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the confidence which the king repofcs in hit 

 Highland fubjc&s. 



3. The liberal fupply voted by thchoufe of com- 

 mons, for your relief during the fetfon of fcarcity. 



4. A generous fubfcription for the relief of th 

 Orkney i Hands, firft opened in the northern coundec 

 of England. 



5. 1'i.c Lite cruife of his majefty's fon, upon your 

 eoalts ; his honouring Stronaway with a vide, tod 

 his minute inquiries refpecline the fifheries. 



fc are happy omens of the good difpoCtion 

 of the king and people towards you, and may be 

 confidered as preludes to an extcnfwe chain of mea- 

 furcs for your relief in all cafes that (hall be found 

 expedient and practicable -, the principal of which 

 will be enumerated in the fubfequent chapter. And 

 I may further add, that the major part of the nobi- 

 lity and gentry, both on the continent and the iflands, 

 : folvcd to take an active (hare in the generous 

 deigns. 



Thefe favours or indulgencies from the public, 

 and your chiefs, require a grateful return on your 

 part to God the firlt caufe, and to your king and 

 country, as the means. The benefits between the 

 public and you mud be reciprocal ; this is what the 

 nation have a jutl right to expect in return for the 

 expenditure of public money, at a period when the 

 fubjccls arc born down with the weight of unavoid- 

 able taxes, to which you contribute nothing, and 

 from which it is probable you will be legally ex- 

 empted, when the circumflanccs of your country 

 fhall be inveftigatcd by the fcnate. 



The departments wherein you are to ad in the 

 grand machine of national polity, relate to the army, 

 the navy, and the filhcries. 



Of the army department little need be faid : you 

 kave ever Ihewn a manly readinefs to rife, when 

 called upon, in your country's defence, and an in- 

 flexible adherence to yo\)r engagements. You have 



been 



