KINLOCHSPELVE, a quoad sacra district (for a time), in the parish of Torosay, district of Mull, county of Argyll; containing 453 inhabitants. This district is in the eastern part of the island of Mull, and comprises between 30,000 and 40,000 acres, of which not more than one-fortieth part is under tillage; between forty and fifty acres are under plantation; a considerable extent is natural wood, and the rest mostly sheep-walks. Two arms of the sea, called Loch Buy and Loch Spelve, may be said to divide the district into two nearly equal parts; and, with very moderate exceptions, the whole surface of the land is mountainous. In the northern division the mountains attain an elevation of about 2000 feet, and in the southern part they are 1200 feet in height: the prevailing rocks are trap and mica-slate, but there is also sandstone. During the spring months, cod and salmon, particularly the former, are taken in considerable quantity; Loch Buy abounds in fish of various kinds, and oysters are very abundant in Loch Spelve: the produce of the season is partly forwarded to Glasgow, and much of it to Oban. The sheep and black-cattle reared here are sent to the great markets of the south, principally the Dumbarton and Falkirk trysts. Lochbuy, the residence of the Maclaine family, is a splendid structure at the head of the loch, with two wings, and a handsome porch; the central portion has three stories. The mansion stands in a level plain of several hundred acres, from which the mountains rise to an immense height all around, except in front, where the sea approaches. At a small distance is the ancient tower of Lochbuy. The laird of Lochbuy has made extensive agricultural improvements; a considerable portion of land has been lately drained and ploughed, and other changes effected for the better. Ecclesiastically Kinlochspelve is in the presbytery of Mull, synod of Argyll, and the patronage is vested in the Crown: the stipend of the minister is £120, with a manse and glebe. The church and manse are neat plain buildings, erected in 1828, and beautifully situated at the end of Loch Uisge, a romantic fresh-water lake between the two arms of the sea above-mentioned. The sacred edifice is seated for 360 persons. There is a parochial school, the master of which has a salary of £15, with about £8 fees. See Torosay.