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old_a fabric_n make_v as_o be_v common_o believe_v by_o the_o pict_n the_o gentry_n who_o remove_v hither_o from_o the_o continent_n usual_o speak_v as_o in_o the_o north_n of_o scotland_n but_o the_o common_a sort_n of_o people_n who_o be_v descend_v from_o the_o norvegian_o do_v still_o retain_v a_o corrupt_a norse_n tongue_n call_v norn_n all_o these_o island_n belong_v now_o to_o the_o crown_n of_o scotland_n and_o be_v reckon_v a_o part_n of_o the_o stewarty_a of_o orknay_n §._o 3._o the_o hebrides_n this_o mighty_a cluster_n of_o island_n the_o ebudes_n of_o ptolemy_n solinus_n and_o pliny_n be_v common_o term_v the_o western_a isle_n from_o their_o situation_n in_o respect_n of_o scotland_n to_o which_o crown_n they_o belong_v in_o soil_n they_o be_v very_o different_a but_o general_o blessed_v with_o a_o pure_a and_o healthful_a air._n they_o surpass_v three_o hundred_o in_o number_n though_o reckon_v by_o some_o but_o forty_o four_o their_o inhabitant_n use_v the_o irish_a tongue_n yet_o with_o difference_n of_o dialect_n from_o that_o in_o ireland_n and_o be_v much_o the_o same_o with_o the_o highlander_n on_o the_o continent_n of_o scotland_n both_o in_o habit_n custom_n and_o manner_n of_o live_v the_o most_o remarkable_a of_o all_o these_o island_n be_v two_o viz._n jona_n and_o st._n kilda_n the_o former_a now_o call_v columbkill_n nigh_o the_o isle_n of_o mull_n be_v note_v for_o be_v of_o old_a the_o bury_a place_n of_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n and_o the_o chief_a residence_n of_o the_o ancient_a culdee_n the_o other_o term_v by_o the_o islander_n hirt_n by_o buchanan_n hirta_n and_o afterward_o st._n kilda_n or_o kildir_n be_v the_o remote_a of_o all_o the_o hebrides_n and_o so_o observable_a for_o some_o remarkable_n therein_o and_o several_a uncommon_a custom_n peculiar_a to_o its_o inhabitant_n that_o a_o description_n thereof_o be_v of_o late_o think_v worthy_a of_o a_o particular_a treatise_n entitle_v a_o voyage_n to_o st._n kilda_n to_o which_o i_o remit_v the_o reader_n §._o 4._o the_o isle_n