MacPherson, Neil, 1781-1877 (crofter | Liniclate | Benbecula)
Person
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Story about fishing for basking sharks off Uist, 1877
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW108/50
Scope and Contents
Story collected from Neill Macpherson [Neil MacPherson], aged 95, pauper, Lianacleit, Benbecula [Lionacleit/Liniclate, Beinn na Faoghla], about fishing for basking sharks off Uist [Uibhist] including the method by which the basking shark is caught and killed and the comment that ‘steamers are supposed to be the cause of the absence of the sun-fish’.
Dates:
1877