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A VISIT TO HAND A. 35
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Hand a is a smalland of late years, an u...
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« " Disfece Mi Matemma" Dante.
Or , let the far-off sight , Of thstar shining
Through y the dim mists , of night , Hush my repining .
E . J .
A Visit To Hand A. 35
A VISIT TO HAND A . 35
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V . —A VISIT TO HAND A . »» . . _.... ——
Hand A Is A Smalland Of Late Years, An U...
Hand a is a smalland of late years , an uninhabited island , on the north ,-west coast of , and Sutherlandshire weather , within tin three " for mile inconsiderable s' sail or . row as
of Scourie" wind "permitg ; the distanc , e is , landsmen it is only when with the wind comfort is off land visit , that b is sea , from the
the eastthat can any y stupendous , cliffs on that the west either side land of the island ; whil dare e venture it is only near in
very them Handa . calm at For all weather this and reason still fewer comparativel are enabled or y few sea to -men row visitors round to Scourie and among see
its " air wild to and breed magnificent , and where cliffs , ear , where ly in Jul sea y - , birds when of the all young kinds birds and sizes are
wing leaving rep , as 1 their disturbed nests , , by the the air appro is darkened ach of b strangers y clouds , of they them wheel on and the cries it
circle around their haunts , giving utterance to strange as were "We of had anger been and ten remonstrance days at and the . the truly restless comfortable inn at with Scourie its
broken before an the coast ir ri on g - - lines ht bound wind of b heavy blew and , surf booming , which like we had heavy heaving heard artillery sea moaning in the in ay
many bosom vast smiling and and as inaccessible the to the cloudless wonders caverns ether , of of Handa above this it preci ' s , cliffs inviting pitous , of whi us coast to ch its , we lay treacherous had calm heard and
line often or and , ri ' much le on . its Tlie surface pretty , ming rock- led girt its bay waters of Scourie with , those with of not the a is sea at b its eyond profoundest pp in translucent rest , and opal finest deepening tints , never as seen the before but day when the declines vivid the , ocean until hues
Mending at sunset , with the g one lories another of the in infinite opal softness -pale and beauty . It was a day of days for the sea in general , and for our excursion irits
In Handa On parti leaving cular and the , and Scourie main we set land bay off , the the in hi boatmen friend gh heart ' who took and kindl the sp y lent channel . us his between boat ,
and still more kindly accompanied , us , thinking this the best method have of commencing with us one the intimatel circuit of y the acquainte island d . with It was the no coast small and gain every to
rock The and cliffs inlet on we the passed mainland . itself are wild and striking in the exin
part treme an — aspect huge Titanic so singular looking as to masses have of attracted gneiss— the presentin attention r > g 2 of one Sir
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 35, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/35/
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