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throne shall dwell among them. They shall hunger no 

 more, neither thirst any more ; neither shall the sun light 

 on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the 

 midst of the throne shall feed them, and shall lead them 

 unto living fountains of waters ; and Gcd shall wipe away 

 all tears from their eyes" (Rev. vii. 1/5-17). 



TO SIK WILLIAM JAEDINE, BAET. 



" Woodville, Nov. 3, 1848. 

 " I am not quite sure but that there may be a meeting 

 of the Board of Fisheries on Wednesday, which I will 

 require to attend. Lord Berriedale and myself were 

 lately appointed a committee to draw up a memorial to 

 Government regarding the recent disasters among the 

 fishing population. The view I took of it was, that we 

 should make out as strong a case as possible as to the 

 necessity of a harbour of refuge, or great breakwater, 

 being erected at the public expense, somewhere on the 

 north-east coast beyond the Cromarty Frith, and nearer 

 the centre of the great fishing rendezvous — the nature of 

 the structure, and its particular locality, to be determined 

 by a marine surveyor or engineer whom the Government 

 should commission to inspect, inquire, and rep rt. I was 

 busy with the documents transmitted to the Board, re- 

 garding the disastrous loss of fife and property which 

 occurred in August, when I learned that Government, 



