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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... continued to be directed by landlords who did not allow the search for profit to take precedence over all other considerations . Nevertheless , the material advantages of life in the Highlands decidedly shifted in favour of the ...
... continued to be directed by landlords who did not allow the search for profit to take precedence over all other considerations . Nevertheless , the material advantages of life in the Highlands decidedly shifted in favour of the ...
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... continued in my next . LETTER XVI From the river's side I ascended a steep hill , so full of large stones , it was impossible to make a trot . This continued up and down about a mile and half . At foot of the hill , tolerable way for a ...
... continued in my next . LETTER XVI From the river's side I ascended a steep hill , so full of large stones , it was impossible to make a trot . This continued up and down about a mile and half . At foot of the hill , tolerable way for a ...
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... Continued our journey over a wild , black , moory , melancholy tract . Reached Brae - mar ; the country almost instantly changed , and in lieu of dreary wastes , a rich vale , plenteous in corn and grass , succeeded . Cross the Dee near ...
... Continued our journey over a wild , black , moory , melancholy tract . Reached Brae - mar ; the country almost instantly changed , and in lieu of dreary wastes , a rich vale , plenteous in corn and grass , succeeded . Cross the Dee near ...
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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