Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1851-12-27
Life in The highlands Of Scotland.

fhe Christian mtelligencer is publishing ,
a series of very lively letters fiom Scotland,
written 10y Rev. DR.. MClelund, late Profes- ,
sDr at New Brunswick, who is now on u
visit TO the land OF his fathers. The follow
ing extracts, Illustrative of Life in the High !
lauds,' will he interesting OH many accounts I
particularly for the instruction they give .
ol tie slow advance OF civilization in parts
of Great Brtiun-nn offset 10 some British y
stories of lie Uuted States:
"The Highlands incl,de all that portion of
the country which lies north of Glasgow, TO
the extent of at least ninety miles; forming
the shires of Argyle, Ross, Sutherland, aud
parts Of Aberdeen aud Perth. They are, in
short, broad belt or zone, dividing the
country into two unequal parts; ard this
belt is occupied by u little nation of its Own,
which, though Incorporated with the Scot
tish nation, realms singular pecullaretles OF
language aud nnnners. These are passing
away; but the physical TEXTURES will endure,
NJ least until another grand catastrophe,
when old Ocean shall set out in quest of
! new hobtalions, and the peak Of Ben Nevis
may become IL spindlcd rock. The region
is n vast asseInblage of hills and mountains,
originally one solid mass of granite, but
which nature seems to have broken up and
. SC, tered about for her amusement, when
she wns very young, uniuuglt as yet those
habits of ORDER which our lady Mentors so
earnestly and properly nculcate. Their ele-
vaiion is from two thousand to four thou
sand five hundred feet, and they are sepnra-
ted from each other by gens of unequal
length aud breadth aud every variety Of form.
These geus uie lovely spots; being usual
~ fertile, well watered, aud completely shell
tered from the cold winds, which, loaded
with mist aud vopor from the ocean, are con-
tiuualy sweeping over the more elevated
parts. Down in these, aud generally near a
brawing streamlei, the Gael pitches his tent
though it is every thing but tent, being
constructed of rough stone taken from the
hillside, with matched roof and window
admitting so little light, that we wonder how
the family can perform amy business but
sleeping. Formerly, the window was noih-
ing more than a small oblong hole, aud the
chimney was another hole in the roof But
civilization has wrought some changes for
the better, even here aud accordingly, we
often 6ud q easement having two or four
panes of glass, and cuy chimney at one
end, with fire place below, instead OF the
+ rude circle OF stones directly in the middle
of ,he room, which was formerly the whole
of their heniing apparatus. These improve
nsents however, are Gar from being univer.
sal. Many an old fashioned shieling may he
seen, where the hole in the wall is the only
window and the smoke, too lazy or too
obstinate to make its wuy through the small
, aperture in the root, settles down as II mem.
ber of the family, embracing everything in
, lis blackningcoil, and continually aecunua.
ting until il can no longer endure itself, and
/, o0zes out from every part Of the thatch, sc
, that spectator AT n distance might take the
house to be a cbaring pit in full action. Per,
, haps II is this Which has produced that dsre'
gard to cleanliness of which shall say more
hereafter. Dirt not seen is, phloscphicaly
speaking, no dirt at all: so, at any rate
thinks tile Hishlandman and not being o.
suspicious turn, he has no misgivings tina
1 any are of different opinion.
. Nothing ean exceed the milk which is fur
J nished hy the small black COW Of the High
!, lands, To say that it excels your blue watel
: in New York, would he TO say something ex
Z tremely silly; we have no milk in Americt
] that will bear comparison. There is a rich
/ ness in il, a creamy, delicious body, az
, aroma SO exquisite, ard whteness so abso.
4 luieIy perfect, that had the ancients known
i',.witl their fine taste aud delicate spprecia-