106 OVER ON THE ISLAND So they set to work to dispose of the ever-plentiful wood. Eventually their log cabins gave way to more comfortable modern homes. Unlike the English, who truly appreciated the beauty of the woods, the Scots swept everything before them. Their axes left neither hedges nor shelter around their homes. Their hard¬ ships, during those first stormy years, must indeed have tested their endurance. Undoubtedly, many looked back thoughtfully at the land they had left. To the older generation the New World would never be home. From the lone shieling of the misty island Mountains divide us and the waste of seas; Yet still the blood is strong, the heart is Highland, And we in dreams behold the Hebrides. Selkirk brought with him to the New World his little illegitimate daughter, Mary Douglas . He provided well for her. She was brought up by the Halliday family, and later married one of the sons. An income was set aside to take care of her upbringing and education, and she was given several hundred acres of land; but any details of her mother's people have been buried in obscurity. It must have been difficult to control that crowd of eight hundred impetuous, energetic Highlanders. They arrived in 1803. Twenty years later they erected St. John's Church—a lasting memorial and centre piece for their district. It was built to last, and as there was plenty of wood in the vicinity, as Sandy had promised, none was spared in construction. Since there were no planes in the district, logs were squared with the axe. We were quite impressed with the large plain-looking clock in the church. It was so situated