Queries concerning the north of Scotland, c1770
Item
Identifier: Coll-205/4/1 (Dc.2.36)
Scope and Contents
An extended essay, with annotations in a different hand, on the improvement of northern Scotland, hampered presently for want of sufficient information. Discussions centre on the following: the need for a proper census, with special respect to military resources, inclinations to particular industries (and the price of labour), emigration, and increase; arable land; manures; cattle; woods; fossils, meaning minerals and coal; mines; fisheries, especially concerning river salmon, and cod and herring, and whether private fleets are well advised; wool; linen; a lesser miscellany, including production of kelp products and barrel staves. Finally, a natural history should be the grand object of attention. (Approximately 169 handwritten pages).
Authorship not known with certainty. At least two people.
Authorship not known with certainty. At least two people.
Dates
- c1770
Creator
- Walker, John, 1731-1803 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman) (Person)
Language of Materials
English Latin
Physical Description
1 bound volume
Extent
From the Fonds: 1 metre approx
Physical Description
1 bound volume
Archivist's Note
Duncan Fisher 18 March 2002
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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