SIR,—As crofters, who have had our roots for centuries in
the soil of South Uist, we find it not a little tiresome that Mr. Denis Branagan, a recent incomer to North Uist, should diag- nose the alleged ills of an entirely different island.
We deny that the construction of the Benbecula Airport has any connection with the present vitality of South Uist.
There is no necrosis in South Uist; in fact our island has revitalised itself through its own initiative as is commonly acknowledged. We invite Mr. Branagan to inspect our industries. He may then be in a better position to make a judgement on the marketable com- modities of South Uist. He will no doubt also realise that any comparison with a Red Indian reserve is as far from the truth as his own diagnosis.—Yours faithfully,
ANGUS JOHN MACPHEE PETER MACLEOD
ANGUS CAMPBELL DONALD MACDONALD
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