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38 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON.
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T. PACTS AND FICTIONS CO^STCEENING PIGS....
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Hand A Is A Smalland Of Late Years, An U...
to sheep-grazing , we gained the highest point , and commanded at once a magnificent view over the ocean and along the mainland from
Cape Wrath to Store Point , embracing the mountains of Duirness , Edderachilles , Assynt , Loch Broom , and Gairloeh , and the islands of
Skye , Harris , and Lewis . Here , too , as we stood we heard the hoarse cry of the raven and saw the rapid wheel of the peregrine
falcon , these birds having for many years had their nests ainong the inaccessible cliffs on the west side of the island . Here also the
golden eagle , which we had seen soaring over our heads in the boat , still builds ; that kingly bird , becoming so rare in Great
Britain . The herbage of Handa is invaluable for spring feed , for here
grows in great abundance the fine deer-hair grass , ( so called from its resemblance to the hair of the deer ) one of the earliest and most
, prized grasses in these parts , and therefore eagerly sought after by the shepherd and devoured by the sheep . It was long and rank
when we saw it in August , and , among it grew the crowberry in abundance , refreshing to parched lips and throats in the burning
month _; of Scorpio . Loath were we to leave the magnificent scene before us , and
a sultry pull it was for the men as we left the open sea and its pleasant breeze and entered once more the pretty bay of Scourie .
Mot often is-a visit to Handa so successful , and not many are the visitors suffered to approach thus safely , and near to the terrific
cliffsof its western , coast . Our friend , for instance , has lived many years at Scourie , and has paid many a visit to Handa , made many an
excursion around it , but , until this day had never penetrated among the . columns and into the creek where we had so safely floated .
M . M . H .
August 13 th , 1860 .
38 Fruits In Their Season.
38 FRUITS IN THEIR SEASON .
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T. Pacts And Fictions Co^Stceening Pigs....
T . _PACTS AND _FICTIONS CO _^ _STCEENING PIGS . Soft prelude to tlie mighty swell of crinoline : immortal fig-leaf I
eldest born of fashion's countless progeny , and first page of Le _Foileds now innumerable tomes ; in the tree that bears thee fruit
is indeed a merit of supererogation ; for , would not such foliage have sufficed to secure it undying renown , even had naught else ever
graced its branches ? Yet , had verdure alone adorned it : — -since leafagehowever gloriousdelights not our palate at the dessert—we
could , not have invited , its presence in pages dedicated inalienably . to Pomona ; and it is therefore to the luscious dainties which lurk amid
those leaves , albeit less honored in the record of history , that we must look to find its title to admission here , where it must be *
regarded primarily in the character of a fruit-bearer .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), March 1, 1861, page 38, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01031861/page/38/
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