The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland . nce been exposed to the actionof fire, from which cause they have received thename of the Burnt Islands. On one of them standthe remains of a vitrified fort; and, a short wayfarther on, at the mouth of Loch-Ridan—which nowbeautifully opens to the view—there appears thesmall but celebrated Isle of Ealan-Gheirric :which see. Leaving the mouth of this loch on theright, and, while bending suddenly to the left, thefarther passage of the Kyles gradually and gracefullyevolves itself, until the character of a strait is lostin the w
The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland . nce been exposed to the actionof fire, from which cause they have received thename of the Burnt Islands. On one of them standthe remains of a vitrified fort; and, a short wayfarther on, at the mouth of Loch-Ridan—which nowbeautifully opens to the view—there appears thesmall but celebrated Isle of Ealan-Gheirric :which see. Leaving the mouth of this loch on theright, and, while bending suddenly to the left, thefarther passage of the Kyles gradually and gracefullyevolves itself, until the character of a strait is lostin the wide expanse of water that encircles the soli-tary Inchmarnock, and is overlooked by the lofty anddistant peaks of Arran. At this sudden bend of theKyles, so picturesque is the scenery, that no one canbehold it under a favourable aspect of the heavens,without intense admiration. KYPE (The), a small stream in Lanarkshire,which rises on the borders of Lesmabago parish, and,dividing it from Avondale, falls into the Avon, a fewmiles above its junction with the KILCHDRN CASTLE. LAD 203 LAG LADY, a parish forming; the north-eastern part ofthe isle of Sanda, Orkney ; comprehending- 8 squaremiles. Population, in 1801, 830; in 1831, 144. Assessed property returned with San-da This parish is in the presbytery of the North Isles, and synod of Orkney. Patron, the Earl of Zetland. Stipend £158 6s. 8d.; glebe £4 8s There are 2 private schools within the parish; butno parochial school. See Sanda. LADY-ISLE, an uninhabited rocky islet, 3} fur-longs in length from north to south, and j of a milein breadth, 2 miles south-west of Troon point, Si-miles north-north-west of Ayr pier, and milessouth-west by south of the mouth of Irvine-water, inthe bay of Ayr. Much importance attaches to it onaccount of its affording, in the large open bay inwhich it lies, and along a great extent of coast fromGalloway to Fairley roads unprovided with harbouror anchorage for large vessels,
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