With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . UNMARRIED MARRIED WOMAN. 117 77/ AXI) A CAMKHA. The inaiTied women arc distiiiguislied from theiinnuirried ones by a wliite frill wliicli is worn iniVoiit of tlie liead-sliawl or handkerchief and servesthe part of a wcddinii- riiii^-, which is unknown inSt. Kilda. As illustrative of the love of iiiuuh-coloured apparel existent amongsttlie women of this lonelyisle, Seton says, Whenthe Rev. Neil MackenzieAvent to St. Kilda inLS-iO, his servant-maid, anative, asked pe
With nature and a camera; being the adventures and observations of a field naturalist and an animal photographer . UNMARRIED MARRIED WOMAN. 117 77/ AXI) A CAMKHA. The inaiTied women arc distiiiguislied from theiinnuirried ones by a wliite frill wliicli is worn iniVoiit of tlie liead-sliawl or handkerchief and servesthe part of a wcddinii- riiii^-, which is unknown inSt. Kilda. As illustrative of the love of iiiuuh-coloured apparel existent amongsttlie women of this lonelyisle, Seton says, Whenthe Rev. Neil MackenzieAvent to St. Kilda inLS-iO, his servant-maid, anative, asked permissionto take the hearth-rug tochurch by Avay of ashawl. Regarding- her])roposal as a joke heinnocently assented, andto his intinite astonish-ment he beheld the girlin his own pew envelopedin the many - colouredcarpet, the envied of anadmiring congregation !All the w^omen in theisland were eager candi-dates for the ? shawlon th(! following morning, some of them offeringto giv(; ten l)irds for its use. Side bv side with nuu-h tliat was picturcs(|ueand deliglitful in its primitive simplicity, we cameacross things of appallin
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