Excerpt from Essays on the Superstitions of the Highlanders of Scotland, Vol. 2 of 2: To Which Are Added, Translations From the Gaelic; And Letters Connected With Those Formerly Published Those plants-of fair renown, which, in a less genial climate of the heart, are nipped by chilling indifference, or which wither, like Jonah's gourd, before the 'too ardent beams of public exposure, were here perennial evergreens, che(6) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.