Wanderings by the lochs and streams of Assynt, and the north highlands of Scotland - Softcover

Hicks, J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1150528664 ISBN 13: 9781150528668

Publisher: RareBooksClub.com, 2012

Synopsis

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. 1855 edition. Excerpt: ...sojourn in his house, I never saw it or heard it displayed to any person whatever. I am not sure that he could as truthfully return me the compliment. My original intention was to remain at this place about a week, but I was unavoidably detained here for a considerable time. I received letters soon after my arrival, which rendered it imperative that I should stay until I received fresh postal communication, which is a work of time here, as the mail only runs twice a week. Two or three days after our arrival at Aultnacalgach, Mr. Metcalfe walked with me to Loch Urigil; that is to say, we crossed Loch Borlan in the boat which we left on the opposite side to await our return; and from this point we performed a most tedious mile on foot. After leaving Loch. Borlan, we ascended for a short time a 126 LOCH BORLAN AND LOCH URIGIL. moderate elevation, from the summit of which both lakes can be seen. From this point our road was chiefly a matter of descent. The whole route from Loch Borlan is extremely irksome, although the distance is but short, and there is no steep brae to climb; at the same time there are a variety of impediments to quick and easy walking. Heather is far less troublesome than the soft mossy ground and small swamps, to say nothing of innumerable wide dykes of eighteen or twenty feet in depth, at the bottom of which is a stagnant water of the same dark colour as its banks. The whole of this tract of land, as well as many others in this district, is composed of peat moss, which is in many places from twelve to fourteen feet and more in depth. No person can perform this course dry shod, even at the hottest period of drought; and the heavy rain of Monday had so increased the usual amount of moisture that we were walking sometimes more than...

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John Hicks has been a specialist in welding design for 35 years. A graduate of Cambridge University, he is a Certified Welding Engineer, a Fellow of The Welding Institute, and a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. He acts as Moderator of TWI examinations for European Welding Engineer / Technologist / Specialist, and from 1990 – 1996 served as Secretary General of the International Institute of Welding.

Edition details

• Publisher: RareBooksClub.com
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1150528664
• ISBN 13: 9781150528668
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 70