. Scotland. rofts ; and I am afraid that when they do thisthey sometimes find it very hard to live, for the cropswhich they manage to raise are poor, and there are notvery many good markets at which they can sell theirhandful of sheep, or tiny droves of cattle. CHAPTER III ITS HIGHLANDS (continued) IF you went up into the Highlands there are threethings that would strike you at once. One would bethe language of the people ; the next, their dress ; andthe third, their names. If you spoke to two or three shepherds walkingalong the road, or went up to a group of children andasked them a question,
. Scotland. rofts ; and I am afraid that when they do thisthey sometimes find it very hard to live, for the cropswhich they manage to raise are poor, and there are notvery many good markets at which they can sell theirhandful of sheep, or tiny droves of cattle. CHAPTER III ITS HIGHLANDS (continued) IF you went up into the Highlands there are threethings that would strike you at once. One would bethe language of the people ; the next, their dress ; andthe third, their names. If you spoke to two or three shepherds walkingalong the road, or went up to a group of children andasked them a question, they probably would answeryou in English, for English is taught in all the schoolsnowadays; but if you heard them talking to oneanother, you would not be able to make out a wordthey said, unless you had learned Gaelic ; for that is thelanguage of the Highlands, and long ago the peopletalked Gaelic, and nothing else. But why did the Highlanders talk Gaelic and theLowlanders English? I hear some of you ask. 8. INVERARAY CROSS ANO CASTLE. PAGE 12. Its Highlands Well, the answer to that question is a long one, toolong to answer properly here ; but if you begin to readabout it you will find that the people in the Highlandsare what are called Celts — they are descended fromCeltic races, who spoke a language of their own—whilethe Lowlands are inhabited by people who are descendedfrom the Anglo-Saxons and the Scandinavians, whoselanguage was more or less the same as that spoken inEngland. Then you would notice the Highland dress. I needhardly describe it to you, for you have all seen it,either worn by someone, or in a picture. The short kilted skirt, which is made out of a longpiece of tartan plaid, pleated or kilted into a band,which gives its name, the kilt, to the whole dress;the furry sporran, or purse; the short stockings, show-ing the bare knees; and the little jacket, with the plaid,made of the same tartan as the kilt, caught up on oneshoulder. And what do you expect every
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