ferent sects, 12, 13.-at Culross, 48.-Means by which Scotland an
ciently possessed so great a number of religious edifices and founda-
tions, 158.-Public worship neglected by the higher ranks in many
places, 461.-Fanatics at Tain, 490, 491.--Ross-shire the holy land
of Scotland, 492.-Religious uniforms worn'at Glasgow, 562, 563,
-See also the article Missionaries.
Repenting-stool, still retained in some churches of Scotland, 351.—
See also the article Cutty-stool.
Revelations, singular exposition of some passages in, 221, 222.
Rheumatism, method of cure of, 591.
Richardson, Mr. the monopoliser of the fisheries of the Tay, 263, 264,
359.
Ridge-about, origin and present relics of the distribution of ground
by this custom, 457.
Ring, its emblematical signification in the marriage-ceremony point;
ed out by a clergyman in the Orkneys to the parties, 519.
Road, consular, from Stirling, 17.-Considerations on the actual statę
of the roads in Great Britain, 44 to 46.-Excellent state of those
all round Aberdeen, 324.-General good condition of roads in
Scotland, 354.-Badness of, in many parts of the county of Mur
ray, 457.-Roads from Inverness to Fort Augustus, 487.
Rob Roy, a notorious thief, particulars respecting, 421.
Rock fortified by the Danes, 353.
Roman remains at the village of Camelon, 6.- Inquiry into the state
of our ancestors under the Roman government, 74
Roman-catholic chapel in the Enzie, 356, 357.-- Inconsistent scruples
of a Roman-catholic gentleman on the observance of Friday, 59&,
Ross-shire the holy land of Scotland, 492.
Rothemay, a seat of the earl of Fife, 343.
Rothes, situation and inhabitants of, 453.-Castle, ib.
Royal bounty, applied to the diffusion of knowledge among the com-
mon people of the Highlands and islands of Scotland, 407.
Rudder, an additional one at the stem of vessels proposed, 2.
Rumbling bridge over the river Devon, 191.
Rymer, regent, of the university of St. Andrews, pleasant anecdotes
respecting, 112 note.
Rynd, Mr. William, rector of the public school at Perth, 260.
S-t, miss, an officious sectarian missionary in the presbytery of
Dunkeld, 14.
Sacraments, the administration of, among some of the sectaries, a con-
siderable means of profit to the public houses in some places, 225.
-Description of the sacrament-week among the Seceders, 226 to
St. Andrews, city of; route from Dumfermline to, 55.View of, in
approaching it, 103.-Streets of, 155.-Remains of the cathedral,
156.-Wall surrounding the priory, 157.-Annual fair the foun-
dation of its prosperity and opulence before the Reformation, 158.
-Numerous religious houses formerly established here, ib.-
Storms in the bay, 160. Numerous empty houses, 161.-Singular
family here, ib.-Very few fish in the inner part of the bay, 163.
-Charter and keys of the city, 164.-Barbarous and cruel cus-
toms of cat-races and goose-races here, 165.-Route to Falkland
from, 167.-The university. Customs respecting the professor of
church-history here, 86.-Present state of the university, 104.-
Abuse in the grant of professorships, 105.-Political sermons by
a principal of one of the colleges, 106, 107.-Distinguished pro-
fessors who have flourished here, 107.-Its ancient celebrity re-
vived by the chancellorship of the earl of Kinnoull, 108.-its
public library, and strict discipline, at that time, 109.-Colleges,
110.-Discipline &c. of the Divinity college and the Philosophy
college, ib.-St. Salvator's college, 111.-its fine chapel, 113.-
St. Leonard's college, 111.-Regulations and economy of the col-
leges, 113.-hour of shutting the gates, ib.-dinner, 114.-break-
fast, 117.-prayers, 118.-sessions and vacations, 119.-gymnas-
tic exercises; archery, 120.-game of golf, 123.-horsemanship,
125.-Sons of distinguished families educated in college here,
126. Decline of the university by a gradual and general relaxation,
140.-Various instances of intriguing policy, and of the abuse of
patronage, in the university, 146 to 153,-The revenue of the col-
leges vastly greater than their expenditure, 150, 154.
St. Cyrus, 306, 307.
St. Monans, church and steeple of, 82.
Salads dressed with castor oil, anecdote respecting, 462.
Saline, village of, 183 note.
Salmon-fishery near Kincardine, 47.-In the river Ythan, 325.-At
Fochabers, 359.-Cause of the great value of the fisheries at the
mouth of most rivers in Scotland, ib. 360. Shameful amusement
of killing salmon in the rivers in winter while they are spawning,
422.
Sands of Forvie and of other places, 334.
Savageness, instances of a degree of, remaining in the manners of the
Highlanders, 513, 515.
Scallags, or labouring people of the Hebrides, their miserable condi-
tion, 547, 548, 614.-Actually in a state of slavery, ib.
Scallatay, a village of Shetland, 537.
Schools established all over the Highlands, beneficial effects of, 406.
-A good school specifically for grammar, in every presbytery or
certain district of the Highlands, much wanted, 407. The business
of schoolmaster in Scotland not near so lucrative as in England,
Scone, anciently a seat of the Scottish court, 20.-Charles II. solemnly
crowned at, in 1651, 81.-Prospect from, 265.
"Scotch;" instance of this epithet being used as a national reflection,
spiritedly noticed by a young Scotch gentleman, 418.
Scots-Tarcet, 171, 172.
Seaforth, lord, 503, 504, 508.
Sea-fowl, dangerous method of catching, on the Shetland shores,
535, 536.
Scals, numerous in the bay of St. Andrews; method proposed for
catching them, 163, 164.-Method of catching them used in the
Hebrides, 543.
Sea-weed. See the article Alga marina.
Seceders; leading features in the doctrine, character, and history of
201 to 212. Description of the sacrament-week among them at
Abernethey, 226 to 232.
Seduction, defect of the laws respecting, 442.-Unparalleled instance
of, 608.
Self-interest the constant spring of action among the Highlanders,
Selkirk, Alexander, the archetype of Robinson Crusoe, 66.
Sermon, one on a singular subject, 56.-Political one by a principal
in the university of St. Andrews, 106.-another by the same, cir-
culated at the public expense, 107.
Set lines, method of catching eels and other fishes by, 448.
Sharp, archbishop, his monument in the town church of St. Andrews,
159. Particulars respecting him, 160. Spot where he was mur-
dered, 164.
Sheep and pastures of the Shetland islands, 532.
Sheep-walks in the Highlands, great value of, 443.
Shepherds' curs; fierceness, hardiness, and fidelity, of those in the
Highlands, 441.
Sheriffmuir, battle of, 18, 23.
Shetland isles, 36.-Inhabitants of, 517.-Situation of these islands;
their number, and names, 521.-Universal barrenness of their in-
terior parts, 522.-violent winds the cause of this, 523.-The cli-
mate, 524.-Population and language, 525.-Proprietors of lands,
and their mode of living, 526. Manners of the lower ranks, ib.
-Fishermen and fishery, 528.-Ineffectual and premature attempt
to improve the condition of the lower classes, 528.-State of agri-
culture here, 529.-Horses and cattle, 531.-Sheep and pastures,
532.-Species of fish and of quadrupeds found here, 533.-mine-
rals, 534-Shipwrecks numerous on the coasts, and conduct of
the inhabitants on these occasions, ib.-Rockiness of the shores,
535. Singular small pasture-island, used to fatten sheep, 536.
-Trade in these isles, ib.-Remains of antiquity, 537.-range
of
circular towers along the eastern coast, 538, 539.-curious
weapons formed of a very hard blue stone, 539.-Wretched state
of the mass of the people, 613 to 617.
Shipwreck, anecdote of a marriage resulting from, 350.-Custom of
plundering wrecks on some of the coasts of Scotland, 504.-Fre-
quent on the coasts of the Shetland islands, and conduct of the in-
habitants on such occasions, 534.
Shoemaker, the author mistaken for one, 283 to 286.-Anecdote of
one at a horse-market, 303.-of one at a public ball at Aberdeen,
Shooting water from a musket at animals, practice of, 425.
Shots, Kirk of, and story of the fortunes of a farmer's daughter at,
576.
Sidley hilis, 176.
Silver. See the article Gold.
Simson, Dr. of the university of St. Andrews, 118.
Sinclairs, rivulet crossed by them in going to the battle of Flouden,
Skate, wonderful, caught at Crail, 98.
Skene, late general, seat of, 198.
Slane's Castle, 326, 327.
Slavery, relic of, in many of the collieries in Scotland, 40.-In one
shape or other it has existed in all ages, 41.-Its gradual abolition
in Europe owing to the influence of christianity, ib.-Prædial
slavery actually existing in the Hebrides, and also in the Shetland
isles, 547 to 549, 612 to 617.
Sloane, sir Hans; the high road turned a great way in order not to
disturb his remains, 45.
Smuggling carried on at Crail, 98. Great number of smugglers on
the northern coasts of Scotland, 493.
Society for propagating christian knowledge, schools established by,
in the Highlands, 406.
Sowens, skin of, used by the ladies of Edinburgh as a cosmetic, 603.
Sparrows, their great utility in destroying insects, 468.
Spens, Dr. his attempts to inspire the inhabitants of Buckhaven with
proper notions of religion, 59, 60.
Spey, river, 417, 435, 476.-Splendid bridge over, near Fochabers,
359.-Melancholy accidents in its fords, 391, 392.-Instance of a
transmigration of eels in, 446 to 448.
Spinsters, origin of this term as an appellation of unmarried women,
Spirit of wine, a glass of, given to a carrier by a college-student as a
trick, 318.
Stand fire, method used by a gentleman to teach his son to, 294.
Stewart, James Ray, a notorious robber; narrative of the depreda-
tions, apprehension, and execution of, note 480 to 483.
Stilts used by the country-people to cross the river Avon, 383.
Stirling, route from Edinburgh to, 1.-The castle, 10.-Manufac
tures here, 11.-Great variety of religious sects, and their frivolous
disputes, 12.-Ancient importance of this city in the history of
Scotland, 17.-Was a military station in the time of the Romans,
ib.-Proper for a seat of government for the southern divison of
Scotland, 19, 20.-Its situation, and natural advantages, 20.-
Route to Dumfermline from, 23.
Stone Byers, fall of the Clyde at, 573, 575.
Stonehaven, town of, its picturesque situation, harbour, and manu-
factures, 309.-New village of, ib.-a singular occurrence here,
310.-Road to Aberdeen from, 311.
Stones, huge, detached on the surface, and on the tops of mountains,
a proof of some uncommon operation of nature, 333.-Erroneous
prejudice among the farmers in the Highlands, respecting the
effect of stones in moist soils, 434.
Stornaway, the chief town of the largest of the Hebrides, 541.
Stratherne, valley of, 196.-Upper, 238, 242, 244.-Lower, 240,
Strathkinnes, moor of, 167.
Strathmiglo, 198.
Strathnaver, 508.
Strathspey, 418.
Straw hats for ladies, 501.-Manufactory of; at Kirkwall, 518.
Struther's, ancient seat of, 172.
Sunday, one passed in a religious family at Dundee, 275.-Excessive
zeal of a clergyman of Montrose respecting, 288.-Beginning to
be very ill spent in Scotland, 295.
Surgeon of London, an insane methodist, predicts Buonaparte's, de-
struction from the Book of Revelations, 222.
Surgical operation, dangerous, practised in some parts of Scotland,
459.
Swelled head, case of, and cure, 589, 590.
T-1, miss, daughter of a Scotch physician, interesting story of
Tyr, Mr. of the Hebrides, interesting story of, 549 to 552.
Tailor ducked for delusive enticements to a young woman to marry
him, 402.
Tamintoul, village of, and singular story of the landlady of the inn
here, 384.
Tarff, river, and bridge over, 476. -View of one of the falls of, ib.
477.
Tarnaway, castle of, 37.
Tauperindonish, a well at Elchies, 449.
Tay, almost all the fisheries of, monopolized by one man, 263.-
Walk up this river from Perth to Scone, 265.
Teeth, instance of a young man who had lost all his, by interfering
in a drunken fray, 406.
Telescope and moon-glass at the Old Town college in the university of
Aberdeen, 317.
Terraces apparently too regular for nature, yet too vast for art,
197.
Thomson, Peter, an active member of the Bereans at Crieff, anecdote
of, 219.
Thunder and lightning seldom or never occur in summer, but very
common in winter, in the Shetland islands, 525.
Thursday, a favourite day for weddings in some parts of Scotland,
Thurso, town of, 501.
Tiddach, river, 342.
Tillibody, 23.
Tillicoultry, 44.
Toad, curious experiment with one, 451.
Tombs in Clackmannan church-yard, 42.-Egyptian law respecting
inscriptions on, ib.
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