Guide to Sutherland and Caithness, by Hew Morrison, 1883, p30 - While at Golspie, in August 1829, Beriah Botfield of Norton Hall described two scenes which impressed him very much. The first was 'a flock of men, women, and children of all ages, hasting in their holiday attire to embark on board a brig from Brora to Upper Canada'. The other was when he had 'an opportunity of observing, with a mingled feeling of respect and admiration, the deep devotional character of the Highland peasantry, who, however they may spend the other six days of the week, never fail to remember that the seventh day is the Sabbath, as the decency of their apparel, the staid and reverential expression of their countenance, and the constant observance of the sacred ordinances, abundantly testify'.