See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

NORTH AND See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

SOUTH See also:

• NORTH AND SOUTH UIST

UIST  , islands 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 . See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• UIST, NORTH AND SOUTH

Uist lies S.W. of See also:

• HARRIS, GEORGE, 1ST BARON (1746–1829)
• HARRIS, JAMES (1709-1780)
• HARRIS, JOEL CHANDLER (1848-1908)
• HARRIS, JOHN (c. 1666-1719)
• HARRIS, SIR WILLIAM SNOW
• HARRIS, THOMAS LAKE (1823-1906)
• HARRIS, WILLIAM TORREY (1835-1909)

Harris (See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

Long See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island), from which it is separated about 8 m. by the See also:

• SOUND
• SOUND, THE (Danish Oresund)

Sound of Harris . The island See also:

• MEASURES

measures 14 M. in length by 16 nu in greatest width, but the coasts are extremely indented . The highest point is Mt Eaval (1138 ft.) . The See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal 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 are See also:

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

Loch Maddy and Loch Eport, both on the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

east . On the east See also:

• COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast the See also:

• SURFACE

surface is mostly swampy moorland, but on the See also:

• WEST
• WEST, BENJAMIN (1738-1820)
• WEST, NICHOLAS (1461-1533)

west there is some fertile See also:

• SOIL

soil . The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in crofting, fishing and See also:

• CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle-rearing . The principal See also:

• VILLAGE

village, Loch Maddy, is the centre of a large 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, and is a favourite resort of anglers, being a See also:

• REGULAR

regular calling station for the steamers from See also:

• OBAN

Oban and Portree . The islands belonging to 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 of North Uist comprise—to the See also:

• SOUTH
• SOUTH, ROBERT (1634–1716)

south-west Balleshare and Illeray (pop., 383), Kirkibost, Heisker (98), and the Monach See also:

• GROUP

group, with a lighthouse on Shillay; to the south, Grimisay (290) and Ronay; to the north-east, Levera; to the north, Boreray (118) and Vallay . South Uist has a See also:

• POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

population (1901) of 3541, an extreme length of 22 M. and an extreme width of 8 m . Towards the north-east it becomes mountainous, the highest points being Buail'a Choill (2034), See also:

• BEN (from Old Eng. bennan, within)

Ben More (1994) and Hecla (1988) . The See also:

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

chief sea-lochs are Loch Boisdale, largely frequented by anglers, Loch Eynort and Loch Skiport on the east coast .

On the east See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side the surface is mainly alluvial 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, broken by hills, but on the west there is a See also:

• BELT (a word common to Teutonic languages, the Old Ger. form being bale, from which the Lat. balteus probably derived)
• BELT, THOMAS (1832-1878)

belt of productive See also:

• LAND

land . Besides crofting, the inhabitants are engaged in the See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries and cattle-raising . Steamers from Oban See also:

• CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call regularly at the village of Loch Boisdale . The islands attached to the parish of SouthUist include, to the south, Eriskay (pop., 3478), where See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles landed on the 2nd of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1745; to the north-east, Wiay; to the north, Grimisay, Fladda, just off the north-east See also:

• SHORE

shore of Benbecula, and Benbecula (pop., 1417), with an See also:

• AREA

area of 40 sq. m., from which there is at See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

low See also:

• TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide a See also:

• FORD, EDWARD ONSLOW
• FORD, JOHN (r586–c.1640)
• FORD, RICHARD (1796-1858)
• FORD, THOMAS (b. c. 158o)

ford to North and South Uist .