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Of water there was no want, and the ground, he described as having all the
excellencies of soil, and as covered with antiscorbutic herbs, the restoratives of
the sailor. Provision was easily to be had, for they killed almost every day an
hundred ...
Of water there was no want, and the ground, he described as having all the
excellencies of soil, and as covered with antiscorbutic herbs, the restoratives of
the sailor. Provision was easily to be had, for they killed almost every day an
hundred ...
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The roads of Scoi- land afford little diversion to the traveller, who seldom sees
himself either encountered or overtaken, and who has nothing to contemplate but
grounds that have no visible boundaries, or are separated by walls of loose stone
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The roads of Scoi- land afford little diversion to the traveller, who seldom sees
himself either encountered or overtaken, and who has nothing to contemplate but
grounds that have no visible boundaries, or are separated by walls of loose stone
.
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The road beyond Aberdeen grew more stony, and continued equally naked of all
vegetable decoration. We travelled over a tract of ground near the sea, which not
long ago suffered a very uncommon and unexpected calamity. The sand of the ...
The road beyond Aberdeen grew more stony, and continued equally naked of all
vegetable decoration. We travelled over a tract of ground near the sea, which not
long ago suffered a very uncommon and unexpected calamity. The sand of the ...
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The ground was neither uncultivated nor unfruitful ; but it was still all arable. Of
flocks or herds there was no appearance. I had now travelled two hundred miles
in Scotland, and seen only one tree not younger than myself. BAMFF. We dined ...
The ground was neither uncultivated nor unfruitful ; but it was still all arable. Of
flocks or herds there was no appearance. I had now travelled two hundred miles
in Scotland, and seen only one tree not younger than myself. BAMFF. We dined ...
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the naked ground. The wall, which is commonly about six feet high, declines from
the perpendicular a little inward. Such rafters as can be procured are then raised
for a roof, and covered with heath, which makes a strong and warm thatch, kept ...
the naked ground. The wall, which is commonly about six feet high, declines from
the perpendicular a little inward. Such rafters as can be procured are then raised
for a roof, and covered with heath, which makes a strong and warm thatch, kept ...
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