Want of interesting remains of ancient buildings--Supposed Druidical remains in Tollie wood--Druidical enclosure on Isle Maree--The Island of Justice--Pictish round houses--Vitrified fort--Ancient duns, strongholds, or crannogs--Remains of churches--Gairloch church--Culinellan church--Turf-built church in Tollie Bay--Church at Tollie Croft, or Cruive End--Chapel of Inverewe--Chapel of Sand of Udrigil--Old burial-grounds--Remains of other old buildings--Remains on Isle Maree--On Eilean Ruaridh Beag--On Eilean Suainne--The Tigh Dige--The Sabhal-Geal--The Temple house--Old houses--Ancient weapons and implements--The Feill Iudha--Caves 97 PART II.--INHABITANTS OF GAIRLOCH. CHAPTER I.--ANCESTRY AND NAMES. Highlanders different to Scotch--Gairloch people originally Celtic--Admixture of blood--Mackenzies predominant--Surnames little used--Mode of constructing Gaelic names--Examples--Bynames--Curious names of girls 109 CHAPTER II.--WARFARE AND WEAPONS. Gairloch a bone of contention--Broadsword and targe--Bows and arrows--Battle-axe--Dirk--Guns--Clan fights no more--Seaforth Highlanders--A Gairloch company--The press-gang--Donald M'Lean returns "from hell"--Volunteer corps--Story of Finlay Fraser and his guns 112 CHAPTER III.--POLITY AND CUSTOMS. Improvement after the "Forty-five"--Increase of schools--Report on educational position of the people by Rev. James Russell--Education under the School Boards--Relief of the poor--Beggars almost unknown--Tramps--Tinkers--Old man seeking America--Her Majesty's note about him--Old marriage customs--Funeral customs--Whisky at funerals--Heaps of stones at halting-places--New Year's day, old style--Administration of justice at the Island of Justice--Mode of procedure--The Cnoc a Chroich, or Gallows Hill--Some old Gairloch men acquainted with folk-lore 114 CHAPTER IV.--RELIGION AND RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES. No records of Episcopal times--Sunday services--Baptism--The Lord's supper dispensed in the Leabaidh na Ba Bàine--Dr Mackenzie's account of churchgoing and the communions--Johnnie at church for the first time--Five days' services--Large crowd; few communicants--Preparation for Gairloch communion--The scene in the Leabaidh--Aunt Sally--Characteristics of Free Church services and religion 117 CHAPTER V.--CHARACTER AND CHARACTERISTICS.