To mention the name of such a man in connection with commerce or with any mechanical art was an insult.

Agriculture was indeed less despised.

Yet a highborn warrior was much more becomingly employed in plundering the land of others than in tilling his own.

The religion of the greater part of the Highlands was a rude mixture of Popery and Paganism.

The symbol of redemption was associated with heathen sacrifices and incantations.