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VILLAGES, &c. 



1HAVE read moft of Mr John Knox's 

 publications concerning the Britifh em- 

 pire and fifheries, with his tours and obferva- 

 tions. The public in general, and the inha- 

 bitants of the North of Scotland in particular, 

 are under fingular obligations to Mr Knox 9 

 for the great trouble and expence he has been 

 at, in order to inform the nation how great 

 advantages would accrue to the whole nation, 

 and the navy in particular, if proper encou- 

 ragement was given to the herring and cod- 

 fifhing. 



It is very illiberal in the Reviewers, or < 

 thers, to take notice of any little inaccuracies K - 

 in Mr Knox's works, when his intentions are 

 good. And, if the directions were followed, 



they 



