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... knew all about winds and soughs , dykes and sheuchs , * keystanes and whunstanes and blue metal ' ; in fact , with but a modest academic education ( for he had been " herdin ' craws , wi ' deil a breek tae ma hurdies " at the early age ...
... knew all about winds and soughs , dykes and sheuchs , * keystanes and whunstanes and blue metal ' ; in fact , with but a modest academic education ( for he had been " herdin ' craws , wi ' deil a breek tae ma hurdies " at the early age ...
Page 73
... knew just how far they would reach . Of course , there were too many dogs , and everyone knew it ; and everyone would continue to bring too many as long as cattle - hunting lasted . For every man knew that his dogs were the best , and ...
... knew just how far they would reach . Of course , there were too many dogs , and everyone knew it ; and everyone would continue to bring too many as long as cattle - hunting lasted . For every man knew that his dogs were the best , and ...
Page 101
... knew about axe - work might have been written on a sheet of note paper , and then not in cypher , but in the longest of longhand . The other side of the sheet would have held what he knew about pick and shovel work . But he knew a good ...
... knew about axe - work might have been written on a sheet of note paper , and then not in cypher , but in the longest of longhand . The other side of the sheet would have held what he knew about pick and shovel work . But he knew a good ...
Contents
1Arrival at Chaslands Page | 11 |
2Settling in and Making Friends | 16 |
3Visiting the Neighbours | 21 |
Copyright | |
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