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Holburneheid in Caithnes, keeping always 14 myles free 

 aff the coast of all the said yles and course foresaid, and als 

 the mayne yland of Yetland and yles adjacent thairto, with 

 14 myles frome the coast of the same. 



" And als from Holburneheid in Caithnes to the Stoir of 

 Assint, keeping 14 myles aff the coast duruig the whole 

 course thairof . And frome the Stoir of Assuit to the north- 

 east pomt of the yle of the Lewes. And fra that south be 

 the east coast of the yle of the Lewes and yle of Vst to the 

 yle of Yla and south-west part thairof. And fra that to 

 the Mull of Kintyre. 



" And thairfra to the mull of Gallouay, Comprehenduig the 

 whole loches and bayes within the saids Yles of Lewes, 

 Vst, and Yla, upon the east side thairof, and all yles and 

 loches betuix the saids yles and the mayne land, accordmg 

 to the course foresaid. 



" And fra the mull of Gallouay to Solouay sands with four- 

 teene myles aff the coast as the course rins." ^ 



Explaining these modifications of the demands of the 

 burghs, the Council, in a letter to the commissioners, showed 

 that this was an " allowance of ane reservation of fourteene 

 myles aff suche coasts of the Idngdom as ar weU peopled 

 and where the countrie people hves most by fishmg, without 

 the whilk they could not possibly subsist nor yet be able 

 to pay thair maisters thair fermes and dewteis. Quhilk is 

 so considerable a point that it wes found be the Table that 

 if there had beene ane bushe fishing erected m Scotland, 

 there would have beene a reservation of all fishuig withm 

 these waters for the use and benefite of the countrie people, 

 for it cannot be quahfied that ever anie Hollander or other 

 stranger fished m these waters." They expressed them- 

 selves as anxious to guard the privileges of the burghs, and 

 submitted both the proposals of the burghs and their o\vti 



1 Act. Pari. Scotland, vol. v. pp. 234-5 ; Reg. Privy Council, Scotland, 

 vol, iv. (2nd series) pp. 551, 552. 



