. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . A. & C BLACK, Ltd., 4, 5 & 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1. 1922 First Edition published May, 1914. Second Edition, with two additional Chapters, published Atptumn, 1922. T US The truth is, that ye ken naething about our hill country,or Hielands as we ca* them. Theyre a kind of wildworld by themselves, full of heights and howes, caverns,lochs, rivers and mountains, that it would tire the verydeeviPs wings to fee to the tap of them. And the folkare clean anither set frae the likes of huz ; theres naebailie-courts amang them—nae magistrates that
. The cradle of mankind; life in eastern Kurdistan . A. & C BLACK, Ltd., 4, 5 & 6, SOHO SQUARE, LONDON, W. 1. 1922 First Edition published May, 1914. Second Edition, with two additional Chapters, published Atptumn, 1922. T US The truth is, that ye ken naething about our hill country,or Hielands as we ca* them. Theyre a kind of wildworld by themselves, full of heights and howes, caverns,lochs, rivers and mountains, that it would tire the verydeeviPs wings to fee to the tap of them. And the folkare clean anither set frae the likes of huz ; theres naebailie-courts amang them—nae magistrates that dinnabear the sword in vain, Never another law hae theybut the length of their dirks ; the broad-sword^s pursuer,and the target is defender, and the stoutest head bearslangest out. Sir Walter Scott ( Rob Roy) r* *> C (\ < * NOTE TO SECOND EDITION The first sixteen chapters of this book were given to thepubUc in the spring of the year 1914. Since that date thecountry has acquired an additional interest for EngUsh-men, owing to the Br
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