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Originally appearing in Volume V06, Page 716 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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COLONSAY , an See also:

ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island of the Inner See also:

HEBRIDES, THE, or WESTERN ISLES

Hebrides, See also:

ARGYLLSHIRE

Argyllshire, See also:

Scotland, to m. S. of the See also:

Ross of See also:

MULL

Mull. It is 71 M. See also:

long by 3 M. broad. The highest point is Carnan Eoin (470 ft.). Towards the See also:

MIDDLE

middle of the island lies See also:

LOCH, HENRY BROUGHAM LOCH, 1ST BARON (1827-1900)

Loch Fada, nearly 2 M. long but very narrow, and there are two other small lakes and a few streams. The See also:

COAST (from Lat. costa, a rib, side)

coast-See also:

LINE

line, with frequent beautiful sandy reaches, is much indented, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief bays being Kiloran, Kilchattan and Staosunaig. On the See also:

north-western coast the cliffs are particularly See also:

FINE

fine. To the See also:

south, separated by a strait that is fordable at See also:

low See also:

WATER

water, lies the isle of ORONSAY, 24 M. long by 21 M. wide. Both islands contain a number of ecclesiastical remains, See also:

STANDING

standing stones, and some beautiful sculptured crosses. They are named after See also:

COLUMBA, SAINT (Irish, Colum)

Columba and See also:

ORAN (Arabic Wahran, i.e. ravine)

Oran, who are said to have stopped here after they See also:

LEFT

left See also:

Ireland. There is See also:

REGULAR

regular communication between Scalasaig and See also:

GLASGOW

Glasgow and the See also:

Clyde ports. The See also:

GOLF (in its older forms GOFF, GOUFF or GOWFF, the last of which gives the genuine old pronunciation)

golf-course at Kilchattan lends a See also:

TOUCH (derived through Fr. toucher from a common Teutonic and Indo-Germanic root, cf. " tug," " tuck," O. H. Ger. zucchen, to twitch or draw)

touch of modernity to these remote islandsr Near Scalasaig a See also:

GRANITE (adapted from the Ital. granite, grained; Lat. granum, grain)

granite See also:

OBELISK (Gr. b/3EXivrcos, diminutive of OEMs, a spit)

obelisk has been erected to the memory' of See also:

SIR

Sir See also:

Duncan M'See also:

NEILL, JAMES GEORGE SMITH (1810-1857)

Neill (1794-1874), a distinguished Scottiglit lawyer, who took the See also:

TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

Lord Colonsay when he became' a lord of See also:

APPEAL

The See also:

SOIL

soil of both islands is fertile, potatoes and See also:

BARLEY (Hordeum sativum)

barley being raised and See also:

CATTLE (Norman Fr. catel, from Late Lat. capitale, wealth or property, a word applied in the feudal system to movable property and particularly to live stock, and surviving in its wider meaning as " chattel " or " chattle ")

cattle pastured. See also:

POPULATION (Lat. populus, people; populare, to populate)

Population: Colonsay (1901), 301; Oronsay (1901), 12.

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