Beyond the Highland Line: Three Journals of Travel in Eighteenth Century Scotland; Burt, Pennant, ThorntonA. J. Youngson Collins, 1974 - 252 Seiten |
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... Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland . According to the Dictionary of National Biography , he has been ' variously described as an engineer officer who served with General Wade in Scotland in 1724-28 , as an army contractor ...
... Letters from a Gentleman in the North of Scotland . According to the Dictionary of National Biography , he has been ' variously described as an engineer officer who served with General Wade in Scotland in 1724-28 , as an army contractor ...
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... letter relating particularly to the high - country . The town was erected into a barony in favour of the governor of the fort for the time being , and into a borough bearing the name of queen Mary . It was originally designed as a ...
... letter relating particularly to the high - country . The town was erected into a barony in favour of the governor of the fort for the time being , and into a borough bearing the name of queen Mary . It was originally designed as a ...
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... letter to him . They arrived at the laird's house , declared the cause of their coming , and produced their credentials , which were a warrant and instructions from the prince ; but the chieftain , after perusing them , told them he ...
... letter to him . They arrived at the laird's house , declared the cause of their coming , and produced their credentials , which were a warrant and instructions from the prince ; but the chieftain , after perusing them , told them he ...
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appearance birch boat brought busses called Campbeltown castle cattle chief chieftain clan coast common corn danger distance Dr Johnson eight England farms feet Firth of Clyde fish fishery Fort William four Gannet gentleman Glen Grantown ground heath Highland geography Highlands hills horses hundred inhabitants Inveraray Inverness Iona island isle killed kind Kingussie laird lake land Loch Loch Awe Loch Broom Lochaber Lowlands M'Intosh manner miles mountains narrow never night North oatmeal oats obliged occasion Outer Hebrides passed Pennant pines plaid poor pounds pretty quantity rain rents ride river road rocks roebuck salmon scarcely Scotland season seen servants sheep shillings shore shot side Skie snow sometimes soon South stones tacksmen tenants THOMAS PENNANT Thornton thought told town trees trout vast weather whole wind women woods