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156 A JOURNEY TO THE
wind was extremely turbulent, I never faw
very high billows.
The country about Dunvegan is rough
and barren. There are no trees, except in
the orchard, which is a low fheltered fpot
forrounded with a wall.
When this houfe was intended to fuftain
a fiege, a well was made in the court, by
boring the rock downwards, till water was
found, which though fo near to the (ea,
I have not heard mentioned as brackifh,
though it has feme hardnefs, or other qua¬
lities, which make it lefs fit for nfe ; and
the family is now better fupplied from a
itream, which runs by the rock, from two
pleafing water-falls.
Here we faw feme traces of former
manners, and heard fome -ftanding tradi¬
tions. In the houfe is kept an ox’s horn,
hollowed fo as to hold perhaps two quarts,
which
wind was extremely turbulent, I never faw
very high billows.
The country about Dunvegan is rough
and barren. There are no trees, except in
the orchard, which is a low fheltered fpot
forrounded with a wall.
When this houfe was intended to fuftain
a fiege, a well was made in the court, by
boring the rock downwards, till water was
found, which though fo near to the (ea,
I have not heard mentioned as brackifh,
though it has feme hardnefs, or other qua¬
lities, which make it lefs fit for nfe ; and
the family is now better fupplied from a
itream, which runs by the rock, from two
pleafing water-falls.
Here we faw feme traces of former
manners, and heard fome -ftanding tradi¬
tions. In the houfe is kept an ox’s horn,
hollowed fo as to hold perhaps two quarts,
which
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| Antiquarian books of Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland > (162) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/110071025 |
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| Description | By Doctor Samuel Johnson. |
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| Shelfmark | ABS.1.76.225 |
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| Description | Thousands of printed books from the Antiquarian Books of Scotland collection which dates from 1641 to the 1980s. The collection consists of 14,800 books which were published in Scotland or have a Scottish connection, e.g. through the author, printer or owner. Subjects covered include sport, education, diseases, adventure, occupations, Jacobites, politics and religion. Among the 29 languages represented are English, Gaelic, Italian, French, Russian and Swedish. |
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