. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER XXIII. 163 baize door became a perfect Herr Dobbler magic hat; and it was at last a relief to permanently " lay" Mr Dougald's bishop-like, black-vestured, white-chokered figure through that mysterious chasm, with all his decanters, plate, silver teapot, &c., and then draw our own very homely figures (in slightly damaged shooting coats and carpet slip- pers) to the fireside. My companion seemed highly amused at my surprise; for when he asked me to go with him to Jura, I immediately proposed takmg a boiled ham, a gallon of beer, a bottl
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. LETTER XXIII. 163 baize door became a perfect Herr Dobbler magic hat; and it was at last a relief to permanently " lay" Mr Dougald's bishop-like, black-vestured, white-chokered figure through that mysterious chasm, with all his decanters, plate, silver teapot, &c., and then draw our own very homely figures (in slightly damaged shooting coats and carpet slip- pers) to the fireside. My companion seemed highly amused at my surprise; for when he asked me to go with him to Jura, I immediately proposed takmg a boiled ham, a gallon of beer, a bottle of whisky, and other such rude necessaries of life, supposing that we should have resided in a cave; for Jura, though as large as the Isle of Wight, may almost be called uninhabited. Since the Norsemen named it Diur ay,—the. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Graham, Henry Davenport, l825-1872. Edinburgh, D. Douglas
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