670 RE MARKS ON DOCTOR 



Charges on 24 barrels of herrings, value 17!. us. fhipped at 

 weft end of the Glaigow canal, tor Bonowltounncis 

 at thecaftend, viz. 

 Bond 9>-. lurveyors js. 6d. < on 6 



Cuiiom-houie Yces at BoirowftouniKfs, 040 



Cancelling the bond, . o o 6 



o 16 o 



J\f marks on fundry Pajfagrs in Dr. Andtrfon's Report to ft* LorJk 

 e Trra/Kty, and his fubfequfnt Evidence and Dffirtatior.t 

 icftrc the Lommitue on the Britijb Fijbtra^ M<*y 1785. 



HavingfinceNov. 1784, applied withmore than ordinary aflid\nty 

 o various fubjects contained in this bulky volun 



n to l>c indilpenfibly ncccflary, previous ; 

 , a mod dilagrccablt, though not different bufinels 

 to be diicufled. A ftatement of Dr. Anderlbn*s pofitions, rcla- 

 to the fifheries, propoied towns, canals, and other matter* 

 h more immediately concern the northern part of the illand ; 

 \\-ithrcmaiksthereon, ny which the public will be better enabled 

 to form concl 11 lions on lub -mfidcrable importance 



to the ftrcngth and prolpcriiy of t! 1 :oms. 



Thc( ; > thclrlcbrides Aug. 22, 1784, 



and lays, ** The latenefs of the 1 ! him trom accom- 



44 pliihing one half < tw might have 



added to the latenefs of the feaion his owi. nbarkcd 



at Hay, and made for the long Illand, the main portion of which 

 is called Lewis, accommodated with the excellent port of Strona- 

 , and the only town amongft the Hebrides. Lewis is equal 

 in extent to Chefliire, or Derbylhire, contains 1 5,000 people, 

 and its fhores are one continued filhery ; yet, though time, at 

 that late feafon was precious, the doctor (pent the greateft part of 

 it at the Long Inand only ; at Stronaway in particular, he 

 ftaid 6 or 7 days, without waiting upon the proprietor of the 

 greateft part of the illand, a member of the houle of commons, 

 and diftinguilhcd for his exertions, in whatever relates to th< 

 provemcnt of the town and country, as well as the fisheries. This 

 gentleman ccndefcended to invite thedoftorto his feat, but i 

 no anfwer, he wrote a fecond time, to which the doctor paid not the 

 regarfi. He feived Mr. Mackenzie's fteward with the lame 

 neglect *, neither did he attempt to examine the ifland, or any 



Very different was the conduft of prince William Henry towards 



this gentleman, and the principal ts, to whom he behaved 



with the i c.:telt aff 1 condefcenfion, expreifmg at the fame 



ijmc, a ftjong.dcGi e tor infcrmution in every particu. of notice* 



.r.quifitivc , Mr. Bofwell, Dr. 



;on, and oiher travellers through thelc ifiamU, though at their own 



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a part 



