The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 118
THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. 95 not the one I bought, but a new one which came to me inits stead, the owner of the one I saw in use being ashamed tosend so rude a specimen to Scotland.1 … Fig. 68.—Shetland one-stilted Plough. That the one-stilted plough should still be used in ourcountry is remarkable; yet, as an agricultural implement,it may be regarded as along way in advance ofthe Caschrom or foot-plough, of which there arethousands now in use inthe Hebrides and on thewest side…
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