ID:PC_PRISCUS_WCS6395DESCRIPTION:This photograph was taken by Scottish photographer George Washington Wilson (1823-93) and was used to illustrate talks he gave on Highland history. The following description is taken from Washington Wilson's own lecture notes.
Across the Sound of Harris lies North Uist, a general view of which as seen from Ben Lee, contrasts very strikingly with the Long Island, for in North Uist the low, dark, half submerged land is intersected with the narrow arms of the sea in every direction; indeed, so intricate are these channels, that a stranger with a small boat would lose himself in the tortuous and canal-like labyrinths they form. On the shores of these narrow, river-like fiords, through which the tide ebbs and flows, dusky people gather wraick to burn for kelp.PLACENAME:North UistDISTRICT:North UistOLD COUNTY/PARISH:INVERNESS: North UistCREATOR (AV):George Washington WilsonPERIOD:1880s (c.)SOURCE:Mark Butterworth - PriscusCOLLECTION:Imaging the PastAsset ID:29629KEYWORDS:
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