The Cruise of the Elena Or Yachting in the Hebrides
The Cruise of the Elena Or Yachting in the Hebrides
J Ewing James Ewing Ritchie
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The first object to be distinctly seen as we entered was the fine castle which Sir James Mathieson has erected for himself, at a cost alto- gether of half a million, and the grounds of which are in beautiful order ; them we To Stornoway. 75 had ample time to inspect that evening, as in Stornoway the dayhght lasted till nearly ten o'clock. Happily, Sir James was at home, and we on board the yacht had an acceptable present of vegetables, and cream, and butter, very wel- come to us poor toilers of... the sea. Stornoway is a very busy place, and has at this time of the year a population of 2, 500. In May and June it is busier still, as at that time there will be as many as five hundred fishing boats in the har- bour, and a large extra population are employed on shore in curing and packing the fish. In the country behind are lakes well stocked with fish, and mountains and moors where game and wild deer and real eagles yet abound. But a great drawback is the chmate. An old sportsman writes : — '* The savagery of the weather in the Lewes, the island of which Stornoway is the capital, is not to be described.
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