The poetical works of Sir Walter Scott, with memoir of the author.

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NOTE O.
On Scooreigg next a warning light
Sumnon'dcl her warriors to the fight;
A numerous race, ere stern Macleod
O'er their bleak shores in vengeance strode.-P. 146.
These, and the following lines of the stanza, refer
to a dreadful tale of feudal vengeance, of which unfortunately there are relics that still attest the truth.
Scoor-Eigg is a high peak in the centre of the small
Isle of Eigg, or Egg. It is well known to mineralogists, as affording many interesting specimens, and
to others whom chance or curiosity may lead to the
island, for the astonishing view of the mainland and
neighbouring isles, which it commands. I shall again
avail myself of the journal I have quoted.1
2" 6th August, 1814.-At seven this morning we
were in the Sound which divides the Isle of Rum from
that of Egg. The latter, although hilly and rocky,
and traversed by a remarkably high and barren ridge,
called Scoor-Rigg, has, in point of soil, a much more
promising appearance. Southward of both lies the
Isle of Muich, or Muck, a low and fertile island, and
though the least, yet probably the most valuable of
the three. We manned the boat, and rowed along
the shore of Egg in quest of a cavern, which had
been the memorable scene of a horrid feudal vengeance. We had rounded more than half the island,
admiring the entrance of many a bold natural cave,
I [See note to p. 323, ante.]