Scotland/Scots > Journey to the Western Islands of Scotland

i9o A JOURNEY TO THE
veflel, they have increafed for want of
weafels to oppofe them.
The inhabitants of Sky, and of the other]
Elands, which I have feen, are commonly
of the middle ftature, with fewer among!
them very tall or very fhort, than are feen;
in England, or perhaps, as their numbers
are fmall, the chances of any deviation
from the common meafure are necefTariiy]
few. The tailed men that I faw are among j
thofe of higher rank. In regions of bar- j
rennefs and fcarcity, the human race isl
hindered in its growth by the fame caufes |
as other animals.
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The ladies have as much beauty here as
in other places, but bloom and foftnefs are |
not to be expected among the lower clafles,
whofe faces are expofed to the rudenefs of
the climate, and whofe features are fome-
times contrn&ed by want, and fometimes vj
hardened by the blafts. Supreme beauty |
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