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... island , except one perfonjonly , who comes from Ireland . There are no nobility refident in in the parish , and the gentry amount only to twenty - feven perfons , befides their domeftics . All the inhabitants are of the Established ...
... island , except one perfonjonly , who comes from Ireland . There are no nobility refident in in the parish , and the gentry amount only to twenty - feven perfons , befides their domeftics . All the inhabitants are of the Established ...
Page 34
... island . From the Gaelic are most probably derived Speddock , Barfreg- gan , Glengaber , Glengaur , MWhannick , & c . Killness feems to be compounded of two languages , cella , the Latin for a chapel or cell , and nefs , or naes , the ...
... island . From the Gaelic are most probably derived Speddock , Barfreg- gan , Glengaber , Glengaur , MWhannick , & c . Killness feems to be compounded of two languages , cella , the Latin for a chapel or cell , and nefs , or naes , the ...
Page 41
... island to the other . The town , which is in a great meafure fupported by the concourse of travellers , has in a peculiar manner felt the be- nefit of these improvements . Almost every houfe is an inn , where strangers may find ...
... island to the other . The town , which is in a great meafure fupported by the concourse of travellers , has in a peculiar manner felt the be- nefit of these improvements . Almost every houfe is an inn , where strangers may find ...
Page 104
... islands of Sana , Annan , Lamlafh , Bute , and the two fmall islands of Cumbray . About four or five leagues north- weft from Ballantrae ftands the island of Elfay : It is a moft beautiful rock of a conical figure , covered on the top ...
... islands of Sana , Annan , Lamlafh , Bute , and the two fmall islands of Cumbray . About four or five leagues north- weft from Ballantrae ftands the island of Elfay : It is a moft beautiful rock of a conical figure , covered on the top ...
Page 160
... island , The veffel is still preferv d . Antiquities of various kinds are found in every part of this mofs where peats are dug , even near its head , fuch as anchors , oars , & c .; fo that there is no doubt of its having been navigable ...
... island , The veffel is still preferv d . Antiquities of various kinds are found in every part of this mofs where peats are dug , even near its head , fuch as anchors , oars , & c .; fo that there is no doubt of its having been navigable ...
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