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place his refidcnce, and bleflef the coaft by his ju- 



.md humane application of the prcl 

 rous be<; II. rendered 



j^rcat fquarc tower : the part referred 

 ;> a large hall, and a few 

 apartments i but the reft of the fpacious 

 rpofes which make the heart 

 to glow with joy when thought of. The upper 

 is an 'janary ; from whence corn is difpcrfcd 



n&ion, even in thr deareft 

 llings a bufhcl ; and the dif- 

 les round, often -ncc the 



his bem 



c fitted up for the reception 



of fl ^' n g is provided for 



jo, li i numbt- :\ to be caft on (horc 



at the fame time. A conftant patrolc is kept every 



empeftuous coaft, for above 



8 miles, the length of the manor, by which means 



>ers of 1 e been pre; Many poor 



wretches arc often found on the fhore in a ftate of 



fibiliry; but by :ix>n brought 



cs. 



It often happens, that fhips drike in fuch a 



ible of relief, in 

 cafe numbers o: be fuddenl 



: for that purpolc a cannon is : i the top 



of the tower, which is fired or, the accident 



ns in fuch a quarter; : and 



thrice, if in fuch a place. By thefc fignals the 



country people are c to the fpot they arc to 



.id by this ir.cans, frequently prefcrve not 



:he veil machines of 



different kinds are a: \ readincfs to heave (hips 



out of their perilous fituation." 



I i. n the hiftory of this charity on a double 



account ; firft, that it may (limulatc others to follow 



the example in hazardous fituations for (hipping ; 



*nj fecondly, as a rebuke to fuch of the Scottiih 



N N a travellers 



