SAKDINIA AM) ITS \\ll,|) SilKEP 5 



straiirht stone walls, iiinlcr wliidi tlic little smoke-culoiircil 

 cattle cowiTed fidiii llir sliniii. Ill sdiiic |»;irts tlic l;iii(l- 

 se;i[ic was (IdHciI wiili ininnjln. tlic ancient fortitied dwcll- 

 iugs of prinievid Sards — conical stone towers, yellow with 



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llic moss (if three or lour iiiiMciiiiiuiHs - inlo w Inch i Ika- 

 retired with their lami lies on the approadi of rineiiiciaiis, 

 ArooTs, or other jiredntorv nnvii^'ntors. Ihil this h\|»ot liesis 

 is quite iiiiaiii lioii.x'd. and \cr\' likely wrong. 



As we rose to a hiolier level the snow fell hcavilv, 

 driven hefore a raging" i^ale, and the Highland llailwax in 

 niid-wintci' could iioi have presented a ninrc desolate 

 picture. 1 hlcssed in\' I'lir coat aiwl icindeei -liiieil hoots, 

 it 1 blessed nothing el.-e. It was nicrcl\- a ioretaste oi" the 

 weather which we were to endure with few respites for a 

 month. 



