Fort Augustus, an excellent situation | Gold, worth 100,000l. sterl. found near '
for a woollen manufactory, i. 318
George, ii. 14-a vitrified one, ii.
15-conjectures on the origin of, ii.
Goldsmith, patriotic lines from, i. 186
Gometra island, i. 217
Gowrie's conspiracy, ii. 106
Fraoch Ellan castle, in a beautiful Graham's dyke, i. 8
Garlies, the birth-place of the great Hamilton town, ii. 217-house, collec-
Lord Napier, i. 32
General's Hut, i. 321
George II. his princely declaration, on
hearing of the unworthy fate of M'Ian,
the Pretender's heroic supporter, ii.
tion of paintings the best in Scotland, ib.
Harbours, i. 22, 137, 140, 193-that of
Oban an excellent situation for a
royal dock and arsenal, i. 143
Harper, curious story of the, i. 197
Hartfell mountain and spaw, ii. 245—
analysis of the latter, ii. 248
Hay, the first, his bravery and patrio-
tism, ii. 91
Gilpin, Mr., his just remark on Dum
barton castle, i. 11-elegant extract
from him, i. 51-his taste excellent,
ii. 47, 68-his description of Ru-Hayfield, i. 128
bens' picture of Daniel in the lion's Heath- peasling, (orobus tuberosus)
den, ii. 217
chewed by the highlanders, i. 337
Glasgow, improving state of, ii. 185-Hebrew and Greek should be studied by
population of, ii. 186-public walks,
ib.--commerce,ii.187--manufactures Herring fishery, i. 69, 93, 149-impor-
ii. 189--university,ii. 191 -- Anderson's
institution, ii. 193-lectures delivered
in it by the author, ii. 196-which are
attended by the ladies, ii. 202
Glencoe, awfully grand and picturesque,
i. 284-the birth-place of Ossian, ib.
massacre in 1691, i. 288; ii. 51`
Glengary, i. 317
tance of it, i. 96-yet neglected, and
till lately abandoned to the Dutch, i.
102-vessels and men employed, and
herrings caught by that people, i.
104-the British fishery much im-
peded by salt-laws, in 149
Hessians, in 1745, paused at the pass
of Killicranky, ii. 49
Glencroe and Killicranky passes, i. 70 Highlanders, their food, i. 73, 117, 121.
abhor eels, i. 112. their superstitions,
i. 118, 103, 214-their funeral cere-
monies, i. 119, 162-their customs,
i. 120, 139, 158, 207-their huts, i.
121, 160-their dress, i. 121, 156;
ii. 10, 88—their ancient hospitality, i.
139-children, mortality of, i. 161–
their distresses, i. 179, 334-they in
dignantly emigrate to America, i. 183
-where the poorer sort are sold, i.
186-their proverbs, i. 197, 212-
their generous and disinterested con-
duct to the Pretender, ii. 29
Highlands, improvement of, greatly in-
terrupted by our frequent wars, i. 166
Hospitality of Mr. Vassel, i. 9-of Mr.
M'Gibbon, i. 110-of the Rev. Mr.
M'Intire, i. 113-of the Messrs. Ste-
phenson, i. 141-of the Rev. Mr.
Fraser, i. 147-of Mr. Maxwell, i.
193-of Mr. and Mrs. M'Lean,i. 195,
202, 217, 274-of Sir Allan M'Lean
and his daughters to Dr. Johnson, i.
273 of Mr. Stewart, i. 274-of
Mr. M'Donald, i. 288
Hunt, description of a most magnificent
one given by the Earl of Athol, in ho-
nour of James V. ii. 56
Icolmkill, or Iona island, names and
description of, i. 246-interesting
ruins on it, i. 250
Inch Kenneth island, i. 273
Inch Murrin island, i. 39
Inch Tavanach island, &c. i. 38
Inishail island and monastery, i. 127
Inverary town, i. 76, 86-castle, i. 78-
woods long since valued at £.100,000,
i. 83
Invergary castle, i. 317
Inverlochy castle, i. 306-ancient town
of, ib.
Inverness, ii. 1-its academy or college,
ii. 2-subscription for an infirmary
at, ii. 7-manufactures, ii. 8-lan-
guage Erse and pure English, ii. 10
Inveruglas ferry on Loch Lomond, i. 52
Irish and Highland poor wretched from
the oppression of tacksmen, i. 173—
many of both employed by the bene-
volent Mr. Dale, of Glasgow, ii. 236.
Iron works at Bunaw, i. 130
Islands, floating, described, i. 45
James VI. his ridiculous dispute with
the clergy, on occasion of Gowrie's
conspiracy, ii. 113
Jamieson the painter, the Scottish Van-
dyke, ii. 84
Johnson, Doctor Samuel, his elegant ob-
servation on his entertainment at Inch
Kenneth, i. 273-doubted the well
known fact, that Loch Ness never
freezes, i. 327
Johnstone, Doctor, of Moffat, his ac-
count of the medicinal effects of the
mineral waters of that place, ii. 252
Juniper berries formerly shipped from.
Inverness to Holland, i. 338
Killearn village, the birth place of
George Buchannan, i. 31
Killicranky, a famous pass into the
Highlands, i. 70; the Caledonian
Thermopyla, ii. 49
Kilpatrick (old) village, i. 6
Kilsyth village, ii. 206
Lady, the interesting remains of her
and her child, in high preservation,
ii. 206
Kincardine, mistaken operations on a
moss at, ii. 159
Kinross town, ii. 133
Knox, Mr. his patriotic exertions to pro-
mote the herring fishery, i. 106-bas
not exaggerated the distresses of the
Highlanders, i. 178
Knox, John, the consequence of his
sermons, ii. 115, 118
Labour, value of, i. 69, 117
Lairds make up regiments, by virtually
impressing the sons of their tenants, i.
166, 182
Lakes, naturally drained, ii. 39, 41,
Lanark, old, ii. 226-new, ii. 231
Languages, dead, should not be pre-
ferred to science, ii. 6
Lead Hills, village and mines, ii. 238-
library, ib.
Dochart, ii. 116
Leven, ii. 134
Vanachoir, ii. 173
Achray, ii. 173
Catharine, ii. 174
Monteath, i. 176
Skeen, ii. 262
Leases, want of, the greatest bar to agri- Lochaber, i. 315
Luncarty, battle of, ii. 91
Luss village, i. 36
McGregors massacre the Colquhouns,
i. 33 their name abolished, i. 34-
their tombs, i. 114
M'Ian, his heroic fidelity to the Preten-
der, ii. 29—hanged for stealing a cow!
ib.
M'Intoshes, ancient clan of, ii. 33
M'Nabs, ancient race of blacksmiths,
i. 114
M'Naughtans, ancient clan of, i. 124
M'Lean, &c. See Hospitality
Magnetism of the rock of Dumbarton
castle, observed by Buchannan and
Professor Anderson, of Glasgow, i. 13
Manufactures, i. 22, 29, 92, 97, 130,
186; ii. 8, 96, 155, 169, 178, 222,
228, 231
Mineral Waters at Pitkeathly, ii. 13F
--at Moffat, ii. 243, et seq.
Moffat, village, ii. 240-its air excel-
lent, ii. 241-analysis of its sulphu-
reous water, ii. 243—of its old chaly-
beate spring, ii. 248-of a new one, ii.
251-history and medicinal proper-
ties of the Moffat waters, ii. 246, 253
Monson, Sir William, his account of
the herring fishery, i. 105
Monuments and inscriptions, i. 27,
-,some unfavourable to health
and morals, i. 29, 37; ii. 233
Marble, fine, i. 265, 267
Mary Queen of Scots, a velvet bed flow-
ered by her, ii. 120-her captivity in
Loch Leven castle, ii. 138
Massacre of the Colquhouns, i. 33—of
the Campbells, i. 91-of Glencoe, i.
288-the most barbarous that was
ever sanctioned by any regular govern-
ment, ib.
Maudslie castle, a noble building, ii. 224
Menzies castle, ii. 89
Mills and querns, i. 154
Minerals, metals, stones, &c. i. 38, 61,
63, 69, 71, 75, 78, 92, 113, 128, 135,
196, 203, 218, 224, 228, 266, 275,
329; ii. 15, 35, 38, 123, 146, 174,
178, 180, 238, 246
91, 192, 251, 254, 256, 260, 263;
ii. 63, 121, 247
Mountains, remarkable, i. 60, 125, 192;
ii. 38, 81, 116, 158, 172, 245
Muil island, i. 145, 164-inhabitants
unhealthy, from wretched lodging,
and want of medical aid, i. 148, 203
Mummies, two very remarkable ones
lately discovered at Kilsyth, ii. 2061
Ossian's poems, manuscript of, i. 114-
his story of Berá, i. 125-of Darthula,
i. 133 entire poems of his, still re-
peated by some persons, i. 158, 269-
mentions woods which no longer ex-
ist, i. 192-authenticity of his poems,
i. 285-modern picture of him, ii. 67
-his hall, ib.-his cave, ii. 70
Partick, village and its granaries, i. 2
Patton, Mr., of Perth, his politeness, ii.
Pearl fishery, ii. 172
Peats, or turf, in wet years, scarcity of,
i. 111
Perth, city, its school, academy, manu-
Pictures, i. 79, 81; ii. 73, 85, 223-the
collection at Hamilton house, the best
in Scotland, ii. 217
Pike, curious method of catching, ii. 177
Pistols, manufacture of, Highland, ii. 170
Pitkeathly wells, analysis of their waters,
ii. 131-their medicinal properties,
ii. 132
Pitmain inn and garden, ii. 40
Plants, some endowed with something
like instinct, i. 89-different kinds
of, i. 36, 47, 62, 69, 73, 113, 135,
197, 268, 337; ii. 176
Population of the Highlands, i. 190
Potatoes, vast utility of, i. 72, 117, 109,
134; ii. 12-a petrified one, i. 113-
grow well if properly managed, even
in mosses and bogs, ii. 162
Prayer, a curious one, i. 216
Precipice, above 300 fathoms deep, at
Ben Lomond, i. 57-another, about
900 yards deep, at Ben Nevis, i. 309
-another at Kinnoul hill, 632 feet,
ii. 123
Proverbs, Highland, i. 197
Pudding-stone rocks, i. 276, 278, 329;
ii. 171
Querns, or ancient hand-mills, ii. 155
Raeburn, the painter, the Scottish Rey-
nolds, ii. 73
Rain, annual fall of, at Glasgow, i. 25
Rent of Mull island, i. 190
"Rest, and be thankful," i. 73
Rhubarb, successfully cultivated at Blair
castle, ii. 36
Rivers, reflections on the origin of, i. 56;
ii. 54-Clyde, i. 3-Leven, i. 29,
35-Arey, i. 83-Urchay, i. 117—
Awe, i. 129-Findorn, ii. 36-Spey,
ii. 39-Garry and Tummel, ii. 51—
Tay, ii. 58, 94-Earne, ii. 132-
Clyde, Tweed, and Annan, rise in
one hill, i. 239
Robertson, Doctor, his account of Gow-
Rob Roy, M.Gregor, i. 63
rie's conspiracy, ii. 106
Rock, crystal, i. 113; ii. 146
Roman bridge, i. 7-wall, i. 8-tiles,
i. 8-fort, i. 9. 10
Ropes, made of heath, i. 147
Rowardennan, i. 53
St. Connan's well, i. 122
St. Mungo's Isle, i. 282
Salmon, curiously entrapped, i. 117-
fisheries, i. 132; ii. 53, 95
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