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The journal is comprised of descriptive daily entries including observations on the ship, its crew, and the other passengers in steerage; and a postscript written upon arrival in Dunedin, New Zealand.

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While at Argos from 1828 until 1831 Thomas Gordon, James Robertson, and the historian George Finlay worked on the site of the ruined Heraeum near Argos.

Scope and Contents Journal, 1880-1881, of James Sutherland, missionary in Livingstonia, Malawi. James Sutherland was recruited as an agriculturalist for the Free Church of Scotland mission in Nyasaland, now Malawi, during its early years. His journal describes his journey up the Zambesi and the Shire, and includes comment on the landscape and its suitability for cultivation. Sutherland arrives at the Church of Scotland mission at Blantyre in February 1881, where he stays for a few weeks before...

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There are detailed accounts of his visits to Spain, Greece, Italy and Switzerland with small watercolour sketches accompanying his description of Spain.

The manuscript is made up of six notebooks of varying sizes bound together.

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The first part of the volume, however, contains correspondence, notes and cuttings concerning the Ossianic controversy and experiments in meteorology with diagrams and notes.

Several printed ‘Proceedings of the Geological Society’ for 1873-1874 are also included (folios 21, 26, 42).

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Other items included in this volume are a letter of Sir Archibald Geikie, 1865 (folio 39), an extract of ‘A Night in a Workhouse’, and extracts from ‘Frost and Fire’ pasted at the end (folios 234 verso-252).

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There is more material relating to the ‘Sutherland Gold Fields’, principally diagrams and press cuttings (folio 101), and towards the end of the volume is a series of notes and watercolours made while travelling in the north of Scotland.

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Several letters to Campbell have been included all enclosing contributions to the collection of Highland Literature. Also included are notes on ‘The Story of Art MacCuinn, King of Ireland’ (folio 111-137).

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The volumes reflect, in his detailed descriptions, watercolours and sketches, Campbell’s interest in people, art, science and sport. In the later journals, his interest in geology and meteorology predominates, with particular emphasis on the effects of glaciation observed in various countries.

The sketches usually occur in chronological sequence with notes below each giving the date, place and other additional information.

Scope and Contents Campbell’s description of his visit to Italy dwells particularly on Mount Vesuvius and on the works of art he saw in Rome and Florence.Near the beginning of the volume he discusses Gaelic literature and meteorology with accompanying diagrams and cuttings.A little correspondence for 1874 and several printed items including copies of Campbell’s ‘On the Glaciation of Ireland’ (folio 3) and ‘About Polar Glaciation’ (folio 28) have been inserted at the front of the...

Scope and Contents The volume contains many Highland tales which Campbell has taken down in English in note-form. There are only one or two he has written in Gaelic.Campbell has illustrated the journal with a few watercolour sketches of Scottish Scenes (folios 10-12, 85, 87 verso, 117 verso, 158 verso-159, 166 verso, 169 verso, 283) and some miscellaneous insertions have been made throughout the volume:(i) A printed pamphlet ‘On Prehistoric Remains in the Neighbourhood of the Crinan...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The journals cover the years 1760-1813, with gaps from 1761-1865 and 1778-1781.