The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 118
tilted 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 of the main-land. This… … Fig. 69.- -Caschrom or Foot-plough of theHebrides. The longer part may be regarded 1 A Shetlander says he is going to Scotland, just as he might say he wasgoing to France or Norway. This habit is a survival of the time when Shet-land was not a part of Scotland. 96 THE PAST IN THE PKESENT. as the…
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