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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... trees of any size , except a birch sixteen feet in circumference : the ground beneath the trees is covered with heath , bilberries , and dwarf arbutus , whose glossy leaves make a pretty appearance . This place gives shelter to black ...
... trees of any size , except a birch sixteen feet in circumference : the ground beneath the trees is covered with heath , bilberries , and dwarf arbutus , whose glossy leaves make a pretty appearance . This place gives shelter to black ...
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... trees and the quality of the timber . Single trees have been sold out of it for six guineas : they were from eighty to ninety feet high , without a collateral branch , and four feet and a half in diameter at the lower end . The wood is ...
... trees and the quality of the timber . Single trees have been sold out of it for six guineas : they were from eighty to ninety feet high , without a collateral branch , and four feet and a half in diameter at the lower end . The wood is ...
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... trees are of a vast size ; I measured several that were ten , eleven , and even twelve feet in circum- ference , and near sixty feet high , forming a most beautiful column , with a fine verdant capital . These trees are of a great age ...
... trees are of a vast size ; I measured several that were ten , eleven , and even twelve feet in circum- ference , and near sixty feet high , forming a most beautiful column , with a fine verdant capital . These trees are of a great age ...
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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