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Remarks on Dr. Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides
Remarks on Dr Samuel Johnson's Journey to the Hebrides Author:Donald MacNicol Subtitle: In Which Are Contained Observations on the Antiquities, Language, Genius, and Manners of the Highlanders of Scotland General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1779 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Cadell Subjects: Scotland Hebrides (Scotland) Western Isles (Scotland) Highlands (Scotland) History ... more »/ Europe / Great Britain Literary Collections / General Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Travel / Europe / General Travel / Europe / Great Britain Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: As the ftone ftands in a peat-mofs, or bog, there can be no lefs than a third part of it under ground; and it is probable there may be more. There are no ftones or quarry of the fame kind nearer to it than the fea-fide, from which it ftands about half a mile, on the afcent of a fteep hill, and having a deep bog between. In the ifland called from O'Chormaic, on the coaft of Knapdale, and I think on the north-eaft fide, there is a fmall commodious harbour, a great part of which is fur rounded with a wall or quay, extremely well built; and the foundation of it is fo deep, that it cannot be feen even at low water. What is remarkable of this is, that it is fo old that no one pretends to know, even by tradition, when or by whom it was built. The Fletchers of Glenlyon, in Perth- fhire, were the moft famous qrrcrvz-makers ofof their time, fo long as that weapon continued to be ufed. The fmelting and working of iron was well uriderftood, and conftantly pra« less