A

JOURNEY

TO THE

Western Islands

O F

SCOTLAND.

By Dr. SAMUEL JOHNSON.

DUBLIN:

Printed for J. WILLIAMS, No. 21, Skinner-row.
MDCCLXXV.

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A

JOURNEY

TO THЕ

WESTERN ISLANDS

OF

SCOTLAN D.

I

HAD defired to vifit the Hebrides, or Wef

tern Islands of Scotland, fo long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are fufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel, in countries less hofpitable than we have passed.