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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 edition. Excerpt: ...to the hills of Mull and away beyond to the far-off region of Skye, with the sea between, studded with islands of curious form and diverse size, the prospect is one of indescribable charm and beauty. Nowhere are there greater or more frequent changes of atmospheric effect than in Iona; the geographical situation accounts forthis, and these changes explain the attractiveness of the island to the artist. The islanders have become so accustomed to the camp-stool and white umbrella that they pay no more attention to the artist than to peregrine or other birds of passage that in season visit the island. There are two comfortable hotels, with ample accommodation for sojourners, the hundred tourists that daily visit the old place during the summer months are landed but or an hour and a half, and leave the island as quiet as a Scottish Sabbath. For the artist who combines sport with sketching there is good fishing in the Sound. Fish with unpronounceable names, but finely palatable to the Lowlander and "Sassenach," are to be caught in plenty, as the highland erryman, who has navigated the Ionian sound in lug-sail craft for over thirty years, will testify. It is a summer sketching ground where the artist may roam about at will, "trespass" being a word unknown. Old Norman architecture, Celtic crosses, crofters cots and cottages, broad sea, enclosed bay, hill and dale and distant mountain, grey sky and blue sky, and other charms of Nature are all to be found in prodigal plenty on Ionas isle. The absence of trees and shrubs deprives the island of autumn interest to the artist, and the hastening storms of winter soften the regret he feels, when packing up his sketches and making again for the centres of civilisation, he leaves...
| ISBN-13 | 9781152178281 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1152178288 |
| Weight | 0.26 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.17 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 70 pages |
| Publisher | |
| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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