SCENERY OF THE GROUP. 



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teeth of the horse, cow, sheep, and boar were found in 

 the Picts' houses on Wideford Hill opened in 1849. 



The climate of Orkney is moist and mild ; there are 

 neither such warm summers nor such cold winters as in 



A PICTS HOUSE. 



the south and west of Scotland. A gentleman who has 

 lived in Orkney the greater part of his life told me that 

 he had seldom seen ice strong enough to bear a man's 

 weight. The Gulf Stream is, no doubt, the cause of this. 



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