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December 13, 1969

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II-THE ISLAND OF THE CROFTER AND THE LAIRD

John McPhee

PROFILE of Colonsay, an island off Scotland, in the Hebrides. It is owned by Lord Strathcona. The previous laird, his father, was Donald Third Baron …