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THE CELTIC MAGAZINE.real value <strong>to</strong> tliem, and where <strong>the</strong>y can spend it improving land wliichwill not only be found profitable during <strong>the</strong>ir lives, but which will betlieir own and <strong>the</strong>ir descendants freehold for ever, than <strong>to</strong> continuestarving <strong>the</strong>mselves and <strong>the</strong>ir children on barren patches and crofts offour or five acres of unproductive land in <strong>the</strong> Highlands. "We have experiencedall <strong>the</strong> charms of a Highland croft, as one of a large family, andwe unhesitatingly say, that we cannot recommend it <strong>to</strong> any able-bodiedperson who can leave it for a more promising outlet for himself and family.While we are of this opinion regarding voluntary emigration, we haveno hesitation in designating forced evictions by landlords as a crime deserving<strong>the</strong> reprobation of all honest men."We shall also have something <strong>to</strong> say regarding <strong>the</strong> Commercial Interestsof <strong>the</strong> Highlands— its trade and manufactures, and <strong>the</strong> abominablesystem of long Credit which is, and has proved, so ruinous <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> tradesmanj and which, at <strong>the</strong> same time, necessarily enhances <strong>the</strong> price of allgoods and provisions <strong>to</strong> <strong>the</strong> retail cash buyer and prompt payer. On all<strong>the</strong>se questions, and many o<strong>the</strong>rs, we shall from time <strong>to</strong> time give ourviews at fur<strong>the</strong>r length, as well as <strong>the</strong> views of those who diti'er from us."We shall, at least, spare no effort <strong>to</strong> deserve success.<strong>The</strong> Highland Ceilidh will be commenced in <strong>the</strong> next number,and continued from month <strong>to</strong> month. Under this heading will be givenHighland Legends, Old Unpublished Gaelic Poetry, Riddles, Proverbs,Traditions, and Folk-Lore.

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