168; inns, v. 134, n. 1, 138, 145-6, 181, 309, 346-7; want of one in Iona, v. 335; interrogated, not used to be, ii. 310, n. 1; Inverary, castle, built by Duke Archibald, v. 345; the total defiance of expense, v. 355; Johnson visits it, v. 346-362; and Wilkes, iii. 73; mentioned, v. 312; Inverness, v. 128-131; Boswell preached at, v. 128; writes to Garrick, v. 347; Johnson buys Cocker, v. 138; Inverness-shire, v. 150, n. 3; Iona, Boswell and Johnson visit it, v. 334-338; Johnson wades to the shore, v. 368; his famous description, iii. I73, 455; v. 334; Duke of Argyle present owner, v. 335; building stones from Nuns' Island, v. 333; monuments, v. 336; account of the inhabitants, v. 338; mentioned, ii. 277; v. 317; Irish understood by Highlanders, ii. 156; Isa, v. 249, 286; island, life in an, v. 290, 295; Johnson shows the spirit of a Highlander, v. 324; Johnson and Johnston, v. 341; joyous social manners, v. 157; Kingsburgh, Johnson visits it, v. 179, 183-7; sleeps in a celebrated bed, v. 185, 187, 189; Knoidart, v. 149, 190, 199; landlords diminish their people, v. 300; infatuated, v. 294; restraint to be placed on raising the rents, v. 27, n. 3 (See above under chiefs, and below under rents and tenants); law, want of, ii. 126; Leven, River, v. 365, n. 2, 367; Lewis, v. 410; Little Colonsay, iii. 133; little wants of life ill supplied, ii. 303; Loch-Awe, v. 345, n. 1; Loch-Braccadil, v. 236, 253; Lochbradale, v. 212; Lochbroom, v. 194; Lochiern, v. 283; Lochlevin, ii. 283; Loch Lomond, its climate, iii. 382; Johnson visits it, iv. 179; v. 363-4; Loch Ness, v. 132, 297, n. 1; Long Island, v. 187; longevity, no extraordinary, v. 358, n. 1; Lorn, v. 120; Lowlanders scorned, v. 136, n. 1; M'Craas, the, or Macraes, v. 142-3, 225; M'Cruslick, v. 166, n. 2; Macfarlane, Laird of, the Macfarlane, v. 156, n. 3; Macgregors forced to change their name, v. 127, n. 3; mapping of the country, ii. 356; march to Derby, iii. 162; mile stones removed, v. 183, n. 2; ministers, v. 224, n. 2; Moidart, v. 149; money, admission of, iii. 127; Morven, v. 280; Moy, v. 341; Muck, Isle of, v. 225, 249; Mugstot, v. 148, 188, 259; Mull, compared with Fleet Street, iii. 302; Johnson sails for it, v. 279; carried away to Col, v. 281; arrives, v. 308; no post, v. 312, n. 3; ride through it, v. 318; 'a most dolorous country,' ib., 341; a great cave, v. 331-2; woods, v. 332; moonlight sail along the coast, v. 333; ferry to Oban, v. 343; Nairne, v. 117; newspaper, sight of a, v. 323; noble animal, v. 400; nomenclature in the Highlands, v. 156, n. 3; Nuns' Island, v. 333; Oban, v. 344; Officers of Justice, want of, v. 177; Orkneys, ii. 119, n. 1; Ostig, Johnson visits it, v. 265-75; parishes, v. 289, n. 1; peat fires first seen at Nairne, v. 117, n. 3; cutting peat, v. 306; periphrastic language, v. 198; Portawherry, v. 338; Portree, v. 180-1, 189, 190, 254, 278; prayer before milking a cow, v. 123; prisons in the lairds' houses, v. 292, 343; quern, v. 256; '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.

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