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The Highlands and Islands of Scotland

Chapter 3: List of Illustrations
By A. R. Hope Moncrieff
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About This Book

A travel writer surveys the wilder western Highlands and islands, combining narrative, landscape description, and cultural observation. The book moves among Lorn, Iona, Staffa, Skye, Rum, the Outer Hebrides, Orkney and Shetland to portray rugged coasts, mountains, and sea-carved scenery alongside everyday crofting life, tartan traditions, Gaelic language, and musical and funeral customs. Antiquities, castles, cathedrals, and standing stones are noted, and the account considers tourism, Anglicization, and modern economic change. Chapters blend anecdote, historical and ethnographic detail, and practical travel notes, while numerous illustrations and vignettes accentuate natural landmarks and local occupations.

List of Illustrations

1. Inverness Frontispiece
    FACING PAGE
2. Glen Rosa, Arran 8
3. Aberdeen from the Harbour Entrance 16
4. Cawdor Castle 30
5. Loch Linnhe 36
6. Inveraray Cross and Castle 44
7. Glencoe 52
8. Oban Bay at Night 56
9. The Islands of Oronsay and Colonsay 66
10. Iona Cathedral 68
11. Interior, Iona Cathedral 70
12. Staffa 72
13. The Island of Eigg 74
14. The Island of Canna 76
15. Tobermory 78
16. The Hills of Jura 82
17. Port Askaig, Islay 84
18. Ben Nevis 92
19. The Island of Rum, from Arisaig 96
20. The River Spey near Fochabers 102
21. Inverlochy Castle and Ben Nevis 108
22. Castle Urquhart, Loch Ness 120
23. Spinning in Skye 122
24. Glen Sligachan, Skye 128
25. Loch Coruisk, Skye 138
26. Skye Crofter 140
27. The Falls of Spean, Inverness-shire 148
28. Crofters’ Cottages, Onich, Inverness-shire 152
29. Reddin’ the Line 162
30. The Standing Stones of Callernish, Island of Lewis 172
31. A Hebridean Crofter’s House 178
32. Shelling Mussels, Cromarty 180
33. The Herring Fleet in Stornoway Bay, Island of Lewis 188
34. Carting Peat, Orkney 196
35. An Orcadian Fireplace 200
36. Kirkwall Cathedral, Orkney 206
37. Shetlanders 214
38. Caithness Coast near Dunnet Head 218
39. Kyle of Tongue and Ben Loyal 222
40. Dunrobin Castle, Sutherlandshire 226

Map at end of Volume