Excerpt from Sketches of the Character, Institutions, and Customs of the Highlanders of Scotland In the Preface to the first edition, General Stewart informs us that his statements are grounded on authentic documents on communications from people in whose intelligence and correctness he places implicit confidence; on his own personal knowledge and observation; and on the mass of general information, of great credibility and con sistency, preserved among the Highlanders of the last century and he assures us of his honest and perfect conviction of the truth of all he has advanced, and of the vital importance attached to the several points touched upon. Having explained how he was induced to commence the work, and how he suc ceeded in obtaining so much valuable and authen tic information, first, concerning the forty-second, . About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This 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.