See also:

• BARRA, or BARRAY (Scand. Baraey, isle of the ocean)

BARRA, or BARRAY (Scand. Baraey, isle of the ocean)  , an See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the See also:

• OUTER

outer See also:

• HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides, See also:

• INVERNESS

Inverness-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland . Pop . (1901) 2362 . It lies about 5 m . S.W. of See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

South See also:

• UIST, NORTH AND SOUTH

Uist, is 8 m. in length and from 2 to 4 M. in breadth, See also:

• SAVE, or SAVA (Ger. Sau; Hungarian Szdva; Lat. Savus)

save at the sandy See also:

• ISTHMUS (Gr.io0pbs, neck)

isthmus 2 m. below Scurrival Point, where it is only a few See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred yards broad . The See also:

• ROCK
• ROCK (O.Fr. rake, Sp. rota, Ital. rocca; possibly from a Lat. form rupica, from rupes, rock)
• ROCK, DANIEL (1799–187t)

rock formation is See also:

• GNEISS

gneiss . The highest See also:

• HILL
• HILL (0. Eng. hyll; cf. Low Ger. hull, Mid. Dutch hul, allied to Lat. celsus, high, collis, hill, &c.)
• HILL, A
• HILL, AARON (1685-175o)
• HILL, AMBROSE POWELL
• HILL, DANIEL HARVEY (1821-1889)
• HILL, DAVID BENNETT (1843–1910)
• HILL, GEORGE BIRKBECK NORMAN (1835-1903)
• HILL, JAMES J
• HILL, JOHN (c. 1716-1775)
• HILL, MATTHEW DAVENPORT (1792-1872)
• HILL, OCTAVIA (1838– )
• HILL, ROWLAND (1744–1833)
• HILL, SIR ROWLAND (1795-1879)

hill is Heaval (126o ft.) and there are several small lochs . The See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief See also:

• VILLAGE

village is Castlebay, at which the See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow steamer calls once a See also:

• WEEK (from A.S. wicu, Germanic *wikon, probably=change, turn)

week . This See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place derives its name from the See also:

• CASTLE
• CASTLE (Lat. castellum, a fort, diminutive of castra, a camp; Fr. chateau and chdtel)

castle of Kishmul See also:

• STANDING

standing on a rock in the See also:

• BAY

bay, which was once the stronghold of the M`Neills of See also:

• BARRA, or BARRAY (Scand. Baraey, isle of the ocean)

Barra, one of the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest of Highland clans . There are remains of See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient chapels, Danish See also:

• DUNS

duns and Druidical circles on the island . There is communication by See also:

• FERRY (from the same root as that of the verb " to fare," to journey or travel, common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. fahren; it is connected with the root of Gr. 7ropos, way, and Lat. portage, to carry)
• FERRY, JULES FRANCOIS CAMILLE (1832—1893)

ferry with South Uist . The See also:

• PARISH (Gr. irapouda, district, neighbourhood; 7r&poucos, one dwelling near or beside, from crap&, OtKOS, house; Lat. paroecur, Late Lat. parochia; cf. Fr. paroisse)

parish comprises a number of smaller islands and islets—among them Frida, Gighay, Hellisay, Flodda to the N.E., and Vatersay, Pabbay, Mingalay (pop .

135) and Berneray to the S.E.—and contains 4000 acres of arable See also:

• LAND

land and 18,000 acres of meadow and hill pasture . The See also:

• COD

cod, See also:

• LING, PER HENRIK (1776-1839)

ling and See also:

• HERRING (Clupea harengus, Haring in German, le hareng in French, sill in Swedish)

herring See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries are important, and the coasts abound with See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell-See also:

• FISH (O. Eng. fist, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch visch, Ger. Fisch, Goth. fisks, cognate with the Lat. piscis)
• FISH, HAMILTON (1808-1893)

fish, especially cockles, for which it has always been famous . On Barra See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

Head, the highest point of Berneray, and also the most southerly point of the outer Hebrides See also:

• CHAIN (through the O. Fr. citable, chcene, &c., from Lat. catena)

chain, is a See also:

• LIGHT

light-See also:

• HOUSE
• HOUSE (O. Eng. hiss, a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Dut. huis, Ger. Haus; in Gothic it is only found in gudhiss, a temple; it may be ultimately connected with the root of " hide," conceal)

house 68o ft. above high See also:

• WATER

water .