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A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF 
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Knox (John), 1720-90 
This Scottish philanthropist, best known by his writings 
on the northern fisheries, was born in 1720 , and followed 
for many years the trade of a bookseller in the Strand, 
London, retiring, it is said, “ with a large fortune.” From 
1764 until his death, he devoted himself to the improvement 
of the fisheries and manufactures of Scotland (vide Diet. Nat. 
Biog.), so that his bookselling business must have been an 
exceptionally successful concern to yield him “ a large 
fortune ” at the age of forty-four. He died at Dalkeith, 
near Edinburgh, August 1 , 1790 . 
1787. A | Tour | through the | Highlands of Scotland, | and the | 
Hebride Isles, | in | mdcclxxxvi. | By John Knox. | London : j 
. . . MDCCLXXXVII. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. clxxii + pp. 276 + pp. 104 appendix 
+ pp. 4 contents and errata. 
Contains a short description of the birds of St. Kilda (from 
Martin Martin and Macaulay). 
Laing (John), jl. 1806-18 
This author, who describes himself as a surgeon, states 
that “ the journal I kept when on board the Resolution in 
1806 is taken as the basis of the subsequent little work. 
It may, however, be looked upon as containing the observa- 
tions I made both in 1806 and 1807 , as I have engrossed into 
the narration whatever I observed of consequence the follow- 
ing year.” On both voyages he visited the Shetlands, and 
gives a considerable account of the islands. 
*1815. An | Account of a Voyage | to | Spitzbergen ; | containing | a 
full description of that Country, | of | the Zoology of the North, | 
and of | the Shetland Isles ; | with an | account of the Whale 
Fishery. | By | John Laing, Surgeon. | With an | Appendix, | 
containing some important observations on the | variation of 
the compass, &c. | By a gentleman of the Navy. | London : | 
Printed for | J. Mawman, London : and David Brown, | Edin- 
burgh. | 1815. 
Collation — 1 vol. 8vo, pp. vi un. + pp. 171 +pp. ii un. 
Birds of Shetland at pp. 36-41. 
