‘raise their clans in London,’
iii. 399, n. 3;
Rasay, Isle of, approach, v. 164;
explored by Boswell, v. 168-74;
men out in the ’45, v. 171;
old castle and new mansion, v. 172;
cave, ib.;
people never ride, v. 173;
animal life, ib.;
burnt in ’45, v. 174, n. 1;
no officers of justice, v. 177;
dancing, v. 178;
Johnson’s praise of the Isle, iii. 128; v. 178, n. 1, 413;
the Pretender hides there, v. 190-4;
mentioned, ii. 275; v. 150;
Rattakin, v. 144;
reapers singing, v. 165;
reels, iii. 198;
regiments raised by Pitt, iii. 198; v. 149-50;
rentals, v. 165, n. 2, 176, n. 2;
rents paid in bills, v. 254;
in kind, ib., n. 2;
racked, v. 137, 148, n. 1, 149, 150, n. 3, 205, 221, n. 3, 250;
riding in Sky, v. 205;
roads, want of, v. 173;
soldiers at work on them, v. 136;
beginning of one, v. 235, n. 2;
sight of one, v. 322;
Rona, Isle of, v. 165, 172, 412, n. 2;
Rorie More’s Cascade, v. 207, 215;
Rosedow, v. 363;
Ross-shire, v. 150, n. 3;
sailors, very unskilful, v. 283, n. 1;
scalch or skalk, v. 166;
Scalpa, v. 162;
Sconser, v. 179, 257;
second-sight, believed by all the islanders but the clergy,
v. 227, n. 3;
Boswell’s belief, ii. 318; v. 358, 390-1;
Dempster’s criticism, v. 407;
Johnson’s curiosity never advanced to conviction, ii. 10, n. 3;
‘willing to believe,’ ii. 318;
hears instances, v. 159-60, 320;
loose interpretations, v. 163-4;
arguments for and against, v. 407, nn. 3 and 4;
Senachi, v. 324;
sense, native good, v. 147;
servants in Sky faithless, v. 167;
sheets, want of, in the Highlands, v. 216;
shelties, v. 284;
shielings, v. 141;
shops, want of, v. 27, n. 4;
Slate, v. 147, 151, 156, 255;
sleds, v. 235;
Sky, church bells, no, v. 151;
Johnson arrives, v. 147;
leaves for Rasay, v. 162;
returns, v. 180;
leaves finally, v. 279;
his Ode, v. l55;
Macdonald, Lady Margaret, beloved there, iii. 383;
one justice of the peace, v. 177;
price upon the heads of foxes, v. 173, n. 2;
Snizort, v. 166;
South Uist, v. 236;
spades used in Sky, v. 235, 261;
Spanish invasion in 1719, v. 140, n. 3;
strangers will never settle in the isles, v. 294, n. 1;
Strath, v. 156, 195;
St. Kilda,
Boswell proposes to buy it, ii. 149;
cold-catching, ii. 51; v. 278;
explanation suggested, ii. 52;
fire-penny tax, iii. 243, n. 2;
Glasgow, St. Kilda’s man at, i. 450;
Horace and Virgil studied there, v. 338;
Lady Grange a prisoner, v. 227;
Macaulay’s History of St. Kilda, ii. 51; v. 118-9;
Martin’s Voyage to
Rasay, Isle of, approach, v. 164;
explored by Boswell, v. 168-74;
men out in the ’45, v. 171;
old castle and new mansion, v. 172;
cave, ib.;
people never ride, v. 173;
animal life, ib.;
burnt in ’45, v. 174, n. 1;
no officers of justice, v. 177;
dancing, v. 178;
Johnson’s praise of the Isle, iii. 128; v. 178, n. 1, 413;
the Pretender hides there, v. 190-4;
mentioned, ii. 275; v. 150;
Rattakin, v. 144;
reapers singing, v. 165;
reels, iii. 198;
regiments raised by Pitt, iii. 198; v. 149-50;
rentals, v. 165, n. 2, 176, n. 2;
rents paid in bills, v. 254;
in kind, ib., n. 2;
racked, v. 137, 148, n. 1, 149, 150, n. 3, 205, 221, n. 3, 250;
riding in Sky, v. 205;
roads, want of, v. 173;
soldiers at work on them, v. 136;
beginning of one, v. 235, n. 2;
sight of one, v. 322;
Rona, Isle of, v. 165, 172, 412, n. 2;
Rorie More’s Cascade, v. 207, 215;
Rosedow, v. 363;
Ross-shire, v. 150, n. 3;
sailors, very unskilful, v. 283, n. 1;
scalch or skalk, v. 166;
Scalpa, v. 162;
Sconser, v. 179, 257;
second-sight, believed by all the islanders but the clergy,
v. 227, n. 3;
Boswell’s belief, ii. 318; v. 358, 390-1;
Dempster’s criticism, v. 407;
Johnson’s curiosity never advanced to conviction, ii. 10, n. 3;
‘willing to believe,’ ii. 318;
hears instances, v. 159-60, 320;
loose interpretations, v. 163-4;
arguments for and against, v. 407, nn. 3 and 4;
Senachi, v. 324;
sense, native good, v. 147;
servants in Sky faithless, v. 167;
sheets, want of, in the Highlands, v. 216;
shelties, v. 284;
shielings, v. 141;
shops, want of, v. 27, n. 4;
Slate, v. 147, 151, 156, 255;
sleds, v. 235;
Sky, church bells, no, v. 151;
Johnson arrives, v. 147;
leaves for Rasay, v. 162;
returns, v. 180;
leaves finally, v. 279;
his Ode, v. l55;
Macdonald, Lady Margaret, beloved there, iii. 383;
one justice of the peace, v. 177;
price upon the heads of foxes, v. 173, n. 2;
Snizort, v. 166;
South Uist, v. 236;
spades used in Sky, v. 235, 261;
Spanish invasion in 1719, v. 140, n. 3;
strangers will never settle in the isles, v. 294, n. 1;
Strath, v. 156, 195;
St. Kilda,
Boswell proposes to buy it, ii. 149;
cold-catching, ii. 51; v. 278;
explanation suggested, ii. 52;
fire-penny tax, iii. 243, n. 2;
Glasgow, St. Kilda’s man at, i. 450;
Horace and Virgil studied there, v. 338;
Lady Grange a prisoner, v. 227;
Macaulay’s History of St. Kilda, ii. 51; v. 118-9;
Martin’s Voyage to