The book Arran; - Cook Clan

232 THE BOOK OF ARRAN
Places of Worship.
Established Church, Clachen . . Rev. Angus M'Millan.
Estabhshed Church, Kilbride
Established Church, Kilmory
Chapel of Ease, Kilmory .
Independent, Sannox
Conveyance by Water.
Rev. Allan M'Naughton.
Rev. Angus M'Millan.
Rev. John Stewart.
Rev. A. M'Kay.
To Ardrossan, The Hero steam packet, from Lamlash every afternoon
(Sunday excepted) at half-past two, calling at Brodick.
To Ardrossan and Saltcoats, trading vessels daily.
To Glasgow, steam packets, from Lamlash and Brodick, every Monday
and Thursday.
The County Almanac of Scotland for the year 1835. Oliver and
Boyd, Edinburgh.
Brodick and Lamlash Post Offices are sub-offices to Saltcoats.
There is another side to the 'improvement.' It meant
rather fewer people ; curiously, too, it was followed by an
increase of pauperism. Not that there was waste : it is
hard to see what could be wasted. ' No people,' writes
Dr. M'Naughton in 1837-40, ' can be more frugal than the
natives of the parish (Kilbride). They live upon the humblest
fare ; potatoes are with the majority of them the staff of
life ; and animal food is a luxury in which they rarely in-
dulge.' From Kilmorie the account is rather more rosy :
' Absolute destitution,' it is remarked, 'is a thing unknown
among the very poorest.' ^ But then, like other Highland
communities, Arran was distinguished by its mutual helpful-
ness. ' The farmers,' writes Lord Teignmouth about the
same date, ' though in poor circumstances, never suffer distress,
as they are much inclined to afford each other mutual
assistance and support.' The Duke, too, maintained a few
1 New Statistical Account.