A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

A Journey to the Western Islands of ScotlandI had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands...
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Author: Johnson, Samuel,1709-1784
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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

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A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

CHF 11.42 CHF 5.71
Author: Johnson, Samuel,1709-1784
Format: eBook
Language: English

A Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

I had desired to visit the Hebrides, or Western Islands of Scotland, so long, that I scarcely remember how the wish was originally excited; and was in the Autumn of the year 1773 induced to undertake the journey, by finding in Mr. Boswell a companion, whose acuteness would help my inquiry, and whose gaiety of conversation and civility of manners are sufficient to counteract the inconveniences of travel, in countries less hospitable than we have passed. On the eighteenth of August we left Edinburgh, a city too well known to admit description, and directed our course northward, along the eastern coast of Scotland, accompanied the first day by another gentleman, who could stay with us only long enough to shew us how much we lost at separation. As we crossed the Frith of Forth, our curiosity was attracted by Inch Keith, a small island, which neither of my companions had ever visited, though, lying within their view, it had all their lives solicited their notice. Here, by climbing with some difficulty over shattered crags, we made the first experiment of unfrequented coasts. Inch Keith is nothing more than a rock covered with a thin layer of earth, not wholly bare of grass, and very fertile of thistles. A small herd of cows grazes annually upon it in the summer. It seems never to have afforded to man or beast a permanent habitation. ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 2064
Author: Johnson, Samuel
Release Date: Feb 1, 2000
Format: eBook
Language: English

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