appendix to the Account of lvtproi)ii??}cnts in Caithness, ii 



in-iy be desirous of makiDg such seitlenv-.-nts on a lavj^^e 

 and liberal scale, that it would be advisable to dispose -the 

 allotment of the waste lands that may belong to the town of 

 Thurso (exclusive of the niOsses) to the crown, at any fair 

 price that may be fixed upon by the conmissioners appointed 

 by t))e act j and that ti^.e price received for the sanit, shall 

 be employed in paving the street?, iuipr<^ving the harbour, 

 and carrying on other public woiks, the most likely to be 

 advantageous both to the towii and neic^libourhood. 



IV. That were this plan carried into execution, three objects 

 of great public importance rv^ould at once be accomplished ; 

 for it would liave a tendency to promote the improvement 

 of a town, situated in the remotest part of tlie ]:in<(d'.>m ; it 

 would be the meanu of speedily briiiging into cuJiivation an 

 extensive tract of valuable land, nov/ lying- totally useless j 

 and the hope of such a settlemeiit would cheer the heart 

 of many as brave and w^orthy subjects as any in his Majes- 

 ty's dominions, whose prospects at this time are truly deplo- 

 rable. 



V. That a copy of these Resolutions, together Vv'ith tiie sketch 

 of a plan for makuig a royai colony at Scrabster, be trans- 

 mitted to his Majesty's ministers, to the commissioners ap- 

 pointed by act of parliament for carrying on the roads and 

 bridges throughout the Highlands, to the barons of- his Ma- 

 jesty's exchequer, and to the officers of the crown in Scotland. 



Sketch of a plan for estab]i::hing a Royal Colovy at Scrabster, 

 in the county of Caithness, on a tract of Com^mon, which 

 - will be allotted to the Crovm, together with some waste 

 lands to be purchased in its neighbourhood. 



Let us suppose that 3000 acres in all are employed in ma- 

 iling the intended settlement, of wiiich one half belonc^s to the 

 prown, and the other half must be purchased. 



It is proposed, on part of the land, near the buin^ or water 

 of Scrabster, to erect a village for labouring people, and to di- 

 vide the remainder into small farms. 



The village to consist of a hundred h-ouses, each house to 

 have, at an average, 3 acres of land attached to it, which 

 would enable each settler to keep a cow, (of the breed of that 

 country), summer and winter. It is supposed th^t this quanti- 

 ty of land, namely 3 acres, might be cultivated by means of 

 that exccUtnt insti-ument the Cascroum^ (a kind of foot 

 plough) which the Highlanders can mauiige with great dexte- 

 rity, and v/hich is too little knov.'n. 



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