Stories of persons and places in Europe . at-stainedstagnant water. Noisy trout streams run sparkling along over loose stonesand pebbles, or flow silently between cliffs and chasms of cold, gray locks and tarns nestle in the hallows at the foot of every crag sometimeslashed to fury by the wind which drives and whistles pitilessly over the Scotland. 181 sterile land, till they break in foam-crested waves on their small stony a tree is to be seen, not a shrub or flower. No bees hum, no birds sing, only the mournful cry of the sea-gull orcurlew is heard. Small herds ofshee
Stories of persons and places in Europe . at-stainedstagnant water. Noisy trout streams run sparkling along over loose stonesand pebbles, or flow silently between cliffs and chasms of cold, gray locks and tarns nestle in the hallows at the foot of every crag sometimeslashed to fury by the wind which drives and whistles pitilessly over the Scotland. 181 sterile land, till they break in foam-crested waves on their small stony a tree is to be seen, not a shrub or flower. No bees hum, no birds sing, only the mournful cry of the sea-gull orcurlew is heard. Small herds ofsheep or West Highland cattle maybe seen grazing on the scanty grass,tended by bare-legged children, oran occasional group of women orgirls carrying on their backs greatbaskets full of peat. At long inter-vals one comes upon a few beehiveshaped, straw thatched huts, manyof them windowless and most ofthem chimneyless, the homes of thepoor fisherman. Into one of these anlady once took refuge from a stormand thus describes what she saw: English.
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