abbotsferry

Updated: May 6, 2025

Where the farmer's horse cannot climb with the plough, or the little sheep cannot graze to advantage, human hands plant the Scotch larch or fir, just as a tenant-gardener would set out cabbage-plants in odd corners of his little holding which he could have no other use for. Abbotsferry is just above Abbotsford, and is crossed in a small row- boat.

Elihu Burritt - A Walk from London to John O'Groat's