The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1872-11-09
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4 Curious and interesting facts and
lie, reach the world, when some
6scure or forgotten corner is made TO
3tpish its share of the public inlorma.
h and amusement To Rob Roy
&cgregnr,' as ho is lnmiIiurly called
IL portion of the reading public who
Ipreciated travel aud adventure, i,
1cbted for several charm ~ journals
voyages, made alone ia boat, which
\ calls canoe Ia some Of these
Icursions his craft, though carrying
||nself alone, arises almost to tho dig
.y of yacht ln others, the yoyager
j had mere canoe; but be he vessel
what description it may, its name is
ays the same
THE ron ROY"
nd Rob Roy is Mr. Macgregor's 5
hature when he writes for the Lon
Times, as all Britous OF any prcten
ps are bound to do, once or Ofteuer
heirdives, His title page designa
when he makes book is j Mac.
gor, VI. A. Having in previous
rs done" the coasts and rivers Of
ptral Europe, the Baltic Sea, aud
SIS Of Sweden aud Norway, the
>glish Channel, the Jordan, Nile,
y Sea. and Sea Of q allilee. Rob Roy
explored this season the Shetland
Orkney lslcs. The canoe in which
Shetlsnds were circumnayigated,
7 their iulots aud lakes visited, is
seventh Of the name Rob Roy"
! least of them all, being twelve feet
length and sixty pounds in weight.
. Macgrogor "took steam"
bow LONDON TO THE sBErLANDs,
\ in his canoe, but in regular pac
d, and launched his canoe amid the
flight Of the islanders. who had never
|en so neat craft and so well appoiat.
The boats Of tho islanders are Of
|e Norwegian build, aud are precisely
9 same in size, in rig, aud in the gear
their oars as the three lonely boats
hich Mr. Macgresor saw on the Sea
Galilee. Mr. Il found also 10 the
hetlands water mills of the simplest
iterD, like those still used in Syria
Jose coincldences are curious, aud the
Pveller who can observe aud remcm
Is often struck with points Of re
pblauce least expected between the
toms Of different and distant people.
lhe ladies', the world over, are in
ested in Shetlaud wool, aud admire
brilliant knitted fabrics which come
p the iar OF isles, one Of which was
Oitimu 1hHie oil the Romans
CURIOUS HISTORICAL LEGEND
buneeted wit the Shetland wool
ee hunfred years ago mln OF war
pgiug to tue Spanish Armada was
ked on QUE OF the Islands The
fs who escaped taught the uatlves
pke brilliant dyes from roots which
iound, Resembling those used ior
purposes Ia op'n. iniso re sous
now wear bright Shetland KNIT
iorters, are uncouscluusiy We T.
hemeuioes VI Tie failure Oi the
pcibe fleet whIcn sailed IOrlh. To
not conquer Queen Bess, uuI
ith disastrous defeat tom the
|zpts Mr.. Macgregor saw more
We memorial la u cannon from the
ship, which does duty as a hitch
psf. Its cahbre viii receive a bali
Inches 10 diameter. This would
small show beside one ol the
% missiles. The kuitters ui the
bud wool, by the way, have no
pi the exercise Of the gymnasium
he lessons ia "calisthenics" which
lhe fancy work Of American
English misses. They cut peat
arry II home from the bog 10 a
on the shoulder, aud When they
with the empty basket, knit as
kalk
spanish acquaintance which be
many years ago is still kept up
Z STAPLE ARTICLE oP EXPORT
the Shetlands is cured goldfish,
p this Spain takes the larger pro
on' Captain Macgregor saw a
Spanish schooner, scarce, US he
ght, seaworthy, which had made
70 annual trips to the Shetlauds
Is hsh cargo. Other fish are taken,
the cod are the maiu reliance.
are caught from boats, the fish
panks being near the islands, the
pest only about fifty miles distant.
se hshing boats are l8 feet long by
beam, aud pulled by six CARA. In
snmmer nights, when you can read
priat at midnight, the fishermen
way to the banks, They fasteu
og iioes TO the ends of the oars, aud
p'g hsh ge.s h,ld toss the Our over
lm to play with until ho gets tired
o. as scientific, this is more