Ossian Collection > Journey to the western islands of Scotland

234 A JOURNEY TO THE
life knows nothing of progreffion or ad-
vancement.
The petty tenants, and labouring pea-
fants, live in miferable cabins, which afford
them little more than fhelter from the
ftorms. The Boor of Norway is faid to
make all his own utenfils. In the Hebrides,
•whatever might be their ingenuity, the
want of wood leaves them no materials.
They are probably content with fuch ac-
commodations as ftones of different forms
and fizes can afford them.
Their food is not better than their lodg-
ing. They feldom tafte the flelh of land
animals ; for here are no markets. What
each m.an eats is from his own ftock. The
great effe£t of money is to break property
into fmall parts. In towns, he that has a
fhilling may have a piece of meat ; but
■where there is no commerce, no man can
eat mutton but by killing a fheep.
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