. The Scotish Gaël; or, Celtic manners, as preserved among the Highlanders: being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities, and national peculiarities of Scotland; more particularly of the northern, or Gaëlic parts of the country, where the singular habits of the aboriginal Celts are most tenaciously retained . the carpet manufacture,for instance, be carried on, where the wool is always athand, as well as the materials for dyeing it. Mv. CuthbertGordon, before mentioned, declared that he liad made adiscovery which would lead to the incalculable benefit ofScotland,
. The Scotish Gaël; or, Celtic manners, as preserved among the Highlanders: being an historical and descriptive account of the inhabitants, antiquities, and national peculiarities of Scotland; more particularly of the northern, or Gaëlic parts of the country, where the singular habits of the aboriginal Celts are most tenaciously retained . the carpet manufacture,for instance, be carried on, where the wool is always athand, as well as the materials for dyeing it. Mv. CuthbertGordon, before mentioned, declared that he liad made adiscovery which would lead to the incalculable benefit ofScotland, but as he unfortunately did not meet withsufficient encouragement to mature his plans, which Ibelieve related to dye stuffs, the valuable secret was nevercommunicated to his countrymen. There can be no doubtbut that the Higliland weavers, who indeed, as it is,occasionally make carpets of great beauty of design andgoodness of fabric, if properly encouraged, would soon rival,if not much surpass, the manufacturers of Kidderminster. The vessels represented underneath are selected fromvarious discoveries, as specimens of the earthenware manu-factures of the ancient Celtic tribes of Britain, and mustbe allowed to be not altogether deficient either in beautyof form or ornament. That in the centre is the most usualform of the funereal
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