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

INDEX.

Many names of subjects of Natural History and of books, &c., that are included in lists given in the foregoing pages are not indexed.

Local names of persons will generally be found under their Christian names.

• A Mhaighdean. See [Maighdean].
• Abernethy iron-smelting works, [76].
• Achagarve, [337].
• Achnasheen, [73], [148], [202], [279], [296], [297], [299], [300], [301], [302], [309], [321].
• Achnashelloch, [299], [322], [410], [411].
• Achtercairn, [26], [61], [164], [186], [210], [293], [294], [295], [296], [297], [312], [329], [331].
• Act forbidding the making of iron with wood, [78], [80], [412].
• Act proscribing the Highland dress, [128].
• Æneas (Rev.) M'Aulay. See [M'Aulay, Rev. Æneas].
• Agriculture, [136-142], [399], [406].
• Aird House and Point, [58], [103], [203], [321], [337].
• Aird na h'Eighaimh, [210], [346].
• Alastair Breac, fifth laird of Gairloch, [42], [48], [49-52], [177], [189], [201], [323], [347].
• Alastair Buidhe Mac Iamhair, or Alexander Campbell, [57], [174], [185-187], [189].
• Alastair Buidhe Mackay, [50].
• Alastair Cam, [189], [191].
• Alastair Liath MacRae, [19], [20], [22], [23].
• Alastair Mac Iain Mhic Earchair, his vision of Hector Roy, [29], [169].
• Alastair Mor an t' Sealgair, [167], [168].
• Alastair Og, [189].
• Alastair Ross of Lonmor, [51], [323].
• Alastair Roy son of John Glassich Mackenzie, [38].
• Alexander III., [11].
• Alexander Bain, poet, [198-200], [297].
• Alexander Cameron, the Tournaig bard, [134], [194-198], [231], [319], [320].
• Alexander Campbell. See [Alastair Buidhe Mac Iamhair].
• Alexander Grant, the great bard of Slaggan, [57], [186], [187-189], [339].
• Alexander Mackenzie, from Stornoway, drowned, [211].
• Alexander Mackenzie, historian of the Mackenzies, [11], [126], [143], [186], [191], [192].
• Alexander Mackenzie of Lochend, his statement about the Poolewe iron furnace, [83].
• Alexander Mackenzie of Oban, the bard, [192].
• Alexander (Rev.) Mackenzie. See [Mackenzie, Rev. Alexander].
• Alexander Mackenzie, seventh laird of Gairloch, [53], [177].
• Alexander (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., ninth laird of Gairloch, [53-56], [82], [144], [178], [179], [298].
• Alexander (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., tenth laird of Gairloch, [56], [179].
• Alexander the Upright, [14], [26], [30], [33].
• Allan M'Leod of Gairloch, [14], [25], [313], [315].
• Allt a Choire Dhuibh Mhoir. See [Great Black Corrie of Liathgach].
• Alness iron-smelting works, [73].
• Alpine hare, [238], [239], [379].
• Altgreshan, [330].
• American merchant drowned, [367].
• An Fhridh dhorch, [211], [342], [361].
• Ancestry of the Mackenzies, [11].
• Ancient ironworks. See [Ironworks, ancient].
• Ancient records wanting, [3].
• Anecdotes, Natural History, [228-232].
• Anecdotes of salmon fishing. See [Salmon angling].
• Anglers and their outfit, [359], [360].
• Angling in fresh-water lochs, [312], [363-366].
• Angling in Loch Maree, [304], [308], [346], [348].
• Angling in sea-lochs, [312], [317], [321], [331], [360], [361].
• Angling incidents, [369], [370].
• Angus Mackay, piper, [56], [176], [178], [179].
• Angus MacMhathain, [11].
• Annelid borings, [275].
• Applecross, [5], [133], [273], [294], [322], [323], [357], [397], [410], [411], [415], [416].
• Archers, MacRae (and see [Donald Odhar]), [20], [22], [23], [46], [47], [328].
• Archibald Primrose, clerk of mines, [75].
• Arctic fox, [236], [240], [241].
• Ardlair, [14], [15], [71], [81], [134], [210], [211], [221], [298], [325], [342], [373], [395].
• Area of Gairloch, [219].
• Argyle Furnace Company, [76].
• Art, rarity of, in Gairloch, [200].
• Arthur, Dr Mitchell. See [Mitchell, Dr Arthur].
• Artificial islands. See [Crannogs].
• Assynt, [47], [215], [216], [239], [272], [275], [278].
• Ath-nan-ceann, or Anagown, [13], [210], [304].
• Attendants to brides of Gairloch lairds, [109], [170], [185], [187].
• Aultbea, [71], [72], [87], [99], [118], [162], [213], [241], [245], [246], [283], [288], [293], [294], [296], [297], [299], [300], [320], [321], [332], [336], [337], [339], [356], [360].
• Aurora Borealis, [225].

• Bac an Leth-choin, [47], [240], [333], [334].
• Bac Dubh, or Moss Bank, Poolewe, [213], [316], [317].
• Bad a Mhanaich, [302].
• Badachro, [60], [61], [145], [149], [184], [293], [328], [331].
• Badachro river, [221], [328], [367], [372].
• Badfearn, [293], [321], [337].
• Badge of the Mackenzies, the deer grass, [59], [234].
• Badgers, [232], [237].
• Bagpipes and pipe music, [59], [174], [175], [178], [179].
• Baile na h'Eaglais. See [Londubh].
• Ballymeon, Inverasdale. See [Midtown].
• Balmerino, Lord, [77], [78].
• Balvenny, battle of, [53].
• Bank, Caledonian, Gairloch branch, [297], [310].
• Bankes, M., of Letterewe, [62], [149], [157], [162].
• Bankes, Mrs Liot, [62], [63], [219], [298], [320], [321], [342].
• Bannockburn, battle of, [12].
• Bard Mor an t' Slaggan. See [Alexander Grant].
• Bard Sasunnach, [54], [175], [335].
• Bards, [173-175], [331].
• Barony of Gairloch, [61].
• Bateson, J., [201], [327].
• Bathais [Bus] Bheinn, [220], [241], [309], [310], [327], [348].
• Bay of Corree. See [Corree Bay].
• Bay of Gruinard, or Loch Gruinard, [219], [272], [283], [288], [293], [338], [340], [349], [351], [355-359].
• Beallach a Chomhla, on Bathais Bheinn, [39].
• Beallach Glasleathaid, battle of, [35].
• Beallach nan Brog, skirmish of, [14].
• Beauly Priory, lairds of Gairloch buried in, [37], [53], [57].
• Beauties of Gaelic Poetry, by John Mackenzie, [126], [175], [179], [184], [188], [189], [190], [191], [192], [201].
• Beggars, [115].
• Beinn a Chaisgean, [314], [315], [336], [351].
• Beinn a Chearcaill, [220], [307].
• Beinn a Mhuinidh, [219], [221], [305], [345].
• Beinn Alligin, [220], [272], [285], [288], [324], [356].
• Beinn an Eoin, [220], [307], [348].
• Beinn Aridh Charr, [219], [241], [272], [282], [288], [298], [315], [318], [321], [336], [340], [343], [344], [345], [350], [352], [354], [356].
• Beinn Bheag, [219], [249].
• Beinn Bhreac, [220].
• Beinn Damh, [324].
• Beinn Dearg, [220].
• Beinn Eighe, or Eay, [220], [275], [285], [286], [288], [303], [304], [305], [322], [324], [352], [356].
• Beinn Lair, [54], [219], [272], [282], [288], [336], [344], [351], [352], [402].
• Beinn na h'Eaglais, [323].
• Beinn nan Ramh, [219].
• Beinn Tarsuinn, [219].
• Beinn Tarsuinn Chaol, [219], [336].
• Bethune, or Beaton, one of the ironworkers, [84], [109].
• Bicknell, A. S., [236].
• Bidein Clann Raonaild, [303].
• Big Englishman. See [Sasunnach Mor].
• Bird-cherry walking-stick, [161].
• Birds, [227-231], [241], [346], [351].
• Bishop Leslie of Ross, [64], [77].
• Bishops, [63], [64].
• Black game, [197], [230], [248], [306], [346], [379].
• Black Murdo of the Cave. See [Murdo (Black) of the Cave].
• Black rock, Craig Tollie, [247], [289], [290], [349].
• Black-throated divers, [252], [346], [352], [354].
• Blackbirds, [227], [244].
• Blackie. See [Professor Blackie].
• Blar na Fala, [136], [313].
• Blar na Pairc, battle called, [31].
• Bleeding living cattle, [136], [313], [320], [399].
• Bloomeries, or ancient iron furnaces, [72], [74], [86].
• Blue hare. See [Alpine hare].
• Boar (Brown) of Diarmid, [186], [324].
• Boats, [312], [327], [331], [334].
• Boats, new, or newly tarred, [161], [207].
• Bodyguard of John Roy, [40].
• Bog iron, [73], [86], [87], [88], [96].
• Bog iron, localities and analyses of, [87], [88], [328], [329].
• Bonaid Donn, [91], [221], [305], [325], [345].
• Bonawe, or Bunawe, iron works on Loch Etive side, [76], [77].
• Boor, or Boora, [23], [332].
• Booth, E. T., [253], [255].
• Boundaries of Gairloch, [219].
• Bowman, [136].
• Bows, [112].
• Boys' dress, [26], [129].
• Brae, Inverasdale, [293], [333].
• Brahan Castle or Mains, [14], [23], [26], [37].
• Brahan, [14], [23], [37], [41], [51].
• Breacan an Fheilidh, or plaid of the kilt, [29], [126], [127].
• Bridges in Gairloch, [148], [399].
• Bright, John, [369].
• British coin, ancient, found near old iron slags, [72].
• Broadsword and targe, [4], [112].
• Brochs, or round houses of the Picts, [4], [97], [132], [336].
• Broik, Sir John, rector of Gairloch, [63].
• Bronze weapons and implements, [103], [104].
• Brown, J. A. Harvie, [241-255].
• Brown trout. See [Trout, brown].
• Bruachaig, [101], [134], [137], [221], [324].
• Buaile na luib, [293], [294], [295], [337].
• Buchanan, laird of, slain by Donald Dubh, [29], [33].
• Bull Rock, or Craig Thairbh, [148], [325], [343], [344], [402].
• Bull-trout, [233], [362], [368].
• Bunyan's works translated into Gaelic, [190].
• Burial-places. See [Churchyards].
• Burn of the Great Black Corrie. See [Great Black Corrie of Liathgach].
• Bynames in Gairloch, [111].

• Cabar Feidh, [11], [59].
• Cadha Beag, [296], [339].
• Cailleach a Mhuillear, [178].
• Cailleach Liath Rasaidh, [178].
• Caithness men attack MacCailean, [34].
• Callaway, Dr, [277], [278].
• Callum a Ghlinne, or Malcolm M'Lean, [180-183].
• Calthorp, Rev. Gordon, [370].
• Cambrian System, [273], [278], [280], [283], [284], [356].
• Cameron of Lochiel, [51].
• Canal projected by ironworkers, [95], [332].
• Cantæ, [4], [109].
• Carbisdell, victory at, [409].
• Carn a Ghlinne, [303].
• Carn Anthony, [323].
• Carn Bhan, [287].
• Carn Dearg, [159], [298], [329].
• Carried or perched blocks, [283], [350], [353], [355], [358].
• Carrier to Gairloch, [297].
• Carron ironworks, [76].
• Carts, [135].
• Cas-chrom, or hand-plough, [138], [141].
• Cathair Bheag, [159], [310].
• Cathair Mhor, [159], [325].
• Cattle, [136], [170], [206], [398], [399].
• Cautious, canny disposition (anecdote), [123].
• Cave at Cove, [105], [221], [294], [334], [357].
• Cave at North Erradale, [105], [221], [329].
• Cave at Opinan, near South Erradale, [221], [328].
• Cave at Sand of Udrigil, [105], [221], [294], [339], [357].
• Cave at Sand of Udrigil used as a dwelling, [339], [357].
• Cave of Gold on Loch Maree, [221], [344].
• Cave of the King's Son, [15], [16], [18], [221], [343].
• Caves with weapons concealed by the sian, [166].
• Ceann a Chro, or Cruive End, [315].
• Ceann an t' Sail, [30], [310].
• Ceilidh, [174], [201].
• Cell on Isle Maree, [7], [10], [102].
• Celtic Magazine, [126], [159], [186], [187].
• Chanonry Castle, [14], [396].
• Chapel or church of Sand of Udrigil, [5], [63], [66], [70], [100], [338], [357], [400].
• Char, [362], [365], [397].
• Character and characteristics, [121], [122], [123], [400], [405], [406].
• Charlestown, or Charleston, [30], [46], [60], [167], [246], [293], [297], [310], [331].
• Charter of Gairloch, [30], [391].
• Chevy Chase, battle of, [13].
• Chisholm, friend of Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead, [47], [330].
• Chisholm, Rev. Thomas, [416].
• Christian festivals, [64], [121].
• Christian Lady Mackenzie, wife of Sir Hector, [57].
• Christianity introduced, [4], [323].
• Christmas, [66], [202].
• Church at Culinellan, near Kenlochewe, or Heglis-loch-ew, [62], [70], [99], [324], [400], [415].
• Church at Poolewe, [71], [293], [316], [407].
• Church at Tollie Croft, or Cruive End, [70], [99], [315], [398], [400].
• Church attendance in Gairloch, [118], [120].
• Church of Gairloch, or Heglis Gherloch, [5], [61], [62], [69], [70], [99], [293], [310], [400], [407], [408], [411], [415].
• Church of Inverewe. See [Inverewe church and churchyard].
• Church of St Maelrubha, [5], [63], [69], [311], [415].
• Church of turf in Tollie Bay, [66], [71], [99].
• Churchyard of Gairloch, [36], [43], [52], [53], [56], [82], [101], [177], [178], [184], [186], [190], [191], [311], [331].
• Churchyards or burial-grounds, [100], [101], [247].
• Circle, supposed to be Druidical, in Tollie wood, [97].
• Circular enclosure, supposed to be Druidical, on Isle Maree, [97], [151], [152], [397].
• Clach a Mhail, [134], [343].
• Clach an t' Shagart, [302].
• Clach nam Brog, [313].
• Clachan garbh, [26].
• Cladh nan Sasunnach, [84], [100], [325], [345], [405].
• Clais na Leac, [87], [325].
• Clan Eachainn, [36].
• Claonadh, or Slopes at the back of Beinn Lair, [54], [344].
• Clark, Rev. W., minister in Inverness, [216].
• Clayband ironstone, [88], [89], [317].
• Cliff Hill, [314], [318], [333].
• Climate of Gairloch, [222-225], [404].
• Clive. See [Poolewe].
• Clowes, S. W., [240].
• Clyde ironworks, [76].
• Cnoc a Chrochadair, [45], [304].
• Cnoc a croiche, or Gallows hill, [116], [311], [331].
• Cnoc na mi-Chomhairle, or Hill of Evil Counsel, [25], [315].
• Coast, Inverasdale, [293], [333].
• Cochran-Patrick, Dr, quoted or referred to, [344].
• Cod fishery of Gairloch, [57], [143-146], [398], [399], [407].
• Coigeach, [272], [356].
• Coille Aigeascaig, [196], [197], [221], [231], [243], [319].
• Coinneachadh Beag, [307].
• Coire an Easain, [178].
• Coire Chaoruinn, [287].
• Coire Cheud Cnoc, or Valley of the Hundred Hills, [285], [323].
• Colin Cam, lord of Kintail, [40], [396].
• Colin Fitzgerald, [11].
• Colin Mor Gillespic, [17], [18].
• Colla Ban, [51].
• Colouring of landscapes, [226], [234], [303], [346], [351], [402].
• Communicants, [119], [407].
• Competitions suggested, [124].
• Conan House, [56], [57].
• Confession of Faith of the Westminster Divines, [118].
• Conglomerates or breccias of the Cambrian Series, [274], [283], [284], [285], [327], [331], [332].
• Controversy on separate form of the kilt, [127].
• Coppachy, [87], [290], [293], [325], [345].
• Corree Bay, or Ob Choir' I, [348], [362].
• Corson, G., [298], [329], [330].
• Coulin mountains and forest, [299], [302], [322].
• Cove, [105], [166], [293], [294], [334].
• Covenant, wars of Montrose against the, [53], [408], [409].
• Courtesy in Gairloch, [122], [194], [200], [201].
• Crabs, [143].
• Craig a chait, [46], [55], [232], [310].
• Craig an Dubh Loch, [219], [287], [288], [336], [350], [351], [352], [353].
• Craig an Fhithich, [312], [335].
• Craig an Fhithich Mhor, [337].
• Craig an t' Shabhail, [211], [285].
• Craig Bhadain an Aisc, [26], [313].
• Craig Bhan, [335], [336].
• Craig Thairbh. See [Bull Rock].
• Craig Tollie, [23], [228], [229], [230], [243], [247], [272], [282], [283], [309], [314], [315], [318], [327], [333], [348], [349].
• Crannogs, or artificial islands, on Lochs Tollie, Kernsary, and Mhic 'ille Rhiabhaich, [98], [99], [350].
• Crasg, the, [36], [40], [116], [311].
• Creagan an Inver of Meikle Gruinard, [180].
• Crest of the Mackenzies, figure of Donald Odhar, [59].
• Crinan, [203], [205].
• Croft. See [Tollie Croft].
• Croft Brae, [315].
• Crofters and Cottars, Royal Commission on, [57], [138], [376-379].
• Crofts and crofters, [137], [138].
• Cromasaig, [51], [175], [322].
• Crops, [138].
• Cross, one of the ironworkers, [54], [84], [109].
• Crosses on the graves of the Prince and Princess, [10], [105], [152].
• Cruive End. See [Ceann a Chro].
• Cruives for taking salmon, [367], [372].
• Cuckoo, [197], [231], [247].
• Cuil an Scardain, [95], [332].
• Cuilchonich, [321], [337].
• Culinellan, [70], [91], [99], [101], [247], [304], [325].
• Curlews, [230], [241], [250], [354].

• Danes, [5], [415].
• Daniel (Rev.) Mackintosh. See [Mackintosh, Rev. Daniel].
• Darrochs, the. See [Duncan Darroch].
• David II., [13].
• Davidson, A., [256].
• Davis, H. B. W., R.A., [201], [315].
• Davy, Sir Humphrey, and his salmon, [369].
• Deaths, presages of, [161].
• Deer forests and deer-stalking, [372-379].
• Deer-grass, or Stag's-horn moss, [234].
• Deer (red) and stags, [39], [104], [168], [346], [372-379].
• Denudation of rocks, [273], [284].
• Destitution fund at the time of the potato famine, [149].
• Diabaig, [61], [293], [294], [295].
• Diet, [133], [136].
• Dingwall, Rev. Ronald, [72], [294].
• Dirks, [30], [112], [161].
• Discontinuance of the historic ironworks, [83].
• Disruption, the, [68].
• Dog, bite of a, [161].
• Doire, [348].
• Domhnull Greannach, [45].
• Donald Dubh Mac Gillechriosd Mac Gille Riabhaich, [28], [33].
• Donald Fraser, forester, Fannich, [245], [249].
• Donald Gorm of Sleat, [37].
• Donald Lord of the Isles, [6], [13], [24], [27].
• Donald Maclean, his visions of red coats, [172], [335].
• Donald Mor Mackay, [41], [42], [177].
• Donald Mor MacRae, [19], [22], [23].
• Donald Morrison of Drumchork, [187], [206].
• Donald (or Domhnull) Odhar Mac Iain Leith, [19], [20], [45], [46], [48], [59], [102], [127], [310], [328].
• Donald (Rev.) MacRae. See [MacRae, Rev. Donald].
• Donnachadh Mor na Tuaighe, or Big Duncan of the Axe, [19], [32], [34], [35].
• Donnachadh na Fadach, or Duncan MacRae, [172], [211].
• Dounie, Rev. John, [68], [77], [99], [398].
• Dress, ordinary, of Gairloch men and women, [130].
• Dresser, H. E., [229], [253].
• Drowning, deaths by, [171], [203], [208], [210], [211], [367].
• Druids and Druidical remains, [4], [97], [153], [154], [157].
• Druim a chait, battle of, [33].
• Druim Carn Neill, [47], [333].
• Drumchork, [187], [208], [298], [320], [321], [379].
• Drust the son of Erp, [4].
• Dry Island, Badachro, [145], [328].
• Dubh Loch, [272], [287], [288], [350], [352], [353], [354], [365].
• Dugal MacRae son of Big Duncan of the Axe, [19], [35].
• Dun Bhorraraig, [178].
• Dun Naast, [61], [98], [333].
• Dun or Castle of Gairloch, [21], [24], [30], [36], [40], [43], [98], [311], [331].
• Dunan, Tournaig, [98], [320].
• Duncan Darroch of Torridon, [28], [246], [324].
• Duncan Mackenzie at Blar na Pairc, [31], [32].
• Duncan Mackenzie, butler to Sir Hector, and innkeeper at Poolewe, [70], [148].
• Duncan Mackenzie, the Kenlochewe bard, [192-194], [324].
• Duncan MacRae of Isle Ewe, bard, and the sian, [55], [165], [175], [334].
• Duncan Urquhart, valet to Captain Mackenzie, Kinloch, [204].
• Dundonell, [149], [209], [300], [314], [359].
• Dutch map of 1660 or 1662, [61].
• Dyes and dyeing, [128], [132], [235].

• Eachainn Ruadh. See [Hector Roy].
• Eagles, [228], [229], [241], [309], [349], [350], [354].
• Earl of Kinnoull. See [Kinnoull].
• Earl of Seaforth. See [Lord Seaforth].
• Earldom of Ross, [6], [32].
• Earls of Ross, [6], [12], [59].
• Early history, [3].
• Eastern gneiss, [277], [279], [281], [288].
• Ecclesiastical History, [63-72], [415-417].
• Edward Balliol, [24].
• Eels, [361], [366].
• Eilean Dubh na Sroine, [346].
• Eilean Grudidh, or Grudidh Island, [21], [24], [43], [98], [307], [326], [346].
• Eilean Horisdale, [210], [328].
• Eilean na h' Iolair, [241].
• Eilean Ruaridh Beag, [25], [40], [49], [61], [102], [177], [346], [348].
• Eilean Ruaridh Mor, [230], [346], [348].
• Eilean Suainne, [38], [49], [61], [102], [160], [177], [242], [346], [347], [348].
• Eileandonain Castle, [11], [13], [14], [16], [31], [37], [395], [396].
• Elegy on Dr Kennedy, Dingwall, [198-200].
• Elm bark hair-wash, [131].
• English more spoken than formerly, [125].
• Episcopalianism, [63], [64], [65], [416], [417].
• Epithalamium on the marriage of Sir Kenneth Mackenzie and Miss Eila Campbell, [193], [194].
• Erradale, [5], [61].
• Estates in Gairloch, [60-63], [219], [318], [320], [335], [342].
• Ewan Mac Gabhar the son of the Goat, [14], [16], [18].
• Ewe river. See [River Ewe].

• Fairies, fairy seats, knowes, or hillocks, [159-161], [310], [325], [329], [334], [337], [347].
• Falcon, peregrine, [242], [349], [354].
• Family worship, [121].
• Farquhar MacRae, Rev. See [MacRae, Rev. Farquhar].
• Farquhar (Rev.) Mackenzie. See [Mackenzie, Rev. Farquhar].
• Fasagh, and Fasagh glen and burn, [274], [275], [279], [345].
• Fasagh ironworks, [91], [95], [325], [345].
• Fast-day, communion, [118].
• Faults (geological), [281], [282].
• Fedan Mor above Loch a Druing, [55], [166], [334].
• Feill Iudha, or Ewe market, [104], [317].
• Feith Mhic Iain Dhuibh, [44], [307].
• Feith, or Fe, Leoid, [13], [322].
• Feithean Mor, or Fain Mor, [149], [300].
• Ferintosh, [66], [202], [415].
• Ferruginous rocks, shales, and earths, [74], [86].
• Feur, or Fear, or Fiar Loch, [309], [330], [366].
• Fevers, [133], [400].
• Fiaclachan, [333].
• Fidelity to chief, [37], [122], [201].
• Fife Adventurers, [77].
• Fighting Jack, [56].
• Fingalian legends, [3], [186], [324], [342].
• Finlay Mackinnon, the Poolewe artist, [200], [201], [316].
• Finnocks, [233], [362].
• Firemore, or Faidhir Mor, [293], [333].
• First Coast, or Bad an t' Sluig, [138], [293], [339], [358].
• First-footing, [116].
• Fish, species of, in Gairloch waters, [361], [362], [363], [366].
• Fish-hooks, [144], [145].
• Fishing tackle, [359], [360].
• Fishing station at Badachro. See [Badachro].
• Fionn Loch, [220], [221], [238], [241], [272], [283], [287], [289], [290], [298], [321], [335], [336], [339], [349-355], [356], [357], [358], [359], [364], [365].
• Fionnla Dubh nan Saighead, [19], [20], [46], [47], [330].
• Flies for the Ewe, [369].
• Flodden Field, battle of, [27], [29], [36].
• Flowerdale, [49], [51], [54], [55], [57], [63], [97], [102], [103], [116], [117], [127], [130], [147], [148], [170], [184], [185], [186], [221], [222], [224], [225], [232], [237], [298], [310], [372], [373], [398], [399], [400].
• Flowers, [234], [256-264].
• Fogs almost unknown, [225].
• Folk-lore, [117], [201].
• Forbes, Bishop, his journal, [415], [417].
• Forested, meaning of, [137], [373].
• Forests. See [Deer forests].
• Forests of timber, [74], [373].
• Forty-five, the, [54].
• Foura, [5], [220], [246], [250], [251].
• Fowler, Mrs, Inverbroom, [256].
• Fox Point, or Rudha mhadaidh ruaidh, [3], [159], [252], [341], [342], [362].
• Foxes, [137], [237], [240], [341].
• Francis H. Mackenzie, [57], [312].
• Francis (Sir) Mackenzie, Bart., twelfth laird of Gairloch, [57], [122], [129], [132], [140-142], [164], [168], [194], [376], [404], [405].
• Fraoch Eilean, [45], [310], [328], [331].
• Fraser of Foyers concealed in Flowerdale House, [56].
• Fraser, Rev. Mr, minister, Stornoway, [213].
• Free church and churches, [68], [71], [294], [304], [311], [317], [321], [328], [334].
• Free church, characteristics of services, [121].
• Free church ministers and manses, [71], [72], [294], [298], [311].
• Fucoid remains, [275].
• Fuirneis, or Furnace, [79], [92], [95], [293], [294], [325], [344], [345].
• Funeral customs, [115].
• Funeral of Colonel Keith Stewart Mackenzie, [20].
• Fungi and toadstools, [234], [236].
• Furnace (Letterewe) ironworks. See [Letterewe, or Furnace, ironworks].