Show A LONELY ISLAND tho of iest kaldo and Ie standing in melancholy isolation in tho midst of the stormy atlantic the mainland tho island of sf allda in nothing but A lonely and desolate ita remain in n abato of enforced anil crile cut off from nh communication with tho outer world except for their two posts a year and s visit from an occasional betray vessel revolutions may agitate iho world wars may rage general elections may be decided and be unaware that anny news may travel lo 10 pariton par iTol uio buforo it chii corner of tho brutish isles things nrc improving however even in st kilda now that only eight or nine elapse at the longest between tho visits of alio postman alio inhabitants consider themselves tolerably well posted up in news as compared with tho condition of things about fifty years ago when alic minister kept praying that his majesty king william might be granted health long to reign over us and be surrounded with wise and trusty counselors three years after that gracious monarch was dead lo i known of st kilda that early last year it was thought that tho rocky inland which is only three miles long and two broad had been submerged or carried anway like a huge iceberg by tho waters of alic atlantic st kilda lias been in trouble but its misfortune did not amount annihilation disastrous storms distress alic inhabitants although girt round with rocks sometimes ahing precipitously from the waves to the heights of two hundred feet alio wild tempestuous bocc an its angry spray orar tho high clil the island and destroys the crops which the people try to raise last autumn alic whole of tho crop was destroyed by one of these storms with starvation stai staring them in tho fico tho distressed inhabitants sent message after message adrift in lie hope that somo would be found and assistance sent them one of these messages was picked up toward the end of september and through sir william colling of glasgow and principal rainy n relief expedition tion was gilted lilted out and tho food was landed though as tho vessel arrived on sunday simple folks declined to give a h in discharging tho cargo until sunday had the of tho vessel swore anil pointed out that a change of wind would compel him to put to sea go then replied these stern people the minister said ho could not guarantee jahp ot but he lin t tin nv i ain mina iri had put it into men a hearts to send them corn and potatoes would keen the wind steady in alio northeast providence was kind for tho wind remained beeady in tho alio st killans arc seventy seven in number they laivo decreased in number 1 bitely because of a singular mortality among tho children the majority of whom die before they are old this may bo due to the system of intermarrying inter marrying eliat goes on or because there is no doctor to corn nt with tho mysterious baby too are only one or sometimes two births a year icv john mackay who ministers to tho spiritual wants ot alic people tries to do n little medicinally but ida arc arc confined as a rule to a poultice and a hot water tho community includes a schoolmaster arc about lefly cows and ono thousand sheep which arc common property but there arc no that animals work being relegated to alic st kildiss Kil dins tho ministers watch keeli time for tho whole island and when informed by the roan of the that hh watch was two hours fast iio chuckled over the fact that he could thereby bring tho congregation gre gation together at nine instead ol 01 eleven while ho only was aware of the pious fraud the houses of the people were tolerably good mcleod of mcleod to whom piece of property belongs leaving bui proved alio buildings recently tho great of alio people is catching ava from march to november the island is covered with aca fowl and catching HICKO birds t the staple industry multitudes of solan gacso cover tho rocks tharo arc mariada of gulls northern divers stormy petrel black solemn cormo ranta and simple guillemots guille and indeed almost of seabird sea bird the dilu cult work of climbing about the rocks the bird i engaged in by both men and women enormous numbers of fowls arc sent air every year then a great deal ia made out of feathers referring to hit subject dr macculloch innis account of tho island says tho air is animals the sea is covered with them the honea arc ornamented by them and alic inhabitants look a if they had been all tam d and feathered for hair is full of and clothes are covered with the women look like feathered Merc urica for their shoes are made of gannott skin everything of roll mail |