Uist, South, island and par., Outer Hebrides, Inverness-shire - par., 90,099 ac., pop. 6078; island, pop. 3810; P.O., T.O., at Howmore, 36 miles SW. of Lochmaddy; the par. also comprises the islands of Benbecula, Calvay, Eriskay, Fladda, Grimisay, and Wiay; the island measures, N. and S., 22 miles in extreme length, and 7¾ miles in extreme breadth. The surface is flat in the N. district, while the remainder is chiefly hilly or mountainous; the highest summit, Ben More, has an alt. of 2035 ft. Black cattle are reared, but fishing is the chief employment.

(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))