694 REMARKS ON DOCTOR 



at the fame time the rains, about which En^liih writers hmre 



ill IK-CON. , and there 



a doubt but that, v.ith Heady JH odicM 



< aiher ui i 



will l\: more plentiful, and lately limited. To effect this happy 



mty muft undc >rougn 



change; bogs, marines, .; lands muft be drained ; , 



tains, as the paps of Jura, duhullm, the mountain of the Sun, 

 ami the lull or the old Hug, mult te be blown up, by v. . 

 double advantage will b gamed ; the clouds meeting no interrup- 

 tion will he more lavomablc to the huflundman, while 

 which . ouild- 



ing the cities. \Vith regard to tl> ; reclaiming 



are fully handled in my book upon 



husbandry, of which the honourable committee mult have heard ; 

 thefe copies being circulated arnnngii the H< brideans, and the 

 coafts 01 the mainland, will give a n -'1 hr 



many fields of thele . id even t 



unprofitable grounds, will raii< it, \ hereby 



ihe rich, the delicate, and the fick may be plentifully rurnifhcd 

 with whcaten bread, with pudding, and with paltry, while the 

 ftr.uv and the chaff will afford nutritive fuiicnance to the cattle 

 and flicep through the winter." 



ay be be alledged that many horfes will be neceflary in tlie 



which the reporter propoics to the honourable lords of the 



: :v, and this honourable committee, and that inch cattle may, 



in fom of draw ; but this objection will 



. when it is confidcred that goods in theie illands i 



r carriage. For in fiance, a merchant in 

 . of BoiUi ;<. , in I ill, conuniffofifl a lail of herrings 

 jiiantity of fifh, from the city of Dunvcgan, in 

 v, ill not, cannot, be lent by land carriage, but by daily 

 pa/Ting fron toun ; and thus there will be litil- 



lor ti.< 15 in the rlcl>rides, for the purp 



trade. None of that whipping, cutting, and beating, i 

 in your Watling-ftreets, your Thames-ftreets, and your Wap- 



pings ; none of that fwearing, d g of eyes and limbs, 16 



offenfive to the ear and the light, will be heard :i>ngft 



oi' Hcbridea. 'J'he wealthy inhabitants will : 



re many fets of h- hilkies, chaiies, chariots and 



coaches, fr< inent will derive a confiderable revenue, 



imall fp iiat noble animal, is now b< 



-imopg th 'iicre will be no ocialion 



:\% your large, high-fed Hnglifli horfes ; the Hebrides 



hreed vail nuint kind called garraus, fome of 



do not exceed thro :!l growth. Their tails almoft 



the groi:: g, and the hair of their 



^reateft j> rs. They arc bred 



)ifdale, a gentleman 



ic holpita . Jiter is uader fuch high obligations, as he 



