82 REMARKS ON DOCTOR 



*ed to give a vivacious flimuhis at the beginning, to put the 



ic in motu pulh ihouUf Iv n 



at the beginning, at Ic.ift, one large town, which 

 ' ihor , as a general market : 



:it places ; tod which (hould be endued v 

 3 than thole already mentioned, and he e> 

 .ecofpre- becoming the dignified , ihould 



" have to act among the \ 



doctor hath given a very minute plan of a mum 

 or cit; > be divided into ib< '5, and dp; 



perly adapted for giving t fleet to tin- leveia! 

 of police, with other edifying particulars which in thii 



be repeated. The doctor, in a long <! 



wherein he Hates t ice in the 



t cafe, to fmall towns or villages, argues thus in his notes. 

 *' In fuch a fuuation too alone, the fallies of wit, 

 * of genius find encouragement ; tor it is th 

 " efforts can be brought to market. There alfo it is that printers 

 ** and news-writers, pamphleteers, reviewers, magn/inc makers,* 

 'i all their mi., j>endents, find employment; none 



*' of which could ever have been called into exiftence, but by th* 

 * influence of large towns." 



" I judged it neceflary," fays he, " to explain on this occifion, 

 '* fome of thofe circumftanccs which give to large towns fuch a 

 *' decided fuperiority over fmall places in regard to commerce, 

 *' arts, manufactures, and agriculture, to lerve as an apolo 

 *' that predilection I have exprefled for them in the / 



. y fpeculative men, who have not attentively confiderecl this 

 ** fubjccl, think they perceive numberlels objections to large cities, 

 " and exprefs a piedi'ec"tion in favour of villages and hamlets." 



The do/tor hath at leail fpoke truth for once. 'J hei 

 projects are the fubjecls of ridicule and contempt wherever they 

 are mentioned. We were informed in the Highlands, that the 

 doctor talked largely of his propofed cities, comparing them in 

 magnitude to Edinburgh and Glau 



fubfequcnt note, he propoles 5 cities to be immediately 

 , and hath alfo fpecified the moft eligible fituations ag: 



. MA, Dunvegan, in the Ifle of Skye ; Stronaway, in 

 ; Loth Boildale, in South Uift ; Tobermory, in 

 and Bowmore in I flay. I had propofed the coaft of the main land, 

 for the feat of 8 market towns and ports ; becaufe, lying in the 

 centre between an extenfive back country upon the eaft, and the 

 i y in front on the welt, the benefits of this line 



of ports, would pervade the wliolc internal diftricts of the conti- 



Some years ago the do&or attempted to eftablift a weekly maga- 

 zine in London j but, fuch wa$ the want of taftc and difctrnment in 

 the metropolis, that the laic did not defray the expence, ami the 

 defign was relinrjuifhcd. The plan may, however, be refumed wiih 

 tetter fucccfs amongft the Hebridean cities. 



