whom it belongs, and upon the men employed in it. Mr Macintyre, clerk to the Company, obligingly accompanied the reporter during his survey of this important little island, and proved, as most Hebridians have done, very intelligent and polite. 10. KERRERAY. THIS island is remarkable merely for its excellent grazings, and the good stock of cattle kept upon it by a very enlightened and active tenant. It forms, together with the opposite coast of Lorn, the safe and romantic harbour of Oban, to which so many travellers resort on their way to Staffa and Jona. The village of Oban owes much of its prosperity to the enterprising spirit of two brothers of the name of Stevenson, who have for many years past carried on business there greatly to the advantage of the district and of the adjacent Hebrides, as well as to their own credit. They are men of very extensive acquaintance with the world, and universally known over the west of Scotland for their liberality in their commercial transactions, and their genuine hospitality and elegance of manners. ޕ 11. MULL. (Dean Monroe, A. D. 1542.) « MULLE-Twelfe myle northward fra the iyle of Colnansay lyes the ile of Mull, ane grate roughe iyle, noch the les it is fertil and fruitfull. This iyle contains in lenth from the northeiest to the southe weste twenty four myles, and in breid, from the east southeist to the west norweste uther twenty four myles, with certaine woodes, maney deire, and verey fair hunting games, with maney grate martines, and cunnings for hunting, with a guid raid fornent Colmkill, callit Pollailse. Ther is sevin paroche kirkes within this yle, and thre castles towit the castell of Doward, a strenthey place, bigged on a craige at the sea-syde: the castle of Lochbowy, perteining to M'Gillayne of Lochbowy; the castle of Aroze, quhilk in former time pertinet to the Lord of the Iyles, and now is bruiket be Macgillayne of Doward. In this iyle ther is twa guid freshe waters; ane of them are callit Ananva, and the water of Glenforsay, full of salmond, with uther waters that has salmond in them, but not in sic abundance as the twa foresaid waters. This iyle hath alsa salt water loches, towit Lochear, ane little small loche, with guid take of herrings: this loche layes in the southweist of the countrey. Then is Lochfyn quherin ther is a guid take of herringes. Northweist fra this loche layes lochesea-forte guid for the herringe fishing. Lykwayes, on the on the east pairt of the countrey layes ane loche callit Lochepetit. Narrest this loche in the south southweist Hayes Lochbowy, a fair braid loche, quherin ther is grate take of herringes and uther fishings. As also within this iyle ther is twa fresh water loches; the ane is callit Loche Strathsenaban, with an iyle in it, callit by the Irishe Ellan Strathsenaban; the uther freshe water loche is callit Lochebaa, with an iyle therein. Thir iyles are baith strengthe and inhabit. This iyle perteins pairtly to McGillayne of Doward, pairtly to M'Gillayne of Lochebowy, pairtly to M'Kinnoon, and pairtly to the Clandonald of awld. This iyland layes but four myle from the firme land of Moriwarne." Buchanan and Martin communicate nothing worthy of notice concerning Mull. The former merely translates a part of Dean Monroe's description; and the latter seems to have taken a very desultory and superficial view of it. He says that Ulva Isle is about three miles in circumference; whereas it is at least 20 miles, &c. Some circumstances in Monroe's account deserve notice. It appears that Mull had, in his time, a great deal of wood; and that most of its salt water inlets were full of herrings. At present the woods have almost wholly vanished; and Mull is by no means favoured with frequent visits from herring shoals; on the contrary, it is very seldom that any appear at all in its lochs. The names of the Lochs have changed in an unusual degree since Monroe wrote; but this may have taken its rise from his careless spelling and defective pronounciation, or from his transcribers having mistaken his letters: as, for instance, in writing the word Lochepetit, which |