COL
In The Morning We Found Ourselves Under The Isle Of Col, Where We
Landed; And Passed The First Day And Night With Captain Maclean, A
Gentleman Who Has Lived Some Time In The East Indies; But Having
Dethroned No Nabob, Is Not Too Rich To Settle In Own Country.
Next day the wind was fair, and we might have had an easy passage
to Mull; but having, contrarily to our own intention, landed upon a
new Island, we would not leave it wholly unexamined.
We therefore
suffered the vessel to depart without us, and trusted the skies for
another wind.
Mr. Maclean of Col, having a very numerous family, has, for some
time past, resided at Aberdeen, that he may superintend their
education, and leaves the young gentleman, our friend, to govern
his dominions, with the full power of a Highland Chief. By the
absence of the Laird's family, our entertainment was made more
difficult, because the house was in a great degree disfurnished;
but young Col's kindness and activity supplied all defects, and
procured us more than sufficient accommodation.
Here I first mounted a little Highland steed; and if there had been
many spectators, should have been somewhat ashamed of my figure in
the march. The horses of the Islands, as of other barren
countries, are very low: they are indeed musculous and strong,
beyond what their size gives reason for expecting; but a bulky man
upon one of their backs makes a very disproportionate appearance.
From the habitation of Captain Maclean, we went to Grissipol, but
called by the way on Mr. Hector Maclean, the Minister of Col, whom
we found in a hut, that is, a house of only one floor, but with
windows and chimney, and not inelegantly furnished.
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