Highland Journeys

This work is a written record of Hogg's journeys around the Highlands.

Hogg left a written record of three of his many journeys to the Highlands, those of 1802, 1803 and 1804, and in "Highland Journeys", he offers a thoughtful and deeply-felt response to the "Highland Clearances".

He gives vivid pictures of his experiences, including a narrow escape from a Navy press-gang, and a Sacrament day with one minister preaching in English and another in Gaelic.

Hogg also explains aspects of Gaelic culture such as the waulking songs, and he describes the trade in kelp, lucrative to the landowners but back-breaking and ill-paid for the workers. "Highland Journeys" makes a refreshing contribution to our understanding of early-nineteenth-century travel writing.