THE BEE, 



OR, 



XirERARY WEEKLY INTELLIGENCER, 



roR 



Wednesday,' March 21.1792. 



ACCOUKT OT A VOYAGE TO THE HEBRIDES, BY A 

 COMMITTEE OF THE BrIXISH FISHERY SOCIETY, IK 

 THE YEAR 1 787. 



'The att-ention of the public having been frequently of late years directed to- 

 wards the important object cf the fjheries on the ivestern coasts of Scotland, 

 it is not doubted, hut our readers luill be pleased nuith a performance that 

 tends to thro-w light on this -very interesting subject. In this persuasion, the 

 Editor is happy to be able to present his readers ivith the filiciuing re- 

 marks, <uiith ^which he has been kindly favoured, by a public spirited gen- 

 tleman, to 'wiom Scotland lies tK:der great obligations, ivhose name luUl 

 be revered in future ages by all luho study the bistoij of this country. 



Sir, To the Editor of the Bee. 



^On perusing my memorandums, I find a fhort jour- 

 nal among them of a tour made to the Hebrides bj 

 a committee of the directors of the fifhery_society, in 

 the year 1787. The object of that committee was 

 for the purpose of chusing proper .stations for some 

 new towns, which the society intended to erect, in 

 the most advantageous situations for the fifhery ; and 

 ibr the general commerce of the kingdom. I knov^ 

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