PABAY, an island, in the parish of Strath, Isle of
Skye, county of Inverness; containing 21 inhabitants.
This is a small island at the entrance of Broadford bay,
about two miles from the eastern coast of Skye, and
south-east of Scalpa. It is about a mile in length and
six furlongs in breadth, and is flat and fertile. In one
part are indications of iron-oro. Many of the rocks are
of limestone, approaching to the nature of marble; they
exhibit beautiful specimens of petrified fish and shells,
and otherwise abound in petrifactions. It was some
years since uninhabited, and used as a wintering-place
for cattle. At its northern extremity are vestiges of a
small chapel.