A voyage to St. Kilda, the remotest of all the Hebrides; or, Western Isles of Scotland. Giving an account of the very remarkable inhabitants of that place; their Beauty and singular Chastity; (fornication and Adultery being unknown among them) their Genius for Poetry, Musick, Dancing; their surprising Dexterity in climbing the Rocks and Walls of Houses; Diversions, Habit, Food, Language, Diseases and Methods of Cure; their extensive Charity; their Contempt of Gold and Silver as below the Dignity of human Nature; their religious Ceremonies, Notion of Spirits and Visions, &c, &c. To which is added, An Account of Roderick, the late Imposter there, pretending to be sent by St. John Baptist, with new Revelations and Discoveries; his Diabolical Inventions, Attempts upon the Women, &c. By M. Martin, gent.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Martin, d. 1719.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Martin, Martin, d. 1719.

Martin, Martin.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([2],82p. )

Edition:

The third edition corrected.

Other Title:

Voyage to St. Kilda,

Place of Publication:

London : printed for R. Griffith, at the Dunciad, in Ludgate-Street, [1749]

Notes:

First published in 1698.

Price from imprint: price 1s. 6d.

Reproduction of original from British Library.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T175617.

OCLC:

642494741