The New Statistical Account Of Scotland Sutherland Caithness Orkney Shetland General Index PDF Download

Excerpt from The New Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. 15: Sutherland; Caithness; Orkney; Shetland; General Index The people here are rather above the middle size. They are in general well-made and handsome, and the women, comely. On the whole, they are a moral and religious people; industri ous, peaceable, and respectful to their superiors. With very few exceptions they regularly attend public worship; and their decent appearance on Sabbath days indicates their comfortable circum stances. Poaching and illicit distillation are now scarcely known among them. During the last three years there were 4 illegitimate births but in three of the cases the parties were afterwards married. 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.