Allan Massie in his The Royal Stuarts quotes a lowlander's description of Highlanders:
"The Highlanders and peoples of the islands on the other hand are a savage and untamed nation, rude and independent, given to rapine, easy-living, of a docile and warm disposition, comely in person but unsightly in dress. Hostile to the English people and language, and, owing to the diversity of speech, even to their own nation, and exceedingly cruel."
I know this is from a lowlander, but it's not all bad. (My wife and I are from families with Highland roots.)
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