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WESTERN ISLANDS, &c. 187
ows in Barra, and very little horfes in
um, where perhaps no care is taken to
prevent that diminution of fize, which mufl
ilways happen, where the greater and the
efs copulate promifcuoufly, and the young
nimal is reftrained from growth by pe1-
iury of fuftenance.
The goat is the general inhabitant of the
tmh, complying with every difference of
:!imate, and of foil. The goats of the iB-
^rides are like others ; nor did 1 hear any
bing of their (heap, to be particularly re>
rked,
In the penury of thefe malignant regions,
lothing is lefT that can be converted to
x>d. The goats and the fheep are milked
Ike the cows. A fingle meal of a goat is
quart, and of a fheep a pint. Such at
^aft was the account, which 1 could extract
lorbm thofe of whom I am not fare that they
ver had inquired.
Tht
ows in Barra, and very little horfes in
um, where perhaps no care is taken to
prevent that diminution of fize, which mufl
ilways happen, where the greater and the
efs copulate promifcuoufly, and the young
nimal is reftrained from growth by pe1-
iury of fuftenance.
The goat is the general inhabitant of the
tmh, complying with every difference of
:!imate, and of foil. The goats of the iB-
^rides are like others ; nor did 1 hear any
bing of their (heap, to be particularly re>
rked,
In the penury of thefe malignant regions,
lothing is lefT that can be converted to
x>d. The goats and the fheep are milked
Ike the cows. A fingle meal of a goat is
quart, and of a fheep a pint. Such at
^aft was the account, which 1 could extract
lorbm thofe of whom I am not fare that they
ver had inquired.
Tht
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Antiquarian books of Scotland > Scotland/Scots > Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland > (193) |
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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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