ISLAY  , the southernmost See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the Inner See also:

• HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides, See also:

• ARGYLL, EARLS AND DUKES OF

Argyll-See also:

• SHIRE

shire, See also:

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

Scotland, 16 m . W. of Kintyre and 4 m . S.W. of See also:

• JURA
• JURA (" deer island ")

Jura, from which it is separated by the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound of Islay . Pop . (1901) 68J7; See also:

• AREA

area, 150,400 acres; maximum breadth 19 M. and maximum length 25 M . The See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

sea-lochs Gruinart and Indaal cut into it so deeply as almost to convert the western portion into a See also:

• SEPARATE

separate island . It is See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich and productive, and has been called the " See also:

• QUEEN
• QUEEN (O.E. cwen, wife, related to "quean," O.E. cwene, a hussy; cf. Gr. yvvi7: from root gan-, to produce; cf. genus, " kin," &c.)

Queen of the Hebrides." The See also:

• SURFACE

surface generally is See also:

• REGULAR

regular, the highest summits being See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben Bheigeir (1609 ft.) and Sgorr nam Faoileann (1407 ft.) . There are several See also:

• FRESHWATER

freshwater lakes and streams, which provide See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good fishing . Islay was the See also:

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

ancient seat of the " See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

lord of the Isles," the first to adopt that See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title being See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• MACDONALD, FLORA (1722—1790)
• MACDONALD, GEORGE (1824-1905)
• MACDONALD, JACQUES ETIENNE JOSEPH
• MACDONALD, JOHN SANDFIELD (1812-1872)
• MACDONALD, LAWRENCE (1799-1878)
• MACDONALD, SIR HECTOR ARCHIBALD (1852-1903)
• MACDONALD, SIR JOHN ALEXANDER (1815-1891)

Macdonald of Isle of Islay, who died about 1386; but the Macdonalds were ultimately ousted by their rivals,the Campbells, about r6i6 . Islay 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, the ancient seat of the Campbells of Islay, stands at the 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 of See also:

• LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Indaal . The island was formerly occupied by small crofters and tacksmen, but since 1831 it has been gradually See also:

• DEVELOPED

developed into large See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep and arable farms and considerable business is done in stock-raising . See also:

• DAIRY

Dairy-farming is largely followed, and oats, See also:

• BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley and various See also:

• GREEN, A
• GREEN, ALEXANDER HENRY (1832—1896)
• GREEN, DUFF (1791—1875)
• GREEN, JOHN RICHARD (1837—1883)
• GREEN, MATTHEW (1696-1737)
• GREEN, THOMAS HILL (1836-1882)
• GREEN, VALENTINE (1739–1813)
• GREEN, WILLIAM HENRY (.1825–1900)

green crops are raised .

The See also:

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

chief difficulty in the way of reclamation is the See also:

• GREAT

great area of See also:

• PEAT (possibly connected with Med. Lat. petia, pecia, piece, ultimately of Celtic origin; cf. O. Celt. pet, O. Ir. pit, Welsh peth, portion)

peat (6o sq. m.), which, at its See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• RATE

rate of See also:

• CONSUMPTION (Lat. consumere)

consumption, is calculated to last 1500 years . The island contains several See also:

• WHISKY, or WHISKEY

whisky distilleries, producing about 400,000 gallons annually . See also:

• SLATE (properly CLAY SLATE; in M. Eng. slat or sclat, from O. Fr. esclat, a small piece of wood used as a tile; esclater, to break into pieces, whence modern Fr. eclat, the root being seen also in Ger. schleissen, to split)

Slate and See also:

• MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble are quarried, and there is a little See also:

• MINING

mining of See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

iron, See also:

• LEAD
• LEAD (pronounced iced)

lead and See also:

• SILVER

silver . At Bowmore, the chief See also:

• TOWN

town, there is a considerable See also:

• SHIPPING

shipping See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade . See also:

• PORT

Port Ellen, the See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal See also:

• VILLAGE

village, has a See also:

• QUAY
• QUAY, MATTHEW STANLEY (1833-1904)

quay with lighthouse, a See also:

• FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery and a See also:

• GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf-course . Port Askaig is the 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 station for Faolin on Jura . Regular communication with the See also:

• CLYDE (Welsh, Clwyd, " far heard," " strong," the Glotta of Tacitus)
• CLYDE, COLIN CAMPBELL, BARON (1792-1863)

Clyde is maintained by steamers, and a See also:

• CABLE (from Late Lat. capulum, a halter, from capere, to take hold of)
• CABLE, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1844– )

cable was laid between Lagavulin and Kintyre in 1871 .