ADDRESS TO THE rF.OPLE 



efientiaily fervicenblc in evfjmtypt of the 

 \\hcn furrounded with an i ! it is 



red that the f.nnr fpirir, -mrf's will 



iilandmen, in nil fin 

 calculated the quota of intrepid, 

 young men ready and quali;. 

 a fubfcqucnt war, at 20,000. It 

 built, by which men, \vo:^en, aiu may be 



encouraged to remain on their native foil, i 

 ture thar, upon any great emergency, yo 



o lend out double tin- above mm 

 the Monfieurs and the Dons a warm falute, wh- \ 

 die young chiels can get within mufket-fnor 



But the main ftrength, and grand efforts of Britain, 

 are from the navy; which, when properly command*^ 

 hath always proved invincible againil combined na- 

 tions, and let every Highlandman wifh that it may 

 long maintain that fuperiority. As France is now 

 copying Great Britain in her naval equipments, and 

 exerting every nerve to furpafs the latter, both in the 

 number and magnitude of her (hips, we mult be 

 always ready to meet that potent nation, at leail with 

 equal force. Within the memory of fome ITU 

 the Highlands, the number of fcamen voted f< 

 war eftabliihment was 45,000; the number hath been 

 increafed every fucceeding war, and in 1782, it. 

 amounted to 110,000; the next war will probably 

 require 130,000, to raife whom we (hall be brulTen 

 enough, for ye ken fu well, with what diflkul: 

 raifed a fmaller number in the lad ftruggle. Now, 

 it is evident, that all the other nurleries for fe am en 

 united fall fhort of the fifhery nurfery, both in num- 

 ber and hiirdinefs, and if government fhall be pleafed 

 to put the weftcoaft in a way of employing 5OobuiIes, 

 r ooo large boats, or wherries, which won; 



en, they muft lend a hand to the ; 

 navy, when Call n by his honour's highnefs 



. Ienry,and takeafpell of what's going 

 .^ainfkthc Monfieurs; for it would be a 



fhame, 



