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Colonsay, One Of The Hebrides, Its Plants - Their Local Names And Uses--Legends, Ruins, And Place-Names--Gaelic Names Of Birds, Fishes, Etc.--Climate, Geological Formation, Etc (Hardcover)
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Colonsay, One Of The Hebrides, Its Plants - Their Local Names And Uses--Legends, Ruins, And Place-Names--Gaelic Names Of Birds, Fishes, Etc.--Climate, Geological Formation, Etc (Hardcover)
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COLONSAY: ONE OF THE HEBRIDES. ITS PLANTS: THEIR LOCAL NAMES AND
USES, LEGENDS, RUINS, AND PLACE-NAMES- GAELIC NAMES OF BIRDS,
FISHES, ETC. CLIMATE, GEOLOGICAL FORMATION, ETC. by MURDOCH M C
NEILL. First publshed in 1910. - PREFACE: A COLLECTION of the
plants of his native island was begun by the writer in 1903, during
a period of convalescence, and was continued as a recreation, from
time to time, as occasion offered. In 1908 the idea of making use
of the material accumulated and arranging it for publication was
conceived, and to put it into effect a final endeavour was made
that season to have the plant list of the island as complete as the
circumstances would permit. In preparing the little volume for the
press, the lack of works of reference was found a serious drawback.
The following publications were found most helpful Bentham and
Hookers British Flora Witherings English Botany Camerons Gaelic
Names of Plants Hogans Irish and Scottish Gaelic Names ofHerbs,
Plants, Trees, etc. Gregorys History of the West Highlands Oransay
and its Monastery, by F. C. E. MXeill Colla Ciotach Mac
Ghilleasbuig, by Prof. Mackinnon Celtic Monthly, Sept. 1903-Jan.
1904 Geikies Scenery of Scotland Notes on the Geology of Colon- say
and Oransay, by Prof. Geikie The Two Earth-Movements of Colonsay,
by W. B. Wright, B.A., F.G.S. Sketch of the Geology of the Inner
Hebrides, by Prof. Heddle Journals of the Scottish Meteorological
Society Address on the Climate of the British Isles, by A. Watt,
M.A., etc... The writer trusts that much of the matter contained in
the following pages may be regarded as typical of and applicable in
many respects to the Western Islands as a whole. He would gladly
have entered intogreater detail regarding the old-time industries,
place-names, topography, traditions, and folk-lore of Colonsay, but
the general reader may be of opinion that enough has been said on
these matters in a work primarily intended to treat of the flora of
the island. KILORAN, COLONSAY, . December 1909. M.M c . CONTENTS
include: CHAP. PAGB 1. GENERAL DESCRIPTION . . . . . . 3 2. CLIMATE
. . ... 45 3. GEOLOGICAL FORMATION . . . . . 54 4...
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