By the same A u thor THE FIRE OF G OD A M ONG THE HEA THER S E COND E n rr r o u P O INI ONS. I h ave look ed th r —ough yo ur book with r eal admi r ation an d e njoyme n t T h e Ve r e v P n W . A G R D R r c a M C R E G O D . y . i ip l M . , . , % o u ar e do i n g goo d w or k in r e mi n di n g th e pe ople of th e r ea lity of th e e f h e n s a ar e n ot se n . L e is o t n e x e c e O n e thi g th t if full u p t d . did e oo for th e r e a n or r o on e q uit l k light b ki g f th f m T gu . Th e V r R v R M A L N D e e NO N M C . D . y . A EA , W h at a gift thi s w ould be for H ighlan d fo lks to se n d to th e i r fr i e n d s in C an a a s r a a and Ne w Zea an d , Au t li . l d D r H UT T O N in h e r e l . T B it is h W e k y W or thy of a pl ace al on gsi d e su c h w e ll -k n ow n wor k s as T h e Days of th e ’ - F a e r s in R oss s r e T h e os e of t h e Nor e tc . th hi , Ap tl th , I n ver n es s Cou r ie r . T e ll s th e th r illi n g st or y of spi r itual aw ak e n i n gs h ow H is pow e r fe ll in mighty s h owe r s a n d of th e mor al an d spi r itu al e n r i c hm e n t th at % — o o e . h L i o h f ll w d T e fe f F a it . For e w or d . HIS little book has been prepared at the request of some young people wh o wish to preserve the traditions and t o promote the welfare of their parish . Their generous public spirit has helped to put it within the reach of all . Several recent events have suggested its publication and i seem t o make its appearance t mely . The passing of the parish as the unit of civil administration h as provided the of parochial historian with his opportunity . The union the churches holds the promise of unifying the religious and social of life of the community . The change in the proprietorship the parish has prompted reflection and awakened hope . who Natives , are dispersed throughout the world , and whose t o old hearts are bound the home by tender spiritual ties , rej oice to rehearse the tales of their grandfathers and t o hear of an d the doings of the dreams of youth . FOREW ORD For such as take t o scorning The friends of their youth And the places they were born in , I have something , l of That , ike the light morning , lie Though dense they , He that forgets Who , in the shelter of the gable , Let him be hung K I NL OC H B E R VI E H O U S E KI L HBE R E N OC VI . What a beautiful name for a parish % There is music in it of for almost any ear . How sweetly it must fall on the ears Z exiles in distant lands , such as New ealand , in the far south of and British Columbia , in the far west The natives Kinlochbervie , wherever they wander , carry with them the music of the name as part of themselves . Kinlochbervie How did the parish come t o be so called % ‘ What is the source and meaning of the name % Can we trace its derivation We may . At one time this part of the country % Ceathr amh was called An Garbh , that is , The Rough %uarter . Sir Alexander Gordon , writing in the seventeenth century , said It is all rough with wood , mountains , and t r actless paths , and incapable of being tilled or bearing crops , % except in a very few places . As it was unsuitable for was t o cultivation it given up the rearing of goats , cattle , and ear r on s E ddr achillis o horses . The g of were fam us in those t o days , and are held by some have been the sires of the modern Shetland ponies . Then , as now , people took pride in was their stock . In this district there a famous herd of golden of cattle , the steading which was where the church and manse w — n Lea h d B n n o a t a a . stand The lake is called to this day , - - -ba-bhu idhe Loch innis nam , meaning , the lake by which the 10 K I NLOCHB ERVI E l yellow herd graze . The little vil age that grew up at the of sea was l - - the lake , between it and the , ca led Ceann loch r - -bhu idh e . u n r buar English speakers , who did not de st t oo the meaning of the word , were in great a hurry t o w: so - - breath on long a compound , and called it Kin loch ber We seldom find a Gaelic place - name improved by b¢ anglicised , but in this case we have both the name an d meaning euphoniously preserved . I t s B ou n d arie s The ecclesiastical parish is composed of two parts ou t d h i from the parishes of E d r ac ill s and Durness . In 1 824 a uoad sacr a of w s formed into the q parish Kinlochbervie . Geis each Its boundary runs by g Bay , by the river and l B ein n % of that name , to the top of Dearg Bheag , thro % Caoidh to of Bealach Coire na , the top Craig Riabhach ll Far mheall to Allt ' Mea na Moine , by the foot of na Gua thence in almost a straight line t o the top of Cnoc a Mhada Foin n e-B hein n - -Feidhe t o M and , across Beallach na Meall Chu ir n Allt -a-Chu ir n Horn ( a ) , along the bank of r d achullin n E ar r achd Ste A , and to where An j oins Loch Loch Stack and Laxfor d river form the southern bound r d to Loch Laxfo . The area of the parish is roughly about 2 70 square mi and is probably the most picturesque in the world . I dotted throughout with fresh water lakes t o the numbei br c over 1 5 0 . These with scarcely an exception abound in Laxfor d saln trout . The principal harbours are Loch ( I n char d C1; fiord) , Loch (the high peninsula) , and Loch (the hollow) . I TS B OU NDARI E S 1 1 There are man y little spots in which the eye of the artist finds exquisite beauty . But there are also scenes that cannot t o . V fail to appeal anyone Take , for example , the iew from l - -Fion hal - Beal ach Tigh g , looking east and south east . A o glorious range of maj estic m untains , not surpassed by any in Scotland , meets the eye . They overawe and uplift the soul . One can stand there and worship before agelong proofs of a Foinn e B h in n . e Presence that is Divine is ft . high , Me all a Chu ir n A r k ill Stack Then the of u Glasbhein n Cu inn ea Canis mountains Assy t , , g , p , and ’ Su ilbhein n , stand in the distance all clad in heaven s blue , sk reflecting every change on the y, yet remaining unchanged throughout the ages . Foin nbhein n Meall Ar k ill , Horn , and , are famous for that l . sport of kings , deer sta king Sir Robert Gordon , writing in Dir im or e the seventeenth century , said , In the there is a hill A r k ill all or called the deir that are bred therein , hant thr ie within that hill , have forked tails , inches long , whereby % all they are easily known and discerned from other deir . Mr . A . Stewart , writing in the New Statistical Account , in 1 8 0 of 4 , says , The description thus given the deer having forked tails is still applicable . This legend has gone abroad as t o of a phenomenon peculiar this part the country . Modern deer stal kers are of opinion that the fork- tail stag is really o has an old stag that is in bad conditi n , and not got clear of old the old hair , with the result that the hair still on the tail , on omt . parts a wet day , making a fork at the p When shot , it is seen that there is no fork in the flesh of the ‘ M r co e e r r S o r e s .