250 CRUISES. 



Fraserburgh, calling on the curers, and afterwards got a 

 land conveyance to take us to St Colm, Cairnburg, and 

 Inverallochy, all stations much in need of piers or little 

 harbours, there being frequent loss of life from want of 

 such convenience. We have taken careful notes of the 

 number of boats and men, and of the general character of 

 the coast, that we may afterwards report to the powers 

 that be, if any public grants of money are made, and their 

 distribution left to the Board, as was recently the case 

 with the ^6000 given to Lybster. I wish ray 'public 

 duties ' had admitted of my using my rod, as there is a 

 good stream for sea-trout close to Fraserburgh, to fish 

 which I chanced to obtain leave some years ago from Mr 

 Gordon of Cairnburg. 



" We lie very snug in the bay here. I am writing you 

 a line before breakfast, Mr Primrose having gone ashore 

 this morning (Saturday) for an hour or two to see some 

 people whom we missed yesterday. He is very active. 

 We get sooner to bed than in Sir Thomas Lauder's time, 

 and this is better for us in the morning. After break- 

 fasting, we shall explore the stations on the south side of 

 the Moray Frith, probably taking the boat along shore, 

 and, when the day is down, cut across to Cromarty, where 

 we shall rest during the Sabbath." 



