Chapter VIII: From Skye to Calcutta

At Anchor in Loch Staffin—Sail to Portree—A Calm—Whistling for the
Wind—Literal Pouring of Oil on the Waters—A Fortnight Alone in
the Rock Wilderness—Sligachan Inn—The Cuchullins—Divers
Tourists—Loch Corruisk—A Good Day’s Deer Stalking—Old Boar
Hunt—“_Blocs Perchés_”—Giant Fossils on Isle of Eigg—Legends of
a Clan Fight, and the Grave of a Viking’s Daughter—Old
Churchyards of Snizort, Nigg, &c.—Of Funeral Feasts—The Skye
Railway Foreseen by Local Seers—Drive _viâ_ Balmacarra and Loch
Alsh to Shiel House Inn—Glen Quoich—A Bold Outlaw—Fort
Augustus—Castle Urquhart—Eastward-ho! 344

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.

PAGE OLD KIRKYARD OF KIL-COLM-KILL, THE MULL OF CANTYRE _To face_ 19 KIRKYARD OF KILKEVAN 27 SERPENT-SHAPED MOUND NEAR OBAN _To face_ 37 THE CUCHULLINS _To face_ 100 THE LODGE, UIG 102 THE QUIRAING _To face_ 116 DUNTULM CASTLE _To face_ 129 SCHLOCH MADDIE CAVE, SKYE _To face_ 136 THE KILT ROCK 158 DUNVEGAN CASTLE _To face_ 333 THE STORR 345 LOCH CORRUISK, SKYE _To face_ 354 CASTLE OF EILEAN DONAN 371 GLEN QUOICH 373 FORT AUGUSTUS AND THE GLENGARRY HILLS _To face_ 374 CASTLE URQUHART _To face_ 376

FROM THE HEBRIDES

TO THE

HIMALAYAS