Excerpt from Past and Present of Aberdeenshire: Or Reminiscences of Seventy Years The following little Work was originally suggested by a passage in the Introduction to one of the Edi tions of Dean Ramsay's Reminiscences, in which he says, I have recorded the following Remarks, by way of experiment, hoping that it might form a pre cedent or example for others to take up the question of changes amongst us, and state the result of their Observation. I have found that he who follows the Reverend Dean must do so at a great distance, and by a different route. To say nothing of his advanced age, which carried him back into bygone times, his profession and position in society brought him into contact with the Nobility and Gentry at a period far different from the present, while his acute observation and keen sense of the ludicrous, his strong Scottish predilections, warmth of heart, and geniality of man ners, peculiarly fitted him for collecting and record ing his reminiscences of Scottish life and character. He had, moreover, advantages, particularly in the later editions of his work, which no followers of his. 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.