Wade in ScotlandMoray Press, 1934 - 206 pagini |
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... horses to a standstill . Out of the coach stepped a tall , burly man in the uniform of a field - officer . The horse- men had halted at a respectful distance , and their talk ceased . The big man gazed across the wide prospect that lay ...
... horses to a standstill . Out of the coach stepped a tall , burly man in the uniform of a field - officer . The horse- men had halted at a respectful distance , and their talk ceased . The big man gazed across the wide prospect that lay ...
Pagina 169
... horse . The steep and black mountains , and the roaring torrents , rendered every step his horse took , frightful ; and when he attained the summit of the zigzag up Corryarraick , he thought the horses , himself , man and all would be ...
... horse . The steep and black mountains , and the roaring torrents , rendered every step his horse took , frightful ; and when he attained the summit of the zigzag up Corryarraick , he thought the horses , himself , man and all would be ...
Pagina 204
... horses have hitherto been bought and kept up constantly at the public expense , with carts , harness , and men to look after them , which , from the Inspector's accounts I have seen , make a heavy charge . I would therefore propose that ...
... horses have hitherto been bought and kept up constantly at the public expense , with carts , harness , and men to look after them , which , from the Inspector's accounts I have seen , make a heavy charge . I would therefore propose that ...
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CHAPTER PAGE I PICTURE OF A ROADMAKER | 9 |
THE MAKING OF A SOLDIER | 18 |
SPYING OUT THE LAND | 24 |
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Aberfeldy appear Arch arms Augustus Braemar building Burt's Captain carriage carried Castle Caulfield clans Colonel command construction Corrieyairack Corryarraick Crieff Culloden Dalnacardoch Dalwhinnie Disarming Act dragoons Duke of Atholl Dumbarton Dundonachie Dunkeld Earl Edinburgh erected feet Feshie Foot Fort Augustus Fort George Fort William garrison Geldie General's Hut George Wade Glasgow Glen Glen Feshie Governor guard High Bridge Highland Companies hill horses Inverness Jacobite King King's Kingussie Lake Ness late letter Loch Ness Lodge London Lord Advocate Lord Lovat Majesty Majesty's Maty's miles military roads mountains officers Parliament pass Peace Perth pr Diem present road Prince Rannoch rebellion regiment repair River road-making Rock Ruthven Barrack Scotland Scots Scottish sent sergeant soldiers south side Spey Stirling Stone Bridges Strontian Struan Tay Bridge town troops Wade bridge Wade road Wade's William zigzag وو