The Pageant of the Forth: With Twenty-Four Illustrations in Colour by Scottish Artists (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from The Pageant of the Forth: With Twenty-Four Illustrations in Colour by Scottish Artists From the East N euk to the Bass it is some twelve miles across, and this great stretch of water extends with little diminution of its breadth right up to the port Of Leith there the Shores begin to draw in, and a few miles farther up we come to the narrow strait between North and South Queensferry. Above, the Firth broadens again in the land-locked haven, soon to be the rendezvous of a great part of our fleet, and twelve miles farther up, the river begins. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |