Journey to the Western Isles of Scotland

ry, and clean. The townhouse is a handsome fabrick with a portico. We then went to view the English chapel, and found a small churc

e commercial opulence of the place; but Mr. Boswell desired me to observe tha

the same extent. It must, however, be allowed that they are not importunate, nor clamorous. They solicit silently, or very modestly, and therefore though their behaviour may strike with more force the heart of a stranger, they are certainly in danger of missing

the hedges are of stone, and the fields so generally plowed that it is hard to imagine where grass

lord Monboddo. The magnetism of his conversation easily drew us out of our way, and the entert

driver, who having no rivals in expedition, neither gives himself nor his horses unnecessary trouble. We did not affect the impatience we did not feel, but were satisfied with the company of each oth