WATERNISH, a quoad sacra parish (for a time), in the parish of Duirinish, Isle of Skye, county of Inverness, 17 miles (N. VV. by W.) from Portree; containing, with the hamlet of Stein, and island of Issay, 1260 inhabitants. This district, which is situated in the north-eastern part of the parish, was for ecclesiastical purposes separated from Duirinish, under act of the General Assembly, on the erection of a church by government. The hamlet of Stein, containing thirtyeight inhabitants, was built some years since by the North British Fishery Society, for the encouragement of the fisheries off the coast; but it has not answered the purpose intended, though a few fish are taken in the lochs and bays with which this part of the coast is indented. The island of Issay, situated between the lochs of Dunvegan and Bay, and which is several miles in circumference, is luxuriantly fertile and in a high state of cultivation; containing ninety inhabitants. In the district of Waternish are two schools, one of which is in the hamlet of Stein.