. The earth and its inhabitants ... e. A few Scandinavian colonies on the mainland have retained their distinctcharacter. As an instance we may mention the village of Ness on Lewis, the * Jameson, History of the Guidées. t Forbes Leslie, Early Races of Scotland. X Mercey, Revue des Deux-Mondes, September, 1838. § Hugh Miller, Footprints of the Creator. II • Historical Description of Zetland. 358 THE BRITISH ISLES. inhabitants of wliu-li are clistinj:;uisho(l for ihoir enterprise, presentin<^ a singularcontrast to the sluggishness of their Gaelic neighbours. The descendants ofthese hostile r
. The earth and its inhabitants ... e. A few Scandinavian colonies on the mainland have retained their distinctcharacter. As an instance we may mention the village of Ness on Lewis, the * Jameson, History of the Guidées. t Forbes Leslie, Early Races of Scotland. X Mercey, Revue des Deux-Mondes, September, 1838. § Hugh Miller, Footprints of the Creator. II • Historical Description of Zetland. 358 THE BRITISH ISLES. inhabitants of wliu-li are clistinj:;uisho(l for ihoir enterprise, presentin<^ a singularcontrast to the sluggishness of their Gaelic neighbours. The descendants ofthese hostile races have, like oil and water, long refused to mingle. Itwould nevertheless be next to impossible to define the boundaries between thevarious races throughout the country. Language certainly would prove no safeguide, for many of the Gaels have given up their language and speak of 3,500,000 Scotchmen only 250,000 are able to express themselves Fig. 178.—Linguistic Map of Scotland. Aoonrrlinp to K G ?Rivpns+pii. X.
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