. The earth and its inhabitants .. . s the fishing villageof Ullapool; Loch Ewe, continued by the inland Loch of Maree, at whose head theSleugach rises to a height of 4,000 feet; the Gareloch ; Loch Torridon, with thevillage of Shieldag, one of the most remarkable on account of its land-locked innerbasin ; Loch Carron, to the south of Applecross district, with the fishing villageof Jeantown ; and Loch Alsh. The bulk of the population is, however, gatheredalong the eastern seaboard. Here, on the northern shore of Inverness Firth, are 874 THE BRITISH ISLES. Forfrose, with the poor remains of a c
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . s the fishing villageof Ullapool; Loch Ewe, continued by the inland Loch of Maree, at whose head theSleugach rises to a height of 4,000 feet; the Gareloch ; Loch Torridon, with thevillage of Shieldag, one of the most remarkable on account of its land-locked innerbasin ; Loch Carron, to the south of Applecross district, with the fishing villageof Jeantown ; and Loch Alsh. The bulk of the population is, however, gatheredalong the eastern seaboard. Here, on the northern shore of Inverness Firth, are 874 THE BRITISH ISLES. Forfrose, with the poor remains of a cathedral, and Avoch. Cromarty guards theentrance to the firth of the same name, and has an excellent harbour. Invergordon andAlness are villages on the northern side of the Firth; whilst Dingwall is at its head,and at the mouth of Strathpeffer, in the midst of wooded scenery, at the back ofwhich rises the towering mass of Ben Wyvis. The district of Ferrindonald, or of Fig. — an Admiralty Chart. Scale 1 : 150, the clan Munro, which stretches along the northern shore of the Firth, has forcenturies past produced a race distinguished for its military ardour. Tain, on thesouthern shore of Dornoch Firth, is rapidly losing its trade, owing to the filling upof its harbour with sand thrown up by the sea. Lewis forms part of Ross, and here is Stornoway, the great fishing port. AEGTLLSHIRE. 375 Many lives are sacrificed in the pursuit of its great industry, one quarter ofthe town being mainly inhabited by the widows of fishermen, and hence knownas Widows Row. Sicainsbost is a fishing village on the north-western coast ofLewis. Gaelic is still spoken throughout Ross, except in Black Isle, which was settledin the days of James YI. by people from the south. Sutherland is the wildest and most desolate of all the Highland counties,its only cultivable tract forming a narrow fringe along the coast of the NorthSea. Oolitic limestones occur here, almost the only place wher
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