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UIST, NORTH AND SOUTH

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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 564 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UIST, See also:NORTH AND See also:SOUTH , islands of the See also:outer See also:Hebrides, See also:Inverness-See also:shire, See also:Scotland. North Uist lies S.W. of See also:Harris (See also:Long See also:Island), from which it is separated about 8 m. by the See also:Sound of Harris. The island See also:measures 14 M. in length by 16 nu in greatest width, but the coasts are extremely indented. The highest point is Mt Eaval (1138 ft.). The See also:principal See also:sea-lochs are See also:Loch Maddy and Loch Eport, both on the See also:east. On the east See also:coast the See also:surface is mostly swampy moorland, but on the See also:west there is some fertile See also:soil. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in crofting, fishing and See also:cattle-rearing. The principal See also:village, Loch Maddy, is the centre of a large See also:trade, and is a favourite resort of anglers, being a See also:regular calling station for the steamers from See also:Oban and Portree. The islands belonging to the See also:parish of North Uist comprise—to the south-west Balleshare and Illeray (pop., 383), Kirkibost, Heisker (98), and the Monach See also:group, with a lighthouse on Shillay; to the south, Grimisay (290) and Ronay; to the north-east, Levera; to the north, Boreray (118) and Vallay. South Uist has a See also:population (1901) of 3541, an extreme length of 22 M. and an extreme width of 8 m. Towards the north-east it becomes mountainous, the highest points being Buail'a Choill (2034), See also:Ben More (1994) and Hecla (1988). The See also:chief sea-lochs are Loch Boisdale, largely frequented by anglers, Loch Eynort and Loch Skiport on the east coast.

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side the surface is mainly alluvial See also:peat, broken by hills, but on the west there is a See also:belt of productive See also:land. Besides crofting, the inhabitants are engaged in the See also:fisheries and cattle-raising. Steamers from Oban See also:call regularly at the village of Loch Boisdale. The islands attached to the parish of SouthUist include, to the south, Eriskay (pop., 3478), where See also:Prince See also:Charles landed on the 2nd of See also:August 1745; to the north-east, Wiay; to the north, Grimisay, Fladda, just off the north-east See also:shore of Benbecula, and Benbecula (pop., 1417), with an See also:area of 40 sq. m., from which there is at See also:low See also:tide a See also:ford to North and South Uist.

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