ON THE PRESENT STATE OF THE HIGHLANDS OF SCOTLAND, WITH A VIEW OF THE CAUSES AND PROBABLE CONSEQUENCES OF EMIGRATION. Douglas, sit BY THE EARL OF SELKIRK. LONDON: PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, AND Orme, PATERNOSTER-ROW; AND A. CONSTABLE AND CO., EDINBURGH; By R. Taylor and Co. 38, Shoe-Lane. CONTENTS. IV. Situation and circumstances of the old tenantry: choice of resources when dis- possessed of their farms: Emigration pre- Page 21 VI. The Emigrations of the Highlanders in- timately connected with the progress of VII. Means that have been proposed for pre- serving the population of the Highlands: improvement of waste lands; fisheries; |