Journal of a Tour to the Hebrides with Samuel Johnson, LL. D., 1773McGraw-Hill, 1961 - 520 pages |
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Page 187
... island lay between Skye and Mull , cried , " We'll go to the Isle of Muck . " They offered us a hearty welcome , but as we found out that it would be inconvenient for them to go home so soon as our time required , we laid aside the ...
... island lay between Skye and Mull , cried , " We'll go to the Isle of Muck . " They offered us a hearty welcome , but as we found out that it would be inconvenient for them to go home so soon as our time required , we laid aside the ...
Page 281
... island , mostly of a small size . Being overstocked , they sell some in Tyree , and on the mainland . Their black cattle , which are chiefly rough- haired , are reckoned remarkably good . The climate being very mild in winter , they ...
... island , mostly of a small size . Being overstocked , they sell some in Tyree , and on the mainland . Their black cattle , which are chiefly rough- haired , are reckoned remarkably good . The climate being very mild in winter , they ...
Page 328
... islands in it for some part of the way . Then we came to a large black rock in the sea ; then to Nun's Island , which it is said belonged to the nuns of Icolmkill , and that from it the stone for the buildings of Icolmkill was taken ...
... islands in it for some part of the way . Then we came to a large black rock in the sea ; then to Nun's Island , which it is said belonged to the nuns of Icolmkill , and that from it the stone for the buildings of Icolmkill was taken ...
Contents
APPENDIX Correspondence between Boswell and Lord Elibank | 405 |
TOPOGRAPHICAL SUPPLEMENT | 452 |
INDEX | 489 |
Copyright | |
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