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I was intrigued at the reference to Uig, as the only Uig that I had heard
of was a port in NW Skye giving access to Harris, a southern peninsula of
Lewis. Examination of a map revealed that Lewis also had an Eye peninsula
and an unnamed peninsula dominated by the village of Aird Uig. Presumably
this last is the Uig peninsula. Note that a 'peninsular' is a native or
resident of a peninsula.
	The news that the colour has faded is no surprise, as the Elgin Marbles
arrived at the British Museum similarly age-worn, as it was in lifelike
colours and surrounded by columns in Legoesque primaries. One can only
wonder what kind of chess sets would have been made if this tradition of
tinted sculpture had still been going when Chess reached Europe!