A description of the Western Islands of Scotland.
Subtitle: Containing a full account of their situation, extent, soils, product, harbours, bays, tides, anchoring places, and fisheries. The ancient and modern government, religion and customs of the inhabitants, particularly of their druids, heathen temples, monasteries, churches, chappels, antiquities, monuments, forts, caves, and other curiosities of art and nature. Of their admirable and expeditious way of curing most diseases by simples of their own product. A particular account of the second sight, or faculty of forseeing things to come, by way of vision, so common among them. A brief hint of methods to improve trade in that country, both by sea and land. With a new map of the whole, describing the harbours, anchoring places, and dangerous rocks, for the benefit of sailers. To which is added a brief description of the Isles of Orkney, and Schetland.
By: By M. Martin, gent..
Contributors: Johnson, Samuel, 1709-1784, associated name.; Boswell, James, 1740-1795, associated name.
Publisher: Printed for Andrew Bell, at the Cross-Keys and Bible in Cornhill, near Stocks-Market
Published: 1703
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Western Isles (Scotland) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Western Isles (Scotland) -- Social life and customs -- Early works to 1800.; Western Isles (Scotland) -- Religion -- Early works to 1800.; Orkney (Scotland) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.; Shetland (Scotland) -- Description and travel -- Early works to 1800.
Genres: Early works to 1800.