Scottish Geographical Magazine, Volumes 41 à 42Royal Scottish Geographical Society., 1925 |
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... Water of Leith ; in the heart of the chain is the Logan Water ; to the south is the river system of the North Esk and the South Esk , which unite about a mile north of Dalkeith . The Lyne Water , which rises in the south - west end of ...
... Water of Leith ; in the heart of the chain is the Logan Water ; to the south is the river system of the North Esk and the South Esk , which unite about a mile north of Dalkeith . The Lyne Water , which rises in the south - west end of ...
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... WATER LEITH THREIPMUIR BAVELAW PENICUIK VAVAVA CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS . UPPER OLD RED SDST . FLOWER ORS . LAVAS . LOWER OR.S. CONGLOMERATES . SILURIAN ROCKS . I MILE . DIKE ROCKS . FELSITE . FIG . 6. - Diagrammatic section across the ...
... WATER LEITH THREIPMUIR BAVELAW PENICUIK VAVAVA CARBONIFEROUS ROCKS . UPPER OLD RED SDST . FLOWER ORS . LAVAS . LOWER OR.S. CONGLOMERATES . SILURIAN ROCKS . I MILE . DIKE ROCKS . FELSITE . FIG . 6. - Diagrammatic section across the ...
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... Water of Leith above Colinton flows almost parallel to the slopes of the Pentland Hills and is separated from the main valley to the north by the ridge on which stand Currie and Juniper Green . Half a mile above Colinton station the ...
... Water of Leith above Colinton flows almost parallel to the slopes of the Pentland Hills and is separated from the main valley to the north by the ridge on which stand Currie and Juniper Green . Half a mile above Colinton station the ...
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... Water is the only stream in the district which has been able to continue its original course across the intervening hollow to join the waters of the Tweed ... Water of Leith has carved a deep gorge. 208 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE .
... Water is the only stream in the district which has been able to continue its original course across the intervening hollow to join the waters of the Tweed ... Water of Leith has carved a deep gorge. 208 SCOTTISH GEOGRAPHICAL MAGAZINE .
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... water , so that throughout Midlothian there occur numerous " dry valleys ... Water . The melting of the ice left wide peat - bogs , marshes , and lakes con- nected ... Leith above Colinton is per- forming the same operation , immediately ...
... water , so that throughout Midlothian there occur numerous " dry valleys ... Water . The melting of the ice left wide peat - bogs , marshes , and lakes con- nected ... Leith above Colinton is per- forming the same operation , immediately ...
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Page 219 - And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.
Page 219 - In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness ; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness. 3 Therefore the showers have been withholden, and there hath been no latter rain ; and thou hadst a whore's forehead, thou refusedst to be ashamed.
Page 227 - I am told there are people who do not care for maps, and find it hard to believe. The names, the shapes of the woodlands, the courses of the roads and rivers, the prehistoric footsteps of man still distinctly traceable up hill and down dale, the mills and the ruins, the ponds and the ferries, perhaps the standing stone...
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Page 270 - African, since it has tended to regulate and equalise the extreme fluctuations resulting from the success or failure of the harvest. Whereas in former years a bad season might entail literal starvation for great numbers, it is now largely mitigated by the possibility of work on a property that provides foods as well as money ; while improved transport consequent upon economic development has also done much to ease the situation created by a bad harvest. ' In another direction the native benefits...
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