CONTENTS. 



A View of the Highlands, including the Hebride, 

 Orkney, and Shetland Iflands. 



Divijions and Face of the Country . 118 



The Manners of the Highlanders .informer Times 130 



The Character of t!y modern Highlanders^ and their Qualifi- 

 cations for the Arts of civil Life, as well as thofe of War* 133 

 Comparative State of the Highlands, and the Northern Coun- 

 tries of Europe, in refpeffi <f Towns, Commerce and Navi- 



The Produce of the Highlands ly Sea and Land 141 



Hiftory of Filh, and the Fifheries. 

 OfFiJb - -- -- 153 



Oftbe'-FiJheriet - ' - . - . - 162 



Migration of the Herrings - .. 171 



Re-view of the Herring Fijhcries - . - 175 



The Shetland, or Northern Fijhcry - - *- - 1 7 <; 



Of the Eaftern Fijheries ' - > - ' 188 



OftheWeficrnFiJherics, including a Review of the Re gula- 

 > tions, as the Lavs now ftavds, with their Operations and 



Ejfefls upon the Fijbcrics, andthofc concerned therein. Alfo, 



a Retrofpeft into the Proceedings of the Comrnljjioncrs of the 



.Revenue in -Scotland ; their Interpretation of the Law in 

 C rertain Cafes ; and the Fees tmpofed en the Fijhcries ; with 



other Particulars. - ^- 1^7 



Of the 'Non-payment of the Bounty - 1 97 



Of the Timc of Clearing Out - - - 204 



Of the Places of Rendezvous -^ - 208 



Of the Delays, Dangers, and Lojjl's arijing from the Pajfage 

 ;' * 'by the Mull of Cant ire - ' - 2 1 1 



Of tbc'Reftriflion which prohibits lh BuJJes from purchajing 



Herfings from the Highland E oats - - ~- - 214 

 Of the Reftraints rcfpetting the Irijh Fijhery, ly the Commif- 



fioners of the Cufloms at Edinburgh, contrary to the Siattite 2 20 

 Fees cxaftedby the Revenue Officers Expenfivc Joitrnies, and 



Attendances of the Owners ofBuJfis^, to, and at the Cuftom- 



^ with other Particulars - 224 



Importance of the fi r cflcrn Bufs Fijhcry Difficulties of the. 

 Adventurers, arijing from natural Canfcs Expediency of 

 incrcajing the Bountyr*-Plan of a Bounty per Barrel on Fiji) 

 taken, impracticable -A Boat Fijhcry recommended The 



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