:
Parcere fubjecUs et debellare fuperbos.
After a moil tempeftuous and rainy night, fail at eight o’clock
in the morning, defigning to reach the found of Mull; but the
wind proving contrary, we ran over to IJle Oranfay, in the ifle of
Skie, a fafe harbor: where we continued confined by adverfe
winds till the next day.
A t half an hour after one at noon, fail. As foon as we got
out, we found a vail fwell from the fury o f the lail night’s llorm;
the waves mountanous, but, thanks to a gentle breeze, we made
our way finely through them.
Pafs on the Eall, Loch-nevijh, or the lake o f Heaven, a fine
and piCturefque inlet.
Pol-morrer where fmall craft may lie. About half a mile inland;
from this bay is the great frelh-water lake called Loch-morrer.
next is the country of Arifaigy and its celebrated point: for within.
.this,
this, a little to the South, in Loch-nan-ua, or the lay of caves,
landed the young pretender, on July 25, 1745 ; and from hence
concluded his Phaetontic expedition, September 20th of the following
year. The two frigates that lay there in May of the fame fum-
mer, with arms and ammunition, Had an engagement off this point
with two of ours ; and maintained their itation. They, landed
part of their ilores, but finding the caufe defperate, returned to
Franca with fev.eral of the fugitives from the battle of Culloden.
Sail by Loch Hallyort, and the country o f Moydart, the moll
lbutherly part o f the ihire of I n v e r n e s s . Leave to the Well the
point of Slate in Skie: the vail hills of Bla-ven and Cuchullin
©pen to view: then fucceeds the mountanous Rum keep clofe under
the ifle of Egg, diltinguilhed by the lofty fpire o f Squr-egg,
Pafs immediately under the point of Ard-na-murchan, the moll
northern part of Argylejhire. Turn into the found o f Mull, a fine
opening five miles broad: to the E. o f the point is Loch-funarti
penetrating deeply into the country of Morvern. A t the head,
is Strontian, noted for a lead mine. About nine o’clock, at night
anchor in Fobir Mom lay,,, in the ifle of
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This bay is a moll beautiful circular bafon, formed by Mull'on
©ne fide, and the ifle of Calve on the other. A ll the banks are
verdant and embellilhed at this time with three cafcades. It
takes its name from a chapel and well, dedicated to the Virgin
Mary. Here in 1588 the Florida, one o f Philip’& invincible Armada
was blown up after the difperfion of the fleet: fome fay by
acddent j.
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