 At night the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather be what it will; and many of these hardy men do not once rest under a roof during a journey on foot from Lochaber to Lincolnshire. They are paid very highly, for the trust reposed...  Waverley Novels - Page 244by Sir Walter Scott - 1832Full view - About this book
 | Walter Scott - 1827 - 572 pages
...but, if they i.iml their business, may pick up a mouthful of food by the way. At night, the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather...as they maintain themselves at their own expense, theyAare especially economical in that particular. At the period we speak ofLg Highland drover was... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 870 pages
...hardy men do not once rest under a roof during a journey, on foot, from Lochaber to Lincolnshire. Tncy are paid very highly, for the trust reposed is of...victualled for his long and toilsome journey with a few handluls of oatmeal and (wo or three onions, renewed from time to time, and a ram's horn filled with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1845 - 524 pages
...but, if they mind their business, may pick up a mouthful of food by the way. At night, the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather...victualled for his long and toilsome journey with a few handfuls of oatmeal and two or three onions, renewed from time to time, and a ram's horn 611ed with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1849 - 628 pages
...whether the cattle refich the final market in good order, and afford a profit to the grazier. But пз Ai the period we speak of, a Highland drover was victualled for his long and toilsome journey with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1853 - 626 pages
...pnidem-p, vigilanee', and honesty, whether the eattle reaeh the final market in good order, and allord a profit to the grazier. But as they maintain themselves at their own expense, they are espeeially eeonomir;d in that partieular. Ai the period we speak of. a Highland drover was vietualled,... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1855 - 528 pages
...their prudence, vigilance, and honesty, whether the cattle reach the final market in good order. wid afford a profit to the grazier. But as they maintain...economical in that particular. At the period we speak ot, a Highland drover was victualled for his long and toilsome journey with a few handfuls of oatmeal... | |
 | George Dodd - 1856 - 568 pages
...taxation, but, if they mind their business, may pick up a mouthful of food by the way. At night the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather...they are especially economical in that particular And there was the consciousness of superior skill ; for the Highlander, a child amongst flocks, is... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1860 - 476 pages
...but, if they mind their business, may pick up a mouthful of food by the way. At night, the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather...victualled for his long and toilsome journey with a few handfuls of oatmeal and two or three onions, renewed from time to time, and a ram's horn filled with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1867 - 316 pages
...but, if they mind their business, may pick up a mouthful of food by the way. At night, the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather...victualled for his long and toilsome journey with a few handfuls of oatmeal, and two or three onions, renewed from time to time, and a ram's horn filled with... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1864 - 312 pages
...but, if they mind their business, may pick up a mouthful of food by the way. At night, the drovers usually sleep along with their cattle, let the weather...victualled for his long and toilsome journey with a few handfuls of oatmeal, and two or three onions, renewed from time to time, and a rarn's horn filled with... | |
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