DUBLIN:

Printed for J. WILLIAMS, No. 21, Skinner-row.

MDCCLXXV.

S.C..

A

JOURNEY

TO THE

WESTERN ISLANDS

OF

S CO TL A N D.

I

HAD defired to vifit the Hebrides, or Wef

tern Islands of Scotland, fo long, that I fcarcely remember how the wifh was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Bofwell a companion, whofe acuteness would help my inquiry, and whofe gaiety of converfation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel, in countries less hofpitable than we have passed.