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... goats feeding or playing . The mountains have red deer , but they came not within view ; and if what is said of their vigilance and subtlety be true , they have some claim to that palm of wisdom which the eastern 43 ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
... goats feeding or playing . The mountains have red deer , but they came not within view ; and if what is said of their vigilance and subtlety be true , they have some claim to that palm of wisdom which the eastern 43 ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND.
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... goats gave milk , the children could live without it . She is mistress of sixty goats , and I saw many kids at an enclosure at the end of her house . She had also some poul- try . By the lake we saw a potato garden , and a small spot of ...
... goats gave milk , the children could live without it . She is mistress of sixty goats , and I saw many kids at an enclosure at the end of her house . She had also some poul- try . By the lake we saw a potato garden , and a small spot of ...
Page 49
... goats , and rabbits . We did not perceive that this tract was pos- sessed by human beings , except that once we saw a corn field , in which a lady was walking with some gentlemen . Their house was certainly at no great distance , but so ...
... goats , and rabbits . We did not perceive that this tract was pos- sessed by human beings , except that once we saw a corn field , in which a lady was walking with some gentlemen . Their house was certainly at no great distance , but so ...
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Samuel Johnson. dwelling . His wealth consists of 100 sheep , as many goats , 12 milk cows , and 28 beeves ready for the drovers . From him we first heard of the general dis- satisfaction , which is now driving the High- landers into the ...
Samuel Johnson. dwelling . His wealth consists of 100 sheep , as many goats , 12 milk cows , and 28 beeves ready for the drovers . From him we first heard of the general dis- satisfaction , which is now driving the High- landers into the ...
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... goats are in great numbers , and they have the common domestic fowls . But as here is nothing to be bought , every family must kill its own meat , and roast part of it somewhat sooner than Apicius would prescribe . Every kind of flesh ...
... goats are in great numbers , and they have the common domestic fowls . But as here is nothing to be bought , every family must kill its own meat , and roast part of it somewhat sooner than Apicius would prescribe . Every kind of flesh ...
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Aberdeen afford ancient appearance Armidale believe boat Boswell Boswell's called castle cattle chapel chief church clan coast Coll commodious commonly considered convenience cows curiosity danger delighted dignity distance Dunvegan easily elegance English Erse Erse language evil expected Fort Augustus gentleman goats Grissipol ground heard heath Hebrides Highlands hills honour horses hundred ignorance Inch Kenneth inhabitants inquire Inverness Iona Isle Isle of Coll Isle of Skye Johnson journey kelp labour ladies laird land lately learned less live Loch Ness Macdonald Maclean Macleod miles mind minister mountains Mull naked nation never once passed perhaps pleasure Raasay reason rent rock Scotland Scots second sight seems seen seldom Sir Allan Skye Slanes Castle sometimes standing stones stranger supplied supposed tacksman Taisch tenants thought tion told travelled trees Ulva violence wall Western Islands