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| "Sooner or later you will find your way
to McRae's which is to the south side of the Grandfather what Calloway's
is to the north side, a farmhouse where one can stay awhile. There
is a trail over the end of the Grandfather by which you can go directly
from Calloway's to McRae's, but to strike this trail you have to walk
down the Linville River, which rising in an open space but a stone's
throw from the head of the Watauga, flows in quite the opposite
direction, and through so narrow a pass that you have to keep crossing
and re-crossing it, no small matter in a season of rains...
"There are peacocks at McRae's and Mr. MeRae has not forgotten how to play on the bagpipes those ancient airs that have so stirred the blood of his race. One of the pleasant memories of this side of the Grandfather is Mr. McRae walking up and down before the house playing pipes. But you will have to coax him to do it." (1913, Morley, pp. 374-375) |
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