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pofc here wanted ; but thofe which, upon the whole, 

 appear to me the bed, are the iflands on the weft 

 coaft of Mull, in Argylefhire. Thefe iflands are 

 numerous, many of them fmall, and yield excel- 

 lent pafturc. On thefe the parent breeds might be 

 placed, perfectly fecure from all danger: and as 

 other larger iflands of various dimenfions lie near 

 them, the ftock might eafily be removed to thefe, 

 when their increafe was fuch as to require it, and 

 would ftill continue to be under the eye of one 

 fuperintendant. As mofl: of thefe iflands belong to 

 the Duke of Argyle, who is at all times difpofed 

 to patronize and encourage every plan that promifes 

 to be beneficial to the country, there can be no 

 doubt but he would be ready to grant to the fo- 

 ciety every accommodation that could be reajonably 

 expecled from him. And though the fociety would 

 no doubt pay a rent for fuch land as they acquired, 

 yet if that rent were not greater than what is ufually 

 paid for fuch land in that country, they would find 

 no difficulty in getting fuch iflands as they had not 

 immediate occafion for, let, at the fame rent from 

 year to year, till they fhould find it neceflary to 

 occupy them themfelves. As for thofe iflands that 

 were ftocked by the new breeds of fheep, I do not 

 fuppofe the lofs by them, if any thing, could be 

 great) for rents there are low, and the wool, it is 



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