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Excerpt from Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of ScotlandThe pictures were taken from our Highland and Island land and sea-scape, and drawn on the wood from his original sketches by his o'wn hand. He gladly acknowledges his indebtedness to Messrs. Dalziel brothers for their faithful and appreciative rendering of his drawings.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Title: Art Rambles in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland ... With ... sketches, etc.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This collection includes works chronicling the development of Western civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development of language, political and educational systems, philosophy, science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations, and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification:++++<Source Library> British Library<Contributors> Reid, John T.; <Original Pub Date> 1877].<Physical Description> 4º.<Shelfmark> 10370.ff.1.

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1878 Excerpt: ... it looks as if raised over the graves of the slain. The moor is very bleak, and a circular patch is dyked off with turf and hemmed in by a wood of young firs. Towards evening, as the shades deepened and the ground darkened, and the impenetrable mystery of the fir woods was intensified, the scene spoke more powerfully of the battle which left many of our kilted heroes on the field cold and stiff. We will let the shade deepen into night, and under the curtain of night leave the scene and its sadness, while we seek to have glimpses of other places made sacred to us by other associations. CHAPTER VII. On our way from Inverness to the west we went out of the train at the Muir of Ord, of cattle-market fame. It was the day for the sale of sheep, and we saw many little lots under the guardianship of shepherds and collie dogs; eager buyers were going from group to group, judging their respective merits--now taking a hold of a sheep to feel his weight, and noting the quality of his fleece. The market was principally composed of lambs of varied breed and from many diverse parts of the country. Showers were frequent. I was not in a position to judge regarding the character of the market in any particular, The Cotion. but was quite satisfied that in skilful hands it afforded scope for a good telling picture. I came out again at Conon Station, having a desire to see some of the little bits on the river. The river abounds in such bits as the subject of the engraving, and has many finer; but the painter who would desire to do justice to this theme would do well to ask permission to visit the grounds from the proprietress, and thus privileged, go deliberately day after day earnestly to study his subject. There are fine trees and lovely bendings of the river; some of the tr...