Produced by Tor Martin Kristiansen, Margo von Romberg, Michael and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net. This book was produced from scanned images of public domain material, including material from the Google Print project. Map reproduced by permission of the Trustees of the National Library of Scotland. [Illustration: FLOWERDALE HOUSE, GAIRLOCH, WEST COAST RESIDENCE OF THE BARONETS OF GAIRLOCH.] GAIRLOCH IN NORTH-WEST ROSS-SHIRE ITS RECORDS, TRADITIONS, INHABITANTS, AND NATURAL HISTORY WITH A GUIDE TO GAIRLOCH AND LOCH MAREE AND A MAP AND ILLUSTRATIONS By JOHN H. DIXON, F.S.A. Scot. INCLUDING CHAPTERS BY _WILLIAM JOLLY, F.G.S., F.R.S.E.; THE REV. JOHN McMURTRIE, M.A.; AND PROFESSOR W. IVISON MACADAM, F.C.S., F.I.C., M.M.S., &c., EDINBURGH_ EDINBURGH CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED 1886 [_Entered at Stationers' Hall._] EDINBURGH CO-OPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY LIMITED, BRISTO PLACE. TO _SIR KENNETH S. MACKENZIE_, SIXTH BARONET AND THIRTEENTH LAIRD OF GAIRLOCH, AND HER MAJESTY'S LIEUTENANT OF ROSS-SHIRE, Is Dedicated THIS ACCOUNT OF THE ROMANTIC HIGHLAND PARISH WITH WHICH, DURING FOUR CENTURIES, HE AND HIS ANCESTORS HAVE BEEN SO INTIMATELY ASSOCIATED. PREFACE. The preparation of the following account of Gairloch has been prompted by regard--almost affection--for this beautiful and interesting Highland parish. It is published in the hope that it may not only assist the tourist, but also be found to constitute a volume worthy of a nook in the great library of local history. Here and there some few general remarks on the subjects dealt with have necessarily been introduced by way of explanation or illustration, but in the main this book relates solely to Gairloch. I have tried to make short chapters, and to dispense with footnotes.