Excerpt from The Scotsman in Canada, Vol. 2: Western Canada, Including Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and Portions of Old Rupert's Land and the Indian Territories Scotland has a most composite people, and probably it is because Auld Scotia has in her bounds so many strains and racial elements that the Scottish nation possesses, and has always possessed, men Of such varied powers and plastic faculties. Not the pure but rather the mixed races have been the most potential peoples Of the world. The traditions and passionate race prejudices Of the Highlanders, as shown in Robertson's Historical Proofs of the Highlands, prevented for a long time the real facts concerning race and language being clearly brought out in Scotland. But the new era Of a scientific anthropology, not yet fifty years Old, has cleared the marches and laid 'bare the truth. 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.