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Excerpt from A View of the British Empire, More Especially Scotland, Vol. 1: With Some Proposals for the Improvement of That Country, the Extension of Its Fisheries, and the Relief of the People Many of the arguments which had occurred In treating of the Highlands, feemedapplicable to Scot land In general. This ope ened a new, and more exten five field of enquiry. If the revolt of fome colonies, the conqueft of Others, and the then apparent danger of lofing the remainder, gave thofe neglected wilds additional confequence, the improvement Of the king dom at large appeared equally expedient. The fame idea admitted of being extended even to England itfelf, a country more indebted to nature, and the indul'try of individuals, than the attention or aflif-i tance of its government, as will evidently appear to any perfon who fhall take the trouble of confidering the matter in a general view. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.