IN THE WEST HIGHLANDS. J4 i 



Dull not be under 25!. exclufivc of offv -If, 



and other convenience* V 



jfpcdl of comfortable lodgings, plenti- 

 ful fupplics of roots and vegetables, and principally 

 the poiTeftion of a frt mcreafin^ in its value 



proportioned to the in- t trade, and the num- 



ber of inhabit >uld induce numbers to co- 



operate with governor ifing thcfc towns, and 



to profecutc the fifhcrics with unwt . c- 



rancc. A town o i of 200 freeholders, bc- 



:!icr inferior clafles of pcoj 



would, in the fituations hereafter mentioned, loon 

 become polTcfled of decked veflcls, wherries and 

 boats ; a place of traffic or market for all the varie- 

 ties peculiar to thoic fcas, for oil, kelp, fait, 

 .:nd timber; for grain, meal, cattle, fhecp, 

 poultry, ami other produce of the main land, and 

 the contiguous ifland, where, to fum up the whole, 

 the inhabitants of the town, and country; the hardy 

 fifhcrman, the coafter, and the merchant, would fup- 

 ply and be iupplied, in tlu- productions of fea and 



Speculators, and fupcrfici ;s, may propofe 



fchcmcs for ere&ing towns upon eafier terms to the 

 public, and conlcquently more flattering to govern- 

 ment ; but every pi. in that doth not hold out allure- 

 ments fuited to the cxpencv and hazards of the rirft 

 fcttlers, will deceive that public and thofc adventu- 

 rers. Such perfons do not take into the account 

 the various circumitances of foil, climate, provi- 

 fions, firing, and neighbourhood. The uncertainty 

 of the herrings, and the heav :es to the tra- 



ders and fiihcrs, whether fuccclbful or othcrw 

 thcfe and other particulars being o; through ig 



norancc or defign, the plaufiblc fchcmc may amufe 



In Ireland, where manv villages have bc^ .-built 



cxpcnce of a cabbtn, as it is 

 u-y rile from that to 40!. the coil of a good 

 ihoufc. 



the 



