By Mary Edward
IN THE 18th century a large part of Scotland was isolated by the geography of the Highland Line, which dissected the country from the lowlands to the northern coast. Most who lived beyond that somewhat arbitrary line were Gaelic speakers, surviving in a harsh and unforgiving terrain mainly by subsistence farming and fishing. It was a precarious existence, readily descending into famine when harvests failed or disease struck.
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