Skye
after Lewis, the largest of the Scotch islands, and the most N. of the Inner Hebrides, is included in Invernessshire; area, 547 square miles. Separated from Ross-shire in the N. W. by the Scotch islands, and the most N. of the Inner Hebrides, is included in Invernessthe S. W. by the Sound of Sleat, it apshire; area, 547 square miles. Separated from Ross-shire in the N. W. by the land between these two channels at Kyle Rhea. It is very irregular in shape, and The is so cut up by inlets that no part of it is more than 4 miles from the sea. chief inlets, all toward the W. and N., Rhea. It is very irregular in shape, and is so cut up by inlets that no part of it pal headlands are Aird Point, Ru-Huinish, Dunvegan Head, and Vaternish Point, which are extremities of the peninsulas in the N., and Sleat Point in the S. Its extreme length from Aird Point to Sleat pal headlands are Aird Point, Ru-Huinish, from Portree to Copnahow Head, 22 miles. which are extremities of the peninsulas in the N., and Sleat Point in the S. Its Skye is a wild, highland country, and its Point is 47 miles; its greatest breadth, The S. portion, however, is "comparatively Skye is a wild, highland country, and its rocky mountains and pale headlands are soft and green," the long promontory of The S. portion, however, is "comparatively soft and green," the long promontory of Sleat being ing the "best wooded, the sunniest, and the most carefully cultivated" universally speak Gaelic, though the use The inhabitants are mainly Celtic, and and trim hedgerows.
The inhabitants are mainly Celtic, and universally speak Gaelic, though the use of English is gradually increasing. There is a strong Norse infusion, and the names Gaelic. The chief families in Skye are the Macdonalds of Sleat, who trace their descent to the Lords of the Isles, and the occupy old Dunvegan Castle. The island is historically interesting as the home Prince Charles. At the old house of son and Boswell in 1773. The grave of Kingsburgh Flora entertained Dr. John- Flora in the churchyard of Kilmuir, was marked by the erection of an Iona cross, a granite monolith 28 feet high, in November, 1871. Pop. about 13,000. Grecian Archipelago; the largest of the SKYROS, or SCYRO, an island of the Grecian Archipelago; the largest of the northern Sporades; 24 miles N. E. of Eubœa; length, 17 miles, area, 79 square miles. Skyros is very mountainous in the Eubœa; length, 17 miles, area, 79 square S., the mountains being covered with forests of oaks, firs, and beeches; but the ins, which produce fine wheat N. part, though also hilly, has several fertile plains, which produce fine wheat fertile plains , and grapes for wine. The only town is Skyro, or St. George on the E. coast. This island is associated with the legends of Achilles and Theseus. In 469 B. C., Cimon the Athenian conquered it and the hero Theseus. It was likewise celecarried off to his native city the bones of brated for its goats and its variegated marble. Pop. about 3,500.
SLADEN, DOUGLAS BROOKE WHEELTON, an English poet; born in SLADEN, DOUGLAS BROOKE London, Feb. 5, 1856. He wrote "Frithjof and Ingebjorg, and Other Poems" (1882); "Edward the Black Prince," an epic drama (1886); "Australian Ballads and Rhymes" (1888); "The Spanish Arand Rhymes" (1888) "The Spanish Armada" (1888), a ballad; "Australian (1895); "The Admiral" (1898); "A Si- Poets" (1888) ; "A Japanese Marriage" (1895) ; "The Admiral" (1898) "A Si- SLAG the Pyramids" (1909); "The Unholy Estate" (1912); "Germany's Great Lie" (1914); "Twenty Years of My Life" (1915); ; "Grace Lorraine" (1917); etc.