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Is.ÇI8.:
Bute.
Hebudes.
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Jura.
’ ^© d ic .c^ftle is. m emorabl e in„, hifipryv * a.
and barley *. Mr. Jamefon has recently published ap j^ c co j^ n J^ ^ liis
ifland, particularly ifemineralogy, 1from^'^lrf£hr it> appear!/|ha.t._fit feja
mou ataiqfous.-re'gionand ’-Qqat^ell n^ari>Jj©Qg"j^|et,in,^ggtbM»l|^&e
fquth,ern parts,jof theifland^preferitdqw ajid- ©fil tin ted , j/ggpunds ;rfthe
janpl granite, th^fojjn^rJtra^x^gjj-b by veins of
bjfialt, jfjf^Ieajr Lamlafli, is.ape%ten&v^y^jp^o^pi^q%>lJona^l^,gfleeEafh
cqlour, -and :the Ifiack alia c^ccurs. TTbere is ,alfo-gr^it|pe',^rppsfi)d. of;
quartz,, -felfpar, .and. hornblende; npicaceous fchiftus Jikeyrifq abppnds ;
there is little-coal.. ;
Bute is about twelyemiles.ia length,.bydbyr-in breadth;} .inhabitants
abopt 4000 k.tHe, chief towiws, Roth fate,, and, i n A ^ ^ cm ity ,
Stuart,, the -ornamented refid ence ofi the Marquis o f B ute,,a^OTprtha’,of
the diftinguifhed. tafte qf the, .npbJLe -pmpnetor.
,. To thp weft, o f tbejlherfonele q f iCantire, .begin the, Hebrides, or
Wefternylflands,properly,,fo called. „T h e ,& f tis lla y , about; .„theTame
length as.Ar.ran, but pearly f eig-hte^-imilesf .ih ^b re ad th ^ iJlay jurgjiiSQ.es
many black cattle, which are exported, and fopietimes jmlWasJar :as
England \ Blit the flieep are ra re ; fmall hories, are mych*ufed, a§ jSsje'
country is not very- mountainous.„ ..This ifle l^qnVs.tq Mf/Gampbell of
Sfiawfield. Inhabitants about ^uUW^iAiSfll mines wer,ejKer.c dimgycred
m the fand-ftone, 1763 ; this lead is, as jufual, mingled w ith® f e r .
Copper has alfo beenofqpnd, -and there are apbeayapces o f emery, and
even o f plumbago. At Saneg-mqr is an intricate cave,
y Ju ra is divided from .the laflxby a narrow fourid : it is .dbout’ twenty
ipile&Jn,length,. Lu t the breadth .feldom more than five: It-fis-one, of
the moft rugged of thetHehydes, which,- in general, axe. merijn^iyohs
regions. - T he paps qf.Jura, a line ofeoqic hills, prefenl a Angular appearance:
they are oh the .wefterii,fide of-the, ifland, and/almoft bare of
vegetation *. The beftyrrops axe .potatoes and-barley;}, and ithe.ifi'filcon-
tains abundanc^of-peat. .The cattle are fmall, bu(t the .flieep. excellent.
Minerals, iron-Qre and manganefe j and there is i quarry p i .flate.
The’ noted , gulph or whirlpool q f Brecan, or Cprryvrekan, is on the
northern, extremity o f Ju ra 5.
A c co un t, vol. a . p. 169. * S. A , xi. 278* * S. A . xii. 318. * Knox’ s View,.ii. 45r.
I'O
Qranfa and. C/fiopfa f^nd* the
ftrâit thcjmHbefhg d r ^ 'lt’fewl Water, they mafi be: conijd'ered. as
^S fe 'î^ 'é ë ia lîÿ ' lightPand arable;
producing' Barley and potatoes. The venerable. ruins q f th&'%ftçiCfti;
rifriffaftpr}'of «(*fcfeijj?Pregular^ ilSl@fèj3hï,i‘ nt$v exift
tHoiÈ?Srf’i o rin ow p iiv n ip O'r'fin’fâ ftill feiràâin^ '.
M | 3 largèlt1
of the Hebudes, and fmrounded with fid.filer interefting iflands . UVTulf
poftul m o d is-
•’ / f h c elftnaS?clqijfdy
p h , j-f^ ^L s’^ r b r |- l ^ u ^ f i , H rlitlf e ^ ïh ;
Æ H S s ^ l ë '^oycf^ctVrffeutMfr* o i1 Vvlîin-^^id \ff c î t S a t ^ 1
TOûftl f f l w 1 ^Ibfvei, jh^t'jligïjjijilnnaiK,1.
and Laplanders;' prepare'better rçfidences. On the R E. is the new
vilïàgl Of Tobermory, which it is hoped will be profperous. A
fc()ife?till's Hla'krcflnÇriits'a large ppmoii
mqfinfainu't’15ur \T01e pleioits"fp nis’
the north of Aflinacregs he difeovered a curious'wall of bafalt, forming
Æ l 'i tn c r 1 Ja 1 . I t i n ^ ^ a l j y fa'lifile rc’A/fr^ali'fe, th a t”
whteJW%p5rffite*’Mffisij ) ï 'A ^ I é p 1 eleVi't' ’whièh'15
hl^^f^dÔe^cOTratift, fh' linfc^l^tMff th eN .
mentioned, ÿèt Mull, -^ h ic h 'i|'d i|e p ly in that line, feems to difplay no *
appearance of it, a en cumf ançe which adds to the credibility, that in ;
tbft hêighlmuHioVÀl1 mâÿ h fvfc b'ecirhn arfcîcVîi!vo!cano, v h l.h'dbfjrfg^'tl^
th^i^burfe^'M nâtù're^ ^LQ ^ jth ô u g n 'fh e’Y orcanf^^^èmMhw^biéri*'^
puflied;:!by fo’me ''French writers to a ludicrous exeefs, yet, when we ’
eonfider the numerous volcanoes’ exiffihg in Kamfchatka, and particu-e
larl'y Sloqg^ the A n dw ?Jf#*Sbüih iftn'eri'cap’by
befèni.l^eëh^ihêïit b f i'âter,‘fèrmatiqh,fhàn thbffiit)l^Ë!e 'q tîié i^h l^ ïb h è ré fi'
it may' feem-mere' prejudice, not to allow thé exiftence. o f volcanoes, in
certain inftances ; though fire be in general too. potent an agent for the
mild*pEôgrefs<of) 'nature, and, indeed, nearly'.ajdadental,. whiles water is
* XÜ. 327. f 7 ^t. Fond,.tome ii. p. 83.
. her-
ScpT.ISH
I sl e s.
Mull.