INDEX.
- Aberfoyle, Bailie Nicol Jarvie’s coulter at, 18.
- Accent, persistence of local, 368.
- Advocates at Scottish Bar, 148, 154.
- Ailsa Craig, legendary origin of, 420.
- Alexander, Rev. Dr. W. L., 19.
- Angling experiences, 288.
- Anstruther, 364.
- Arctic shells of Kyles of Bute, 362.
- Ardnamurchan, Point of, 163.
- Argyll, Duke of, 187.
- Arran, village ‘natural’ in, 332;
- Parliamentary election in, 362.
- ‘Aster’ steam yacht, 248, 255, 282, 284.
- Avoch, saint’s well in, 112.
- Ayrshire ministers, 67, 70;
- Sabbath observance in, 138;
- lairds, 190;
- miners, 116, 313, 336;
- witches, 336.
- Bailies in Scotland, 359.
- Bald Robert, 341.
- Baptismal rites, 68.
- Barometer, use of, by farmers, 211.
- Barra, 45.
- Benbecula, 45.
- Berwick-on-Tweed, tombstone at, 326.
- Birkhill, Moffatdale, 300.
- Black Isle, 414.
- Black, Joseph, tomb of, 327;
- anecdotes of, 352;
- one of the scientific lights of Edinburgh, 371.
- Black, William, 31.
- Blackie, John Stuart, 175, 272.
- Boswell, James, 349.
- Boué, Ami, 383, 431.
- Boulders, explanations of origin of, 417.
- Breadalbane, second Marquis of, 185, 346.
- Breakfasts, former sociality of, 350;
- attractions of, in Scotland, 405.
- Brodick, ‘natural’ at, 332.
- Buckhaven, 364.
- Burke and Hare, murders by, 324.
- ‘Burning the water,’ 288.
- Burns, Robert, 116, 144, 368.
- Burt’s Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland, 17, 235, 314, 431.
- Bute, volunteer battery on, 64;
- social changes in, 360.
- Butler, S., cited, 125, 297, 351.
- Butter, superstitions in making of, 114.
- Byron, cited, 126, 157, 173, 349.
- Caithness, 275, 414.
- Callernish, standing stones of, 39, 248.
- Campbell, Lord Chancellor, 12.
- Campbell, Rev. J. Gregorson, cited, 108, 257.
- Canal travelling, 14.
- Canna Island, 45;
- a broken leg in, 162.
- Castles in West Highlands, 253.
- Catechising in church, 71.
- Celtic Church, 40, 60, 108.
- Chalmers, Dr., 179, 365, 379.
- Chambers, Robert, 173, 341, 346, 352, 380, 437.
- Chang, the Chinese giant, 322.
- Christison, Sir R., 177.
- Churchill, 161.
- Clans, dispersion of, 267.
- Cleanliness, former want of, in Scottish inns and towns, 302.
- Clergy, influence of, in Scotland, 47, 101, 438.
- Clubs, convivial, 350, 358.
- Clyde, social changes in district of, 360.
- Cockburn, Henry, 4, 350, 352, 369.
- Collier superstitions, 116, 336;
- servitude in Scotland, 341;
- humour, 345.
- ‘Corp,’ use of the word, in Scotland, 328.
- Crail, 324, 364.
- Crofter-life in Highlands, 219, 224, 330, 397, 399, 401.
- Cromarty, holy well near, 112.
- Cromwell, tradition connected with, in Lammermuir, 208.
- Cullen, Lord, 150.
- Culloden, effects of Battle of, 2.
- Curling, game of, 218.
- Cyclists and inns, 360.
- Dalquharran Castle, 193.
- Dancing, sinfulness of, 141.
- Darlings of Priestlaw, 206.
- Death, Scottish humour in relation to, 321.
- Dechen, H. von, 383.
- Deer, depredations of, in Highlands, 220.
- ‘Deserts’ of the Celtic saints, 41.
- Devil, superstitions connected with the, 114, 417.
- ‘Devilish,’ modern use of the word, 118.
- Dinner customs, 318.
- Disruption of the Church of Scotland, 96.
- Dogs, shepherds’, 296.
- Dolphinton, railways to, 21.
- Drink in Scotland, 303, 310.
- Drunkenness, Scottish, 312.
- Dryden, cited, 129.
- Dunbar, fisher folk of, 365.
- Dunvegan Castle, 253.
- Edinburgh, stage-coaches from, 8, 10, 13;
- street preaching in, 75;
- Sunday walking in, 126;
- medical school of, 156;
- University of, 166;
- former dirtiness of, 348;
- convivial clubs of, 351, 355, 357;
- Geology in, 371;
- cliff portrait near, 421;
- wind of, 431.
- Eigg, steamboats to, 31;
- Roman Catholicism in, 45;
- massacre of Macdonalds in, 254.
- Eviction, a Highland, 225.
- Excise officers on English Border, 304.
- Fairies, 108.
- Fairs in the Highlands, 233.
- Fairy-stones, 422.
- Farm-life in the Highlands, 219.
- Farm-servants, 215.
- Farmers, Lowland, 205.
- Faroe Isles, 284.
- Fast Day, 139.
- Ferries in Highlands, 239.
- Field-geologist, experiences of a, 386.
- Fisher-folk of Eastern Scotland, 363.
- Fisherrow, 365.
- Fleming, John, 381.
- Flint, imitative shapes in, 424.
- Fogs on northern seas, 284, 427.
- Footprints, supposed, in rock, 423.
- Forbes, James David, 373, 374.
- Forth, fisher-towns of the, 363.
- Foula, Isle of, 282.
- Free Church, influence of, in Highlands, 141, 261.
- Funerals and half-witted folk, 329.
- Gaelic in court, 150;
- dying out of, 268;
- topographical names, 269;
- difficulty of acquiring, 270.
- Galloway, inns of, 305.
- Gannets, 42, 251.
- Geikie, Prof. James, 390.
- Geological Survey, 379, 380, 387.
- Geology, Scottish school of, 370.
- Glasgow, stage-coaches from, 8, 13;
- medical school of, 156;
- a professor at, 168.
- Goat in kirk, 89;
- taken for ‘Auld Hornie,’ 118.
- Golf, early attractions of, 122;
- derived from Scotland, 305, 367;
- anecdotes of, 367.
- Grant, Mrs., of Laggan, 9, 234, 237.
- Gravediggers, 322.
- Gravestones, 325,
- rapid decay of, 326.
- Grierson of Lag, 197.
- Gull, Sir W., 160.
- Haidinger, W., 382.
- Hall, Sir James, of Dunglass, 371.
- Hanna, Dr., 69, 74, 81, 364.
- Harris, Sound of, 252.
- Heaven and Hell, influence of belief in a material, 103.
- Hebrides, medical attendance in, 161;
- scenery of, 248;
- charm of, 258;
- geologists in, 393.
- Henderson, Alexander, tomb of, 327.
- Highlander, demureness of, 261;
- gentlemanliness of, 414;
- disregards rain, 428;
- influence of environment on, 435.
- Highlands, history of roads in, 2, 8;
- songs of, 16, 264;
- railway construction in, 23;
- steamboats in, 27–36;
- telegraph in, 37;
- Celtic Church in, 40, 60;
- ministers in, 53–66, 74, 80;
- sermon in, 83;
- church-psalmody in, 92;
- Established and Free Churches in, 96, 141;
- Sabbath observance in, 128;
- dancing in, 141;
- medical attendance in, 161;
- laziness in, 234;
- want of manufactures in, 237;
- ferries and coaches in, 239;
- castles in, 253;
- crusade against music in, 260, 438;
- topographical names in, 269;
- inns of, 306;
- whisky in, 315;
- geologists in, 393;
- breakfast in, 405.
- Hill, Aaron, 430.
- Horner, Leonard, 174, 373.
- Hoy, cliffs of, 277.
- Hume’s ‘Essays,’ 155.
- Humour, character of Scottish 50, 52.
- Hutcheson, David, 29.
- Hutton, James, anecdotes of, 353;
- one of the founders of modern geology, 371.
- Idiots in Scotland, 331.
- Inns, Scottish, 302.
- Iona, cathedral of, 44;
- island of, 244.
- Irishman and Highlander compared, 435.
- Jameson, Robert, 372.
- Jeffrey, Francis, 349.
- Johnson, Samuel, 349, 406.
- Jura, unburied skeleton in, 255;
- caves of, 256;
- laird of, 257.
- Jury-trial in Scotland, 145.
- Kennedy, T. F., of Dunure, 10, 190.
- Knox, Robert, 157.
- Lady of the Lake, influence of, 16.
- Lairds, Scottish, 185.
- Lammermuir, 206.
- Landed proprietors, 185.
- Law, Scottish fondness for, 142.
- Legends connected with topography, 416.
- Lesmahagow, 99.
- Lewis, Isle of, 248.
- Litigiousness of Scotsmen, 142.
- Loch Alsh, 63.
- „ Carron, 421.
- „ Coruisk, 408.
- „ Duich, 62.
- „ Katrine in 1843, 15;
- in 1810, 16.
- „ Lomond, first steamboats on, 15;
- ferry on, 16.
- „ Maree, 111.
- „ Roag, 248.
- „ Scavaig, 407, 409.
- „ Striven, 64.
- London, travelling to, 9, 10.
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 317, 373.
- Lyke-wakes, 124, 330.
- Lyndsay, Sir David, 142.
- Macculloch, John, 393.
- Macintoshes and Macgregors, 268.
- Mackinnon of Corriehatachan, 394.
- Mackinnon, Rev. John, of Strath, 53, 96, 219.
- Maclagan, Sir D., 177, 356.
- Maclaren, Charles, 375.
- Macleod, Dr. Norman, 9, 165, 394.
- Macnee, Sir D., 145.
- Maconochie Welwood, Allan, 168.
- Macrae, Rev. Mr., of Glenelg, 61.
- Mania, religious, 105.
- Manses of the Highlands, 57.
- Marble, rapid open-air decay of, 327.
- Martin’s Western Islands, 110.
- Medical profession in Scotland, 156.
- Metal-mining, 346.
- Miller, Hugh, on women colliers, 344;
- references to, 375, 377, 394, 397.
- Mineral-oil, consequences of introduction of, 266.
- Minister’s ‘man’, 97.
- Ministers, Scottish, 47, 48, 53–76, 77–106.
- Moffatdale, 300.
- Moray, climate of, 160, 434.
- Mull, steamboats to, 33.
- Murchison, Sir R. I., 129–186, 309, 373, 379, 394.
- Murray, Lord, 192.
- Music, instrumental, in Scottish kirks, 94;
- in the Highlands, 263, 438.
- Musselburgh, 365.
- ‘Naturals’ in Scottish villages, 331.
- Neaves, Lord, 139, 151.
- Neptunist School of Geology, 372.
- Newhaven, 365.
- Nicol, James, 381.
- North Berwick Links, 367.
- North, Christopher, 405.
- Norsemen in Scotland, 411.
- Ochil Hills, metal-mining in, 346.
- Old Red Sandstone, supposed footprints in, 423.
- Orkney Islands, 274.
- Pabba island, 397.
- Paganism, traces of, in Scotland, 38, 107.
- Palmer’s Stage-coaches, 12.
- Papa Stour, 279.
- Parish-visiting by Scottish ministers, 98.
- Parliamentary election in Bute, 361.
- Patriotism, Scottish, 358.
- Peach, Mr. B. N., 275.
- Peat, time for cutting, 114.
- Physiognomy affected by topography, 415.
- Pig, prejudice against, in Highlands, 114.
- Pillans, Professor, 173, 350, 357.
- Pine-candles and torches, 266.
- Pittenweem, 364.
- Playfair, Lord, 139, 178, 356.
- Popery, Scottish abhorrence of, 95.
- Posting in Scotland, 9.
- Precentors, 92.
- Provosts, Scottish, 359.
- Publican, Irish, in Scotland, 311.
- Queensferry, South, 100.
- Raasay, isle of, 93, 227.
- Railways in Scotland, 15, 20–27.
- Rain in Scotland, 428.
- Resurrectionists, 323.
- Roads in Scotland, history of, 2, 8.
- Robertson, Patrick, 148.
- Rodil, church of, 44, 252.
- Roman Catholicism in Scotland, 45, 111.
- Rothesay, growth of, 360.
- Royal Society Club (Edinburgh), 176, 355.
- Rutherford Clark, Lord, 153.
- Sabbath observance, history of, 119;
- illustrations of, 126.
- St. Andrews, Celtic church at, 44;
- Kirk Session Register of, 121;
- professor at, 167;
- fisher part of, 364.
- St. Kilda, 250.
- St. Monans, 364.
- St. Vigeans, 45.
- Saints’ wells, 111.
- Salmon, à la mode, 290.
- Salters, formerly slaves, 341.
- Sanday Island, 46.
- Saxon element, cause of distribution of, in population of Scotland, 411.
- Schoolmasters in Scotland, 180.
- Scots drink, 303.
- Scots language, decay of, 368.
- Scotsman newspaper, founded by Charles Maclaren, 376.
- Scott, Michael, and witches, 418.
- Scott, Walter, his influence on the tourist traffic in Scotland, 16;
- his fiction characters, 143, 238, 302;
- his repartee on Patrick Robertson, 148.
- Sculptured Stones, 44.
- Sedgwick, Adam, 394, 395.
- Sermons in Scottish kirks, 77.
- Shakespeare and the climate of Moray, 434.
- Sheep-stealing, 232.
- Shenstone, cited, 323.
- Shepherds, 294.
- Shetland Isles, 274, 279, 427.
- Shiant Isles, 421.
- Shiels, Tibbie, 299.
- Skye, in 1773, 28;
- communication with, 29, 31, 36;
- ministers in, 53–64;
- Disruption in, 96;
- fairies in, 108;
- superstitions in, 112;
- Sabbath observance in, 133;
- farm-life in, 219;
- crofters of, 224, 397;
- an eviction in, 225;
- fairs in, 233;
- place-names in, 269;
- old inns of, 306;
- funeral in, 330;
- geologists in, 393, 395, 396.
- Slaves, Scottish, 341.
- Sleeping in church, 85.
- Smith, James, of Jordanhill, 362.
- Smith, Sydney, 302, 349.
- Snails, a dish of, 354.
- Snow-storm in Southern Uplands, 299.
- South Uist, 45.
- Southern Uplands, reminiscences of, 294–302.
- Spain, insurrection in, 169.
- Spar Cave, 407.
- Speldings and drink, 304.
- Springs, superstitions connected with, 111.
- Staffa, 246.
- Stage-coaches in Scotland, 8, 10.
- Standing Stones, 39, 108, 248.
- Steamboats on Scottish lakes, 15;
- to London, 18;
- in West Highlands, 27–36.
- Stewart, Dugald, 346.
- Stories, perennial reappearance of Scottish, 86, 292.
- Story, Principal, 88.
- Street-preachers, 74.
- Stroma, Isle of, 275.
- Sùla Sgeir, islet of, 41.
- Superstition in Scotland, 107–119, 416.
- Supper, former importance of, 350.
- Sutherland, Sabbath observance in, 131.
- Sweetheart Abbey, 325.
- Tait, Prof. P. G., 180.
- Talla, valley of the, 294, 298.
- Terrot, Bishop, 357.
- Thorn, Rev. Mr., of Govan, 86.
- Tippeny, 303.
- Toasts, Scottish, 318.
- Tombstone inscriptions, 325.
- Topographical features, influence of, on population of Scotland, 410;
- legends suggested by, 416.
- Town-life in Scotland, 347.
- Towns, former condition of Scottish, 347.
- Travel, former modes of, in Scotland, 8.
- Trossachs, 15, 17.
- Trout in a Skye well, 110.
- Universities, changes in the, 165
- University professors, 159.
- Unst Lighthouse, 283.
- Victoria, Queen, and Sabbath observance, 136.
- Vulcanist School of Geology, 372.
- Waller, quoted, 426.
- Water-bull, 113.
- Water-horse, 113.
- Weather and climate, difference between, 426;
- anecdotes connected with, 432.
- Wells, holy, 111.
- Werner, A. G., 371, 372.
- Western Isles. See Hebrides.
- Whisky and law-pleas, 144;
- and interments, 165, 330;
- potency of, 285, 313;
- modern increase in consumption of, 303, 305;
- before breakfast, 405.
- Witches, 115, 336.
- Witnesses, Scottish, 150.
- Wolf in the Highlands, 292, 437.
- Women in Scottish coal-mines, 341, 343.
- Women’s work in the Highlands, 235.
- Wood, Long Sandy, 157.
- Writers to the Signet, 154.
- Yarrow, valley of the, 299.
- Young, Professor John, 298, 335.