OF SCOTLAND. $9 



of inhabitants ; when we fum up all thefe circum- 

 ftances, the aggregate will enable us to form an 

 cilimate of the importance of that divifion of the 

 ifland ; and this leads to the main objects of the 

 work, fo far as they relate to that kingdom. 



Scotland^ the mo ft valuable NUT f cry of Seamen in tie 

 Britijb Empire, England executed. 



The benefits which England derives from Ireland, 

 America, Africa, the Eaft and Weft Indies, have 

 been the frequent theme of public difcufnon by the 

 natives of the refpe&ive countries, or by perfons 

 whole intereftor inclination it was, to fet forth thefc 

 advantages in the mpft favourable light. 



Our derivative benefits, from the northern part 

 of the united kingdom, in flrength, and commerce, 

 though of all others the moft valuable, permanent, 

 and improveable, have not hitherto been fo forcibly 

 reprefented, fo fully underflood, or regarded with 

 fuch attention and refpect, as their importance 

 feems to require. To this may be partly owing the 

 neglrct of that kingdom, the contempt in which it 

 is beheld, the comparative fcantinefs of the funds 

 allotted for its improvement, and the univerfal dif- 

 pofition for emigration amongft the hufbandmen 

 and artiils, to a country where thofe induftrious 

 people will eilablifh, much fooner than is generally 

 imagined, the various manufactures of their native 

 land. 



It is to be wifhed that we may not, for a long 

 term of years, have occafion for fuch numerous 

 armies as have lately pervaded the globe, and in 

 which the Scots fupported, as ufual, their military 

 reputation : but a powerful, well-appointed fleet, 

 and a proportionate number of men, always in rea- 

 dinefs, will ever be neceflary, both in peace and 

 war. The great exertions, and the incredible ex- 

 pence of this kingdom, in acquiring, raifing, pro- 

 \ te&ing, 



