SKETCHES OF THE CHARACTER MANNERS AND PRESENT STATE OF THE HIGHLANDERS OF SCOTLANDWith Details of the Military Service of the Highland Regiments Vol 1

This monumental work is divided into four main parts: Part one deals with the history of the Highlands the Character of the Highlander his arms grab music loyalty clan system and the effects of the Disarming Act. The Second Part records the state of the Highlands and its people in the nineteenth century including such objects as crofting emigration and illicit distilling. Part Three by far the largest part of the book is devoted to military annals of the Highlands regiments relating the exploits of the regiments at home and abroad from their foundations to the Battle of Waterloo in 1815. Part four consists of some hundred pages of appendices covering such diverse subjects as education second sight armour returns of killed and wounded in various campaigns lists of officers wedding customs and wildlife.