136 Parish of Kirkmichael. [cHAP. VII. 
feet. - The parish of Kirkmichael, in which this scenery oc- 
curs, is almost unpeopled. It has only one village—Tomin- 
toul—the highest in Scotland. The people who inhabit it 
and the other hamlets of the parish are of a different race 
and religion, and speak a different language, from those who 
inhabit the middle and lower parts of the county.* 
To return to the labors of our naturalist. For about fif- 
MAP OF BANFFSHIRE 
teen years Edward made the greater part of his researches 
at night. He made them in the late evening and in the 
early morning, snatching his sleep at intervals between the 
departing night and the returning day. 
* Their race is Celtic, whereas the inhabitants of the sea-shore are 
for the most part Scandinavian. Their language is Gaelic, whereas 
that of the rest of the county.is Scoto-English. Their religion is Ro- 
man Catholic, whereas that of thé lower part of the county is Protest- 
ant. There are many districts in Scotland where, in consequence of 
the inaccessibility of the roads, the Reformation never reached. ° 
