Show rich level tracts in the scottish highlands the region known to the world as the hie highlands of scotland lias has no po or civil boundary separate separated by only a vague line of demarcation from rom the division called the lowlands tile the scottish highlands may be briefly described as that portion of the north and northwest of scotland lit in which the celtic language lan and manners have less or more lingered until modern times the ill highlands igola ads as it 1 Is usually called extends diagonally across scotland from nairn on the lie moray firth to dumbarton on the clyde but the mountainous part of the counties of bariff banff moray aberdeen kincardine Kin cardine eardine and perth are also understood to be included in the descg nation ill highl tin ds 11 caithness might be excluded excluded BS as being a generally level country but throughout the highlands there are rich level tracts none being more so BO than the eastern division of ross share the hebrides or western isles are included include in the highlands but the isles of orkney and shetland though to the north are distinctly excluded by reason of the norse origin of ini |