A Flight To St. Kilda - by Rev. R.L. Lawson - Page 17
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The images and text of Rev. Lawson's booklet - A FLIGHT TO ST. KILDA - contributed by Ewen McGee whose grandfather was captain of the SS Hebrides from 1899 to 1921.


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                            A FLIGHT TO ST. KILDA                   17

They are very particular, too, as to the quality of the sermons they hear, and have a great dread of what they call “infidel newspapers.”  A few years ago, MacKay was the only man on the island who could speak English; but now the young folks can all read and speak it fairly well, so that it is expected the light will soon break in.  Up till last year, there was no regular communication with the mainland during eight months of the year:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

but now I understand, at the King's request, there is to be a mail packet sent occasionally across, which will be a considerable boon to the inhabitants, though a, dead loss to the Post Office. 

 

If I were living at St. Kilda, I think the first thing I would do would be to tidy up the old graveyard by cutting down the nettles (see Illustration), and making a pathway through it; for a sight like that is not only an eyesore, but a bad lesson in reverence for human nature.  Then I would

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