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one part of whicli is to remain with tlie ordinary, and the 

 other part with tiie executor or admiiiiilrator : this is re- 

 quired for the benefit of the creditors and legatees, that 

 the executor or adminillrator may not conce;,l any part of 

 the perfonal eilate from them. The ftatute ordains that 

 the inventory fliall be exhibited within three months after tlie 

 perfon's deceafe ; yet it may be done afterwards, for the 

 ordinary may difpenfe with tlie time, and even with its being 

 ever exliibited, as in eafes where the creditors are paid, and 

 the will is executed. 



The life of the inventory is borrowed from the civil law : 

 for whereas by the law of the ancient Romans the heir was 

 obliged to anfwer all the teftator's debts ; by which means, 

 inheritance foraetimes became rather prejudicial than profit- 

 able ; to obviate this iaconvenience, Juftinian ordained, that 

 if the heir -Aould firll exhibit a true inventory of all the tel- 

 tator's effeds, he fhoiild be no farther charged than to the 

 value of the inventory. 



In the Britifh army, when any commifTioned officer hap- 

 pens to die, or is killed on fervice, it is directed by the ar- 

 ticles of war, that the major of the regiment, or the officer 

 doing tlie major's duty in his abfence, fnall immediately 

 £ecure all his effects or equipage then in camp or quarters ; 

 and (hall before the next regimental court-martial make an 

 inventory thereof, and forthwith tranfmit the fame to the 

 office of our fecretary at war, to the end, that the execu- 

 tors of luch officer may, after payment of his regimental 

 debts and quarters, and the expences attending his inter- 

 ment, receive the overplus, if any be, to his or their ufe. 



When any non-commiffioned officer, or private foldier, 

 happens to die, or is killed on fervice, the then conimand- 

 ing officer of the troop or company, ihall, in the prefence 

 of two other commillioned officers, take an account of 

 whatever eftccls he dies poffi-'lFed of, above his regimental 

 cloathing, arms and accoutrements, and tranfmit the fame 

 to the office of the fecretary at war. Thele tffecls are to 

 be accounted for and paid to the reprefentative of fuch de- 

 ceafed non-commiffioned officer or loldier ; and in cafe any 

 bf the officers, fo authorized to take care of tlic efFe:is of 

 dead officers and foldiers, (hould, before they have ac- 

 counted to their reprefentatives for the fame, have occafion 

 to leave the regiment by preferment or otlicrwile, they are 

 ordered, before they be permitted to quit the fame, to depofit 

 in the hands of the commanding officer, or of the agent of 

 the regiment, all tlie efleifts ot fuch deceafed non-commif- 

 fioned officers and foldiers, in order that the fame may be fe- 

 c ured for, and paid to, tlieir refpective reprefentatives. See 

 Articles ofWar,feaion XIX. 



In'VES'TOUY, in Trutle, is a lift, or particular valuation of 

 goods, &c. See Value, Ai'hkaiskme.nt, &c. 



INVER, in Geography, a fmall river of tlie county of 

 Donegal, Ireland, which is difcharged into a fmall bay, to 

 which it gives name. Inver bay may be confidered as a 

 part of Donegal bay, and has good anchorage. The 

 paridi is alfo called Inver, and there was formerly an abbey 

 there. There is alfo a village called Inver in tke county 

 of Mayo, on the eaft fide of Broadhaven, and in the 

 wild barony of Erris. 



INVERARY, a royal borougli, and the county town of 

 Argylefiiire, Scotland, is fituated on the fouthern bank of 

 I..och Fync, where the river Aray, or Aooridh, falls into the 

 fea. It confills chielly of one row of commodious houfes, 

 built with great uniformity, and covered with Hate. The 

 old town was fituated on the north fide of the bay. It 

 feems probable, that, prior to tlie fourteentii century, In- 

 ▼crary was little more tiian a fmall village for fi(lierm-n, 

 who fubfilled by their occupation, and erected their huts 



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here. About that period, the family of Argyle fixed on 

 this fcite as their place of refidence ; and as the hereditary 

 jurifdiclions of julliciary and (herifF were veiled in them, 

 Inverary became the leat of the courts and the county 

 town. The circuit court of juHiciary is held here twice a 

 y«ar for the trial of offences in the counties of Argyle and 

 Bute, and the minor courts are thofe of the fheriff, 

 magiftrates, and jullices of the peace. It was created a 

 royal borough by charter from king Charles I., and i* 

 governed bv a provoft, two bailiifs, and a council, nominated 

 by the duke of Argyle. Its only revenue, about 3c/. fter- 

 ling annually, arifes from the petty culloms and the rent 

 of a common, which, on the erection of the borough, was 

 bellowed on it by tlie Argyle family. About the middle 

 of the laft century, Arcltibald, duke of Argyk-, feeing 

 how inadequate this revenue was to the occa'ions of the 

 borough, added to it a perpetual annuity of 20/. fecured 

 on his ellate. 



Inverary is fo fituated in the Highlands, that as many 

 of the inhabitants fpeak Englifli as Gaelic, aiid two rrii- 

 nillers officiate in thele dialects. For wliich purpofe, 

 two new churches, under one roof, have been recently 

 built, from a defign by Mr. Milne. Inverary feems to- 

 lerably well fituated for manufaftsres, yet none are can-ied 

 on to any great extent. About the year i 748, duke Ar- 

 chibald introduced the linen manufafturc, which has been 

 attended witii beneficial confequences. The late duko eila- 

 bliihed a woollen manufatlure ; and ereded proper build- 

 ings and machinery, which he gave to the town ; but the 

 bufinefs has not been conducted with any adequate ad- 

 vantage. 



Inverary derives its chief fource of profit from the lier- 

 ring filhery in Loch Fyne. This lake, which extends more 

 than 30 miles from the Weftern ocean into tlie country, has 

 been, from time immemorial, noted for its iicrrings, which 

 are laid to be fnperior in quality to any found in the Wef- 

 tern feas. The filhery generally commences in July, and 

 fometimes continues till the end of the year. During tliis 

 fenfon, the lake is tVeqiunttd by innumerable fhoats. Tlie 

 country people exprels the quantities of herrings .-.bounding 

 here, in very llrong language : " At thefe feafons," fay 

 they, " the lake contains one j)art of water and two parts 

 of filh." In this fir.gle bay (w^ or fix hundred boats are 

 fometimes employed m the fifiitry ; and it is ellimated, 

 that in fonie feafons, upwards of 20,000 barrels of her- 

 rings have been caught and cured ; each barrel containing, 

 at a medium, feven luindred liih. Part of each boat is co- 

 vered with a kind of fail-cI tli, to (lielter the four men who 

 compofe the crew, and who fcldom quit their boat during the 

 whole feafon. The inhabitants of Inverary, and of the 

 banks of the loch, do indeed fpend Sunday at home ; but as 

 many cf tlie boats come from more dillant parts, the crews 

 take up their abode entirely in them, fubfilting chiefly on 

 lierrings. The night is the time of fiffiing ; the day is em- 

 ployed in gutting the fifli, in lleep, or in finging Celtic 

 fongs to the found of the bagpipe. Each boat clears, on 

 an average, from 40 to jo/., and, in very prcduftive feafons, 

 100/. Tlie parifli of Inverary extends about 18 miles in 

 length, and about three in breadth, on an average. The 

 nimber of houfes in the late return to parhament was 275, of 

 inhabitants 2045. 



At a fmall diftance from the town, is the houfe, or 

 callle, of Inverary, the principal feat of the duke of Ar- 

 gyle, and the chief ornament of the Weftern Highlands. It 

 is fituated on a gentle rife, on the weftern fide of Loch 

 Fyne ; and is furrounded by an amphitheatre of mountains, 

 fonie of which are rugged and broken, ar.d others entirely 

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