The Beauties of Scotland: Containing a Clear and Full Account of the Agriculture, Commerce, Mines, and Manufactures; of the Population, Cities, Towns, Villages, &c. of Each County ...T. Bonar and J. Brown, 1808 |
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... chief branch of commerce and industry is the fisheries , which are prosecuted with great attention . Thurso . The town of Thurso , on the northern side of the coast of Caithness , stands at the extremity of a spacious and beautiful bay ...
... chief branch of commerce and industry is the fisheries , which are prosecuted with great attention . Thurso . The town of Thurso , on the northern side of the coast of Caithness , stands at the extremity of a spacious and beautiful bay ...
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... chief- tainship of the clan ) , which increased to such a height as would probably have proved fatal in its consequences to some , if not all of them , had not John de Groat , who was proprietor of the ferry , interposed . He expatiated ...
... chief- tainship of the clan ) , which increased to such a height as would probably have proved fatal in its consequences to some , if not all of them , had not John de Groat , who was proprietor of the ferry , interposed . He expatiated ...
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... chiefs of this district . The tower or cas- Castle of tle of Braal stands on an eminence , at a small distance from the river of Thurso . It is completely square , of a very large area , wonderfully thick in the walls , which are partly ...
... chiefs of this district . The tower or cas- Castle of tle of Braal stands on an eminence , at a small distance from the river of Thurso . It is completely square , of a very large area , wonderfully thick in the walls , which are partly ...
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... chief , as already noticed , is called the Mainland or Pomona . This island is in the centre of 1.Mainland , or Pomona , the group ; and the remaining islands receive the appel- lation of north or south isles from their position with re ...
... chief , as already noticed , is called the Mainland or Pomona . This island is in the centre of 1.Mainland , or Pomona , the group ; and the remaining islands receive the appel- lation of north or south isles from their position with re ...
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... chief employment of the people during the summer ; and no island of the Orkneys , of the same extent of sea - coast , produces an equal quantity with this island . It generally produces 500 or 600 tons ; and 620 tons have been made in a ...
... chief employment of the people during the summer ; and no island of the Orkneys , of the same extent of sea - coast , produces an equal quantity with this island . It generally produces 500 or 600 tons ; and 620 tons have been made in a ...
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Page 385 - ... ocean. It is divided into distinct columns of five or six miles in length and three or four in breadth...
Page 478 - ... from without, and the air within, being agitated by the flux and reflux of the tides, is perfectly dry and wholesome, free entirely from the damp vapours with which natural caverns in general abound. We asked the name of it. Said our guide, The cave of Fhinn. What is Fhinn ? said we. Fhinn Mac Coul, whom the translator of Ossian's works has called Fingal.
Page 479 - ... the centre ; on the other, they are in general laid down flat, and in the front next to the main, you...
Page 476 - ... though formed as we thought upon the most sanguine foundations : the whole of that end of the island supported by ranges of natural pillars, mostly above...
Page 282 - Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds; As high in air the bursting torrents flow, As deep recoiling surges foam below, Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. Dim-seen, thro' rising mists, and ceaseless show'rs, The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, low'rs. Still, thro...
Page 480 - ... figures in the upright ones never fail to run in their true directions. The surfaces upon which we walked were often flat, having neither concavity nor convexity ; the larger number, however, were concave, though some were very evidently convex.
Page 477 - Is not this the school whew the art was originally studied ? And what has been added to this by the whole Grecian school ? a capital to ornament the column of Nature, of which they could execute, only a model ; and for that very capital they were obliged to a bush of acanthus. How amply does Nature repay those who study her wonderful works...
Page 477 - The mind can hardly form an idea more magnificent than such a space, supported on each side by ranges of columns ; and roofed by the bottoms of those, which have been broke off in order to form it ; between the angles of which a yellow stalagraitic matter has exuded, which serves to define the angles precisely; and at the same time vary the colour with a great deal of elegance, and to render it still more agreeable, the whole is lighted from without...
Page 14 - These eight families, having lived peacea'bly and comfortably in their small possessions for a number of years, established an annual meeting to celebrate the anniversary of the arrival of their ancestors on' that coast. In the course of their festivity, on one of these occasions, a question arose respecting the right of taking the door, and sitting at the head of the table, and such like points of precedency (each contending for...
Page 444 - ... foundation of the Castle is on a mass of breccia. It is still among the number of royal castles, and gives the office of keeper to the duke of Argyll. The Castle is said to have been founded by Edwin, a Pictish monarch — contemporary with Julius Caesar — who, in honour of himself, called it Evonium. Whether this account be true or not, it is certainly a place of great antiquity. Down to the commencement of the present century part of the ancient regalia was preserved, but at that period,...