PITC AIRN : 
THE ISLAND, THE PEOPLE, AND THE PASTOK ; 
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REV. THOS. BOYLES MURRAY, M.A. 
SECRETARY OF THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 
It was a chosen plot of fertile land, 
Amongst wide waves set like a little nest, 
As if it had by Nature's cunning hand 
Been choicely picked out from all the rest, 
And laid forth for ensample of the best." 
SPENSER'S Faerie Queen. 
PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF 
THE COMMITTEE OF GENERAL LITERATURE AND EDUCATION, 
APPOINTED BY THE SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING 
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE. 
SECOND EDITION. 
LONDON : 
Printed for the 
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE; 
SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY, 
GREAT QUEEN STREET, LINCOLN'S INN FIELDS J 
4, ROYAL EXCHANGE ; 16, HANOVER STREET, HANOVER SQUARE J 
AND BY ALL BOOKSELLERS. 
1853. 
