iSo NEW STATISTICAL QUERIES. June 29, 



For the Bee. 



A Card. 



The Earl of Buchan prefents his refpeftful compliments 

 t-o the ellablillied clergy of the kirk of Scotland ; and 

 flatters himfelf they will permit him to recommend 

 •with fuccefs, tlie completion of the ftatiftical account 

 of tlieir parillies, To happily begun under the care of 

 tiis worthy country mar,, Sir John Sinclair of Ulbfter. 



In trading towns, it is hoped, a concife hiilory will 

 be given of their occalional decline or advancement, 

 with the proximate caufes. In univerfity towns, a fliort 

 account of the foundation, mode of teaching, number 

 of ftudents, and fucceffion of eminent profeffors and 

 eminent fcholars that^have adorned thefe feminaries and 

 their country. In countries of mines and minerals, it 

 is intreated, that authentic accounts may be given of 

 the working fituations, produce and profpefts. 



Drylrugh 

 'June xbth 



Abbey, 1 



Hijlorical Fragments, continued from page 314. 



Chronicles of Great Britain, chap, cxxvi. 



America. 



1. And it came to pafs alfo, that the people of Bri- 

 tain did evil in the fight of the Lord ; and he gave them 

 over to ftrange delufions, that they fliould believe in 

 lies. 



1. For they flattered themfelves with the vain be- 

 lief, that the men of their nation were all men of va- 



