A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland, Volume 2A. Leathley, J. Exshaw, H. Saunders, D. Chamberlain, W. Sleater, J. Potts, T. Ewing, W. Wilson, R. Moncrieffe, and C. Jenkin, 1775 - Hebrides (Scotland) - 384 pages |
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Page 70
... Maclean of Col. The tunes of the bagpipe are traditional . There has been in Sky , beyond all time of memory , a college of pipers , under the di- rection of Macrimmon , which is not quite extinct . There was another in Mull , fu ...
... Maclean of Col. The tunes of the bagpipe are traditional . There has been in Sky , beyond all time of memory , a college of pipers , under the di- rection of Macrimmon , which is not quite extinct . There was another in Mull , fu ...
Page 109
... - fick and lay down . Mr. Bofwell kept the deck . The master knew not well whither to go ; and our difficulties might perhaps have filled a very pathetick page , had had not Mr. Maclean of Col , who , with WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 109.
... - fick and lay down . Mr. Bofwell kept the deck . The master knew not well whither to go ; and our difficulties might perhaps have filled a very pathetick page , had had not Mr. Maclean of Col , who , with WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . 109.
Page 110
... Maclean , a gentleman who has lived fome time in the Eaft Indies ; but , having dethroned no Nabob , is not too rich to set- tle in his own country . Next day the wind was fair , and we might have had an eafy paffage to Mull ; but ...
... Maclean , a gentleman who has lived fome time in the Eaft Indies ; but , having dethroned no Nabob , is not too rich to set- tle in his own country . Next day the wind was fair , and we might have had an eafy paffage to Mull ; but ...
Page 111
... beyond what their fize gives reafon for expecting ; but a bulky man upon one of their backs makes a very dif proportionate appearance . I From 1 - From the habitation of Captain Maclean , we WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . III.
... beyond what their fize gives reafon for expecting ; but a bulky man upon one of their backs makes a very dif proportionate appearance . I From 1 - From the habitation of Captain Maclean , we WESTERN ISLANDS , & c . III.
Page 112
... Maclean , the Minister of Col , whom we found in a hut , that is , a house of only one floor , but with win- dows and chimney , and not inelegantly furnished . Mr. Maclean has the reputati- on of great learning : he is feventy - feven ...
... Maclean , the Minister of Col , whom we found in a hut , that is , a house of only one floor , but with win- dows and chimney , and not inelegantly furnished . Mr. Maclean has the reputati- on of great learning : he is feventy - feven ...
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