[102] The most northerly of the islands.
[103] The word is here used in its original sense, indicating
something acquired by seeking--or hunting--_pour chasser._
[104] The island of Carrick.
[105] According to Johnson's _History of the Pirates_ (Chap.
XVIII) Gow's real motive for returning to the Orkneys was to wed
a girl whose parents had repulsed him on account of his poverty.
She was the daughter of one Mr. G----, a well-to-do man.
[106] One of these humane arguments, according to Johnson, _op.
cit._, consisted in tying his thumbs together with whipcord,
"which was done several times by the executioner and another
officer; they drawing the cord until it broke."