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impossible to induce a Highlander to talk of his ghosts and fairiee in 

 broad daylight, and the visitor (who must of conrse talk Gaelic) would 

 have to incur, besides his hotel bills, some small outlay on whisky to 

 induce men to talk freely and thi-ow off the ordinary restraint Highlanders 

 have in the presence of strangers. There are colonies of gipsies near 

 Wick who have lived in caves from time immemorial. 

 See also the remarks of Mr. Huxley ante ' Norfolk.' 



Fife. 



Places By whom suggested 



Buckhaven ' Dr. Beddoe. 



St. Monance ' „ 



The Lowlands. 



Lesmahagow Dr. Beddoe. 



Leadhills „ 



Wenlockhead ,, 



Lauder ....... „ 



Hightae Lient.-Colonel Frederick Bailey. 



Ferryden ,, „ 



Yetliolm ,, „ 



At Hightae (Dumfriesshire) the people have been settled for upwards 

 of 500 years. Ferryden is inhabited by people of Norse origin, and 

 Yetholm by a gipsy race. 



Mr. D. Christison remarks that in most parts of the Scottish lowlands, 

 since the introduction of railways, there has been a great shifting of the 

 population and an inroad of Irish, which, with the almost complete 

 Anglicising of the upper classes in the country districts, is rapidly extin- 

 guishing the Scottish character of Scotland ; but there are plenty of quiet, 

 retired villages which still retain something of their primitive population. 

 At Dundee intermarriage between the Irish and Scots, which at first was 

 unusual, has now become quite common. 



IRELAND. 



This part of the United Kingdom will be investigated by the Sub- 

 Committee for Ireland under the auspices of the Royal Irish Academy. 

 Communications for the Sub-Committee should be addressed to Professor 

 Haddon, as secretary, at the Royal College of Science, Dublin. 



The preceding tables show that in the islands of Great Britain 

 there are more than 250 places which, in the opinion of competent 

 authorities, would be suitable for ethnographic survey. The opinions of 

 the eminent persons who have favoured the Committee with this advice 

 show that, notwithstanding the rapid changes which have taken place 

 during the last fifty years in all parts of the country, much valuable 

 material remains for the Committee to work upon. They confirm the 

 considerations which were urged upon the Association when the appoint- 

 ment of this committee was asked for as to the necessity of proceeding 

 with the work without delay if it is to be carried into effect at all. 



The Committee have therefore prepared, for the use of those who 

 have expressed their readiness to help in this matter, the following circular 

 letter and forms of schedule : — 



' Fishers' villages. 

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