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West side of the Northern end of the Island.
As we made our way thither in our car
we jumped off and looked at various objects.

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A stone near Tote, called the Clach Ard,
sculptured with
the early Christian
symbols is of
peculiar interest,
as it is one of the
very few monuments
of its kind to be
seen on the West
of Scotland, they
being almost all
confined to the
East side. It stands
at the edge of a gravel
pit by the road side
and as the photo
shows, it is badly
weathered. The mirror and comb symbols
are at the base but have not come out well
in the shots.
As our chaffeur announced when we
were still many miles from our destination
that the hand brake of the car had become

useless, we were both relieved when we reached
Uig in safety.
Uig is a large Crofter township stretching
round a beautiful bay, hemmed in by
high moors, from which the ground falls
rather sharply to the shore. The hotel stands
well up from the sea, and commands a
fine view across Loch Snizort.

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The people are very "heeland" and all talk
Gaelic, in fact one woman told me that the
children do not get any English until they go to
school, "which makes it very difficult for the
teachers." Many of the primitive charac:
:teristics of Crofter life are rapidly passing
away, and I was very pleased to have this
opportunity of seeing much that in another
ten years will be only know by tradition,
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