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BAMBLES NORTHWAED. 247
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XXXVII.—RAMBLES l^OHTHWAKDo.
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•*— The road from Melvich to Tongue skir...
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. «O» Alas ! They Have Stolen My Fairy P...
T I 3 y the dep passio ths of n at y hear long t ing , —do which no sound t suddenl leave of me her y alone stirs voice !
My past ? it Is thrilled by the — A I M M h y y t fu he presen ture sigh t ? t ? is of alas what a face , it she leading can which will only the y g i rej ve merciful will oice me , — no no t mother res more tore — !
Has And spared shown move me me y the my in dreaming long p ing that , my the fearfull love heart , and y of kills no the other ; hill , !
Where she lies fast asleep , —in s b _. n . p _*
Bambles Northwaed. 247
BAMBLES NORTHWAED . 247
Xxxvii.—Rambles L^Ohthwakdo.
XXXVII . —RAMBLES _l _^ OHTHWAKDo . { Continued from page 185 . ) ¦ _a _&& fg »»
•*— The Road From Melvich To Tongue Skir...
•*— The road from Melvich to Tongue skirts tlie coast tlie whole way , for tlie most part keeping the sea in view , though here and there it
"becomes lost to sight behind the bold and rocky headlands . It is a ve tain steep arrived and up mo and or in down scenery the vicinit road , presented , and of , Betty beyond no Hill particular a succession Fara \ object Here of of grand we interest alig moun hted till - ,
y land and , under agents the walked friendl soine y guidance mile and of a one half of across the Duke the of bold Sutherland open cliff ' s ,
, treme whence ed the since Orkneys so far were as clearl human y visible eye could , to perceive what appeared nothing the but the
exge , sea We lay soon beyond however . found both our mistake and the object of
stood which guard we were , over in a quest soft , , for turfed the slop apparentl e , beyond y abrupt which verge , on an of with isolated the cliff the
rocksome three hundred feet above the sea , and connected ¦ _anain which , land must onl in y its by time a narrow have led been ge , stand a place the of rem enormous ains of strength a castle . ,
The rock is in itself an impregnable sea fortress , for no enemy , however active or determined , could hope to scale its precipitous and
sides from the waterwhilesituated at the mouth of a lovely its sheltered vessel bay , s the and castle boats , must . , Thi have s rock afforde stands d comp on a lete very protection curious and to
own massive natural arch , through which the sea flows ; on the day of our visit , the water lay crystal clear , of that fine of liquid water emerald
green the seen Falls to perfection The contrast at Niagara of , this as the color vast against body the deep curve red s
over . granite rocks was inexpressibly beautiful ; is indeed remarkabl , the fine coloring and _,
vivid on these while coasts the of cle Scotland arness , of so the little northern known , atmosphere , y the buoy-, lad and
ancy of the air , the high lift of the skies , which in Engn
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Dec. 1, 1859, page 247, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01121859/page/31/
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