or BARRA, one of the Western isles, in the county of Inverness, Scotland; is eight miles in length, and four in breadth. The soil in general is thin and fit only for pasture, but in some places it produces corn and potatoes. The population amounts to 1604. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the cod and ling fishery, which is here very successful. In the the year 1787 they carried 30,000 ling to the Glasgow market. The fish is carried to market in the same boat in which it is taken, either by going round the mull of Cantire, or drawing the boat by horses across the isthmus of Tarbet. There is a good harbour in the north-east side. Some cattle are reared in the island, and a little kelp is burned on the shore.