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Preface
This little volume principally consists of accounts carefully extended from notes which I took while exploring the scenery described. I was indebted to Mr Aird, Editor of the "Dumfries and Galloway Herald,” well known as a poet and an ardent admirer of Nature, for their first introduction to public notice. They were perused with much interest by my friends and others, many of whom requested me to publish them in a collective form, for the instruction and encouragement of pedestrians, as well as the amusement of the public at large. With this view, I corrected them as accurately as I could; and, in certain cases, when not quite sure of my ground, I wrote to friends at a distance, that my doubts might be removed; so that it will considerably surprise me if any important inaccuracies be detected.
That is how the Preface starts which I believe is the longest Preface I have ever read,
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...bles/index.htm
Alastair
This little volume principally consists of accounts carefully extended from notes which I took while exploring the scenery described. I was indebted to Mr Aird, Editor of the "Dumfries and Galloway Herald,” well known as a poet and an ardent admirer of Nature, for their first introduction to public notice. They were perused with much interest by my friends and others, many of whom requested me to publish them in a collective form, for the instruction and encouragement of pedestrians, as well as the amusement of the public at large. With this view, I corrected them as accurately as I could; and, in certain cases, when not quite sure of my ground, I wrote to friends at a distance, that my doubts might be removed; so that it will considerably surprise me if any important inaccuracies be detected.
That is how the Preface starts which I believe is the longest Preface I have ever read,
You can get to this book at http://www.electricscotland.com/hist...bles/index.htm
Alastair