...Sassenach, or Saxon. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, Wiili shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches bright of bracken green. And lieu! her black, that, waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry; But where the lake slept deep and...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...And oft both path and hill were torn, Where wintry torrent down had borne, And heaped upon the cumbered land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. So...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...And oft both path and hill were torn, Where wintry torrent down had borne, And heaped upon the cumbered land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. So...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...And oft both path and hill were torn, Where wintry torrent down had borne, And heaped upon the cumbered land Its wreck of gravel, rocks, and sand. So...

...hardihood against a host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak \Vas dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches...that waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry. Hut where the lake slept deep and still, Dank osiers fringed the swamp and hill ; And oft both path...

...host. The rugged mountain's scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, With shingles baro, and cliffs between, And patches bright of bracken...that waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry. But when; the lake slept deep and still, Dank osiers fringed the swamp and liill; And oft both path and...

...attraction. On the west ' the rugged mountains' scanty cloak, is clover, fir, shrubs of birch and oak, with shingles bare, and cliffs between, and patches bright of bracken green, and heather black, that waves so high, it holds the copse in rivalry;' and oft ' both path and hill are torn, where wintry...

...to see the heather plant only as a low shrub, a foot or two in height, we are surprised to read of " Heather black, that waved so high, It held the copse in rivalry." Yet so it is ; and iu certain wild and peaty districts it may be found quite tall enough to justify...

...bank and thundering stone ; The rugged mountains' scanty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak. With shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches bright of bracken green, — 238 Killin, etc. But where the lake swept deep and still, Dark osiers fringed the swampy hill ;...

...threatening stone. The rugged mountains' sciinty cloak Was dwarfish shrubs of birch and oak, Wi in shingles bare, and cliffs between, And patches bright...that waved so high It held the copse in rivalry." Passing on rt. the waterfall of Miltown, the road strays away from the lake, leaving Lanerick Mead...