The fisherman of the northeast coast differ greatly in habits and outlook from their neighbours in the same village or town. Taciturn and reserved towards strangers, they are often loquacious among themselves; under a stolid exterior they may become, highly emotional and their feelings are readily touched if the right chord is struck.
'A. self-contained race, _intér-marrying to a dangerous degree, they are usually shy, and in some respects simple. And they have beliefs and superstitions peculiar to themselves, the result of long absences from land and the multitude of their perils at sea. To such a people the revivalist makes a strong appeal, and the present religious movement is by no means the first of its kind in these fishing towns and villages.
One dramatic incident should be recorded. In a village near Fraserburgh the fisher men and women assembled on the shore. They had brought with them what they had termed their offerings—pipes, pouches, and tobacco; playing cards, draught boards, and crown and anchors; ornaments, ear-rings, and jewellery. All these were thrown into a bonfire, and as
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