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At what period of the world’s history were our islands first inhabited, and who were their first inhabitants? These are questions which we cannot now answer. History is always made before it is written, and long ages must have passed in the history of these islands before any...
At what period of the world’s history were our islands first inhabited, and who were their first inhabitants? These are questions which we cannot now answer. History is always m...
6. Part II.—The Isles and the Folk.There is no better view-point from which to make a general survey of the Orcadian Archipelago than Wideford Hill. It is less than half the height of the Ward Hill of Hoy, but it...
7. Part III.—Nature Lore.A stone quarry is a common enough object in Orkney—so common, indeed, that we may never have taken any interest in it. Yet this common quarry is a place where we may learn some...
8. Part IV.—Legend and Lay.In the north of Europe there lived long ago that race of people whom we know as the Norsemen—tall, fair-haired men, strong and warlike, and as much at home on sea as on land. Th...
9. Volume xviii. of the =Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh=The following are some general works on botany which may be of service to the beginner:—=Open-air Studies in Botany=, by R. L. Praeger (London, 1897), a study of wild flowers in...