. Wanderings of a naturalist . n me and Mull lay the long and rugged island of Coll,and beyond the Sound of Gunna the fertile and low-lyingisland of Tiree, the sun shining on its white sands, andeven some of the houses themselves, standing up against thehorizon, being visible. Nearer at hand lay Barra, with its attendant islands, anda few miles out, and making her way to Castlebay, was theOban mail-boat, with black smoke trailing from her to sea the breeze seemed to die away, and the surfaceof the Atlantic was unruffled, so that a whale, rising farout to sea in the field of my glass
. Wanderings of a naturalist . n me and Mull lay the long and rugged island of Coll,and beyond the Sound of Gunna the fertile and low-lyingisland of Tiree, the sun shining on its white sands, andeven some of the houses themselves, standing up against thehorizon, being visible. Nearer at hand lay Barra, with its attendant islands, anda few miles out, and making her way to Castlebay, was theOban mail-boat, with black smoke trailing from her to sea the breeze seemed to die away, and the surfaceof the Atlantic was unruffled, so that a whale, rising farout to sea in the field of my glass, was easily seen. Flying south, strings of guillemots and razorbills weremaking their way to their breeding grounds about Mingulayand Barra Head. Almost at my feet lay the Island of Eris-kay, set in the Sound of Barra, its small houses and greenand fertile crofts clear in the sunshine. But npw to the southmutterings of thunder were heard, and torrential rainstormsformed in various directions, so that the view was obscured. 92. A Hebridean Dwelling House.
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