And there in the foreground, to pass from the stirring times of Haco, and in striking contrast to them, is the Isle of Lamlash, so fitly called the Holy Isle. The distance is too great to discern its sea-worn cave, where St. Molios, the shaved or bald-headed servant of Jesus, retired to practice a discipline of himself more strict and rigid even than that of St. Columba, whose disciple he was. From that little Iona there shone forth the light which diffused a knowledge of Christianity amongst the formerly Pagan inhabitants of Arran. The day is almost clear enough to see on the road to Sannox the boulder from behind which the angry natives dragged forth the last survivor of Cromwell’s garrison, and meted out to him the rough-and-ready justice of his and his comrades’ misdeeds; and far above are the rugged granite peaks of the Hill of Winds. Before beginning the descent it might be as well to give a passing look and thought to the Cumbrae Dykes, the most astonishing natural monuments in the Big Cumbrae. This is the Heatheren Keipel Dyke (heth’ren caple)—to call it by its old and time-honoured name—and the Houllon Keipel Dyke, which lifts its lion-like head and shoulders one-third of a mile ahead of the others. No other name than this did it have fifty years ago, says Mr. Lytteil (in his “Guide Book to the Cumbraes”), except the occasional appellation of Deil’s Dyke—a name which may be regarded as summarising and embodying in one personage the host of ogres or fabulous demon-giants which are credited, in an ancient folks’ tale, with the building of the grim-looking structure. According to the legend the stupendous wall of Heatheren Keipel was built up to its present height by the fairies, or good elves; seeing which, the malignant ogres, or swart-elves, set to work and attempted in the spirit of keen competition to outrival and excel their betters. The result was a conspicuous failure; so, finding they could do no better by their work, these same demon giants, in the person of their chief, fell into a wild rage and kicked half-a-dozen holes through the stony heart of their own performance. Mr. Lytteil states that the names _Heatheren_ and _Houllon_, as applied to these two great Cumbrae dykes, have been discovered, after much study and research, to contain the very essence of the ancient legend, and to describe respectively the benevolent sprites or brownies on the one hand, and the malevolent demons on the other. Heatheren Keipel Dyke, regarded as a local name, signifies the dyke of the giants’ contest. On the other hand, Houllon Keipel Dyke, similarly regarded, means the dyke or wall of the ogre-giants’ contest. The term “keipel”—also written “keppel” and “caple”—denotes a contest, a competition. The latter of the two dykes is pretty well known nowadays by the name of the Lion. It may be added that, in the raising of these huge fabrics, the legendary builders had a special object in view—which was to carry a bridge over