The Crofter Question and Church Endowments in the Highlands, Viewed Socially and Politically

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Excerpt from The Crofter Question and Church Endowments in the Highlands, Viewed Socially and Politically: With an AppendixSome time ago it was my lot to spend a Sunday, in the month of August, on the west coast of Sutherland. N oth ing could exceed the beauty of the surrounding landscape. All nature was bathed in sunshine. Gurgling moss-coloured water from the hills, humming insect life, and varied bleat ings from the surrounding uplands, chanted a song of praise. All besides was still as the Sahara desert. Even within the precincts of the hotel, quiet reigned. It was the Sab bath day, and no work uncalled for by the stern mandate of necessity and mercy, was engaged in. I learned from mine host that the Free Church was half a mile, and the Parish Church about a mile distant, towards the west, and that service in both began at twelve o'clock, the language used in the former being Gaelic, and in the latter English.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.