. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. EXTRACTS FROM DIARIES. 199 sheets of water, deluging the whole face of the country; the road was covered with water, and every rivulet was swollen into a fierce torrent, bearing stones, and earth, and peat along with its turbid, coffee-coloured waters. Add to all this the night soon set in intensely dark. I hurried on, assisted by the storm on my back, till at length I came to the rivers, which, happily, were still fordable, though sufficiently deep and rapid, and every moment. A 1 I f .' â ^ ; S , * - \ becoming worse. After this the rain "became he
. The birds of Iona & Mull. Birds. EXTRACTS FROM DIARIES. 199 sheets of water, deluging the whole face of the country; the road was covered with water, and every rivulet was swollen into a fierce torrent, bearing stones, and earth, and peat along with its turbid, coffee-coloured waters. Add to all this the night soon set in intensely dark. I hurried on, assisted by the storm on my back, till at length I came to the rivers, which, happily, were still fordable, though sufficiently deep and rapid, and every moment. A 1 I f .' â ^ ; S , * - \ becoming worse. After this the rain "became heavier than I think I ever saw it before (uiiless in the tropics during the rainy season); it was difficult to keep the road in consequence of the darkness, but the hollow rumbling of the water pouring into the bog holes by the roadside gave warning of the danger of a false step. Happily the twinkling light from the window of Kinloch Inn was now glimmering through the darkness and storm across the head of Loch Scridain, and after a vigoroiis push for about a. 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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