The Highlands and Western Isles of Scotland: Containing Descriptions of Their Scenery and Antiquities, with an Account of the Political History ... Present Condition of the People, &c. ... Founded on a Series of Annual Journeys Between the Years 1811 and 1821 ... in Letters to Sir Walter Scott, Bart, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green, 1824 - Hebrides (Scotland) |
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