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172 RAMBLES NORTHWARD.
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We Will Take At Random Some Fifty People...
tour our fifty throug tourist h , lands s , thoug , unknown h , lying , we within Trill venture the boundaries to say , to any of one Great of
Britain . Do you , any of you , know the country north of Inverness ? Do
you know Sutherlandshire , that princedom over which the Duke of Sutherland reimany portions of which * are unknown
gns supreme , even" to himself ? " No . " Well then , ensconce yourself snugly in your arm-chairand we will tell you of rambles over mountain and moor
, and wild sea cliff , from John-o-Groat ' s House to Cape Wrath ; of salt-water lake ' s , lovely as the Bay of Naples , seen beneath the blue
_hig-li-lifted sky and brilliant sunshine of the finest May and June Great Britain has witnessed for many a long year ; of inns
comfortable as " one's ain fireside ; " of hospitable hosts ; of salmon freslj . from the nets , with snow-white curds between the firm fragrant
flakes ; of cream , butter , and eggs , such as nowhere else in the "wide world may you hope to find—eggs whose creain-fiaked white and
rich golden yolk delight the eye no less than the palate , ideal eggs , of which not having partaken no man knows of what an egg' is
capable !—of speckled trout and fresh herring ; of oat cakes and barley-scons ; of beefmuttonand foaming ale ;— -such generous ,
hearty , healthy home , fare that , the greasy doubtful dishes uf continental table _d'hdtes are remembered with loathing " , and the
exercise-invigorated appetite addresses itself to the food before it with a gusto no chef de cuisinehowever skilled he may be , can
hope by his most elaborate efforts _^ to create . Highland air and Highland living , here is the El Dorado of the true epicure , the
panacea for depraved appetites and vitiated tastes ! And these delihtsohfriendyours by anticipation nowmay be yours in
realit g y next , , year : yours , for more enjoyment and , at less cost than now ruefully con overas returned from your summer trip you
you , settle back to business or profession , doubtful if your " leisure" has brought with it all the health , pleasure , and refreshment you
promised yourself at its commencement ; doubtful whether houilli and sour winesmaigreand more maigre meat and poultry , suit
your honest , soup English stomach , . ; whether passports and douaniers , imperfect knowledge of French . and perfect knowledge of being
whether cheated , agree time with and your mon Eng mi , lish ht notion not have s ; doub been tful bestowed , in short to , your ey g ,
greater advantage . Even in . our pleasures we English like to have our money ' s
worth , and paying for a carriage decidedly object to find ourselves riding in a cart ! Come with usand though we will not promise
, promise that you that shall a not cart many shall a be time called and a oft cart ride , whether in a cart dog , - we cart will or
shepherd ' s cart , and that you shall pay cart price for its use . It is a long jfrom London to Aberdeenwhichever way it
is made , by land ourney or by sea ; expensive by land , , cheap by sea , and
there are no finer or more comfortable passenger boats afloat than
172 Rambles Northward.
172 RAMBLES NORTHWARD .
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Nov. 1, 1859, page 172, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01111859/page/28/
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