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" ... for concluding, that the mountainous parts of the estate and indeed of the county of Sutherland, were as much calculated for the maintenance of stock as they were unfit for the habitation of man, there could be no doubt as to the propriety of converting... "
The Crofter in History - Page 97
by Lord Colin Campbell - 1885 - 104 pages
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Macphail's Edinburgh ecclesiastical journal and literary review, Volumes 29-30

1861 - 790 pages
...habitation of mart, there could be no doubt as to the propriety of converting them into sheep -walks, provided the people could be at the same time settled...livelihood, and add to the general mass of national wealth." What does the old cannibal mean ? Is he unaware of the very simple fact, that where domesticated animals...
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Altavona. Fact and Fiction from My Life in the Highlands

John Stuart Blackie - 1882 - 692 pages
...Well, I want you to peruse the whole volume at your leisure ; meantime attend to this passage : — " There was every reason for concluding that the mountainous...those privations, which so frequently and so terribly afflicted them, when situated among the mountains. It was a matter of important consideration to determine...
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The History of the Highland Clearances

Alexander Mackenzie - Highlands (Scotland) - 1914 - 294 pages
...to the propriety of converting them into sheep walks, provided the people could be at the same tune settled in situations, where, by the exercise of their...those privations, which so frequently and so terribly afflicted them, when situated among the mountains. It was a matter of important consideration, to determine...
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