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Gray, Thomas, fl1866 (HMCS | England)

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Story about gravestones being mistaken for grey lag geese, 1887

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Identifier: Coll-97/CW89/213
Scope and Contents

Story about gravestones being mistaken for grey lag geese, in which a man by the name of [Captain Thomas?] Gray having mistaken gravestones at Clachan [Clachan na Luib, Uibhist a Tuath/North Uist] for greylag geese began to sketch them and make notes and continued to do so despite being told of his mistake by 'Norman the Bank'.

Dates: 1887
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / The Carmichael-Watson Collection / Field notebook belonging to Alexander Carmichael

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  • Subject: Clachan na Luib North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland X