Chapter 13

SUPPLEMENTARY.

Supplementary--Isolated Reptile Remains in Eigg--Small Isles revisited--The Betsey again--Storm bound--Tacking--Becalmed--Medusae caught and described--Rain--A Shoal of Porpoises--Change of Weather--The bed-ridden Woman--The Poor Law Act for Scotland--Geological Excursion--Basaltic Columns--Oolitic Beds--Abundance of Organic Remains--Hybodus Teeth--Discovery of reptile Remains _in situ_--Musical Sand of Laig re-examined--Explanation suggested--Sail for Isle Ornsay--Anchored Clouds--A Leak sprung--Peril of the Betsey--At work with Pump and Pails--Safe in Harbor--Return to Edinburgh. 233