"a very low interior doorway."
_c_. doorway of dairy.
_d_. fireplace; "the smoke escaping through a hole in the apex of the
dome."
_e_. "the usual row of stones."
_f_. "a litter of hay and rushes for a bed."
_g_. niches in wall.
_i_ _j_ _k_ _l_. various utensils.]
PLATE II.--_Bee-Hive Houses at Uig, Lewis._
(From Plate XXXI. of Vol. VII. of _Proceedings of the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland_, First Series.)
_Fig. 8._ Captain Thomas selects this as "the most modern, and at the
same time the last, in all probability, that will be constructed in this
manner"--viz., "roofed by the horizontal or cyclopean arch, _i.e._, by a
system of overlapping stones." "The woman who was living in it [about
1869] told us it was built for his shieling by Dr. Macaulay's
grandfather, who was tacksman [leaseholder] of Linshader ... and I
conclude that it was made about ninety years back."[72]
_Fig. 9._ Sir Arthur Mitchell says of this compound "bee-hive"
house:--"The greatest height of the living room--in its centre, that
is--was scarcely 6 feet. In no part of the dairy was it possible to
stand erect. The door of communication between the two rooms was so
small that we could get through it only by creeping.
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