My efforts have been ably seconded by the artistic skill of my fellow-guests, Dr. Lennox Browne of London, and Miss Cecilia G. Blackwood, whose facile pencils have contributed to the work many clever and beautiful illustrations. I am indebted to Mr. T. Maclaren for the architectural drawings of the Cathedral and the Earl’s Palace at Kirkwall; while a few of the pictures are taken from photographs by Miss Munn, another of our gifted passengers. The whole have been reproduced with great skill by the various engravers, with the assistance, and under the supervision, of Mr. John Gulich, who has also contributed a few original drawings.
It is perhaps fitting that I should offer an apology to the good folks on board the ‘Dunottar Castle,’ who may not have been prepared for this realisation of the words of the poet:—
‘A chiel’s amang ye takin’ notes,
And, faith, he’ll prent it.’
W. SCOTT DALGLEISH.
Edinburgh, October 1890.
CONTENTS
| PAGE | ||
|---|---|---|
| I. | Concerning the Good Ship, | [17] |
| II. | In the Firth of Clyde, | [24] |
| III. | Among the Southern Hebrides, | [30] |
| IV. | In the Sound of Mull, | [35] |
| V. | Round about Skye, | [46] |
| VI. | Wild Loch Alsh and Dark Loch Duich, | [52] |
| VII. | Round Cape Wrath, | [63] |
| VIII. | A Raid on Orkney, | [70] |
| IX. | Our Ship’s Name-Mother, | [76] |
| X. | A Day of Rest, | [83] |
| XI. | Homeward Bound, | [87] |
| XII. | In the Firth of Forth, | [92] |
| Epilogue, | [95] |