138 HIGHLAND AND AGRICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



districts of Scotland. The other vote was a sum of ;^io 

 10s. to Capt. Simon Fraser of Knocky, Inverness-shire, a 

 subscription to an intended pubHcation by him of a selec- 

 tion of airs and melodies peculiar to the Highlands of 

 Scotland. In this connection may be fitly mentioned a 

 sum of twenty guineas, voted in 1806 to Mr Gunn for his 

 report on two ancient Scottish harps, sent by General 

 Robertson of Lude for the inspection of the Society. 



After the publication of the Dictionary, the Society 

 took no further steps in connection with the Gaelic language 

 and literature till 1876, when, in response to an application 

 by Professor Blackie of Edinburgh, it voted a sum of 100 

 guineas towards the endowment of a Professorship of Gaelic 

 in Edinburgh University, a vote that must be regarded as 

 an appropriate complement of its labours in connection with 

 the Dictionary. 



