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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>ADVERTISEMENT</HEAD>
<P>WHEREAS His Sacred MAJESTY, by His Patent, hath con&s;tituted Sir <HI>Robert Sibbald,</HI> one of His <HI>Phy&s;icians</HI> in Ordinary, His <HI>Geographer</HI> for His Kingdom of SCOTLAND, and Commandeth and Ordaineth him to publi&s;h the De&s;cription of the <HI>Scotia Antiqua,</HI> &amp; <HI>Scotia Moderna,</HI> and the Na|tural Hi&s;tory of the Products of His <HI>Ancient Kingdom</HI> of SCOTLAND: The&s;e are earne&s;tly to en|treat all per&s;ons, that they would be plea&s;ed freely to communicate their <HI>An&s;wers</HI> to the&s;e following <HI>Queries,</HI> or any of them, Directing them to the &s;aid Sir <HI>Robert Sibbald</HI> at his Lodging at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> or to Ma&s;ter <HI>James Broun</HI> at his hou&s;e in <HI>Harts-clo&s;s,</HI> who is Deputed by the &s;aid Sir <HI>Robert Sibbald,</HI> to receive and Regi&s;trate them; or to <HI>Robert Mean, Po&s;t-ma&s;ter</HI> at <HI>Edinburgh,</HI> to be &s;ent to any of them: Withall &s;pecifying in their Letters, the place of their Habitation, that they may be again Written to, if Occa&s;ion require; And an Honourable Men|tion &s;hall be made of them in the Work, according to the Importance of the Information.</P>
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<LABEL>General Queries, to which An&s;wers are de&s;ired.</LABEL>
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<ITEM N="1">I. What the Nature of the County or place is? And what are the chief products thereof?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="2">II. What Plants, Animals, Mettals, Sub&s;tances ca&s;t up by the Sea, are peculiar to the place, and how Ordered?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="3">III. What Forre&s;ts, Woods, Parks? What Springs, Rivers, Loughs? With their various properties, whether Medicinal? With what Fi&s;h repleni&s;hed, whether rapid or flow? &amp;c. The ri&s;e of the Rivers, and their Emboucheurs?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="4">IV. What Roads, Bayes, Ports for shipping, and their De|&s;cription? And what <HI>Moon</HI> cau&s;eth High-water? What Rocks, and sholes on their Coa&s;t?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="5">V. What Ancient Monuments, In&s;criptions, graved and figured Stones; Forts and ancient Camps? And what Curio&s;ities of Art <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> have been found the<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="6">VI. What great Battels have been there fought, Or any other Memorable Action or Accident?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="7">VII. What peculiar Cu&s;toms, Manners or Di&s;po&s;itions the Inhabitants of each County or Town have among them?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="8">VIII. What Mona&s;teries, Cathedrals, or other Churches have been there, and how named?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="9">IX. What places give, or formerly have given the Title to any Noble-man? As al&s;o, what ancient Seats of Noble-Families are to be met with?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="10">X. What the Government of the County is? whether She|riffdom, Stewartry, or Baillery?</ITEM>
<ITEM N="11">XI. What Towns of Note in the County, e&s;pecially Towns Corporate? The Names of the Towns both Ancient and Modern? Whether they be Burrows Royal, of Regality or Barony? The Magi&s;tracy of Towns Corporated, when Incorporated? And by whom built? With the Return of Parliament-Men? The Trade of the Town; How inhabited, and their manner of Buildings? What Publick or Ancient Buildings? Their Juri&s;diction? &amp;<HI>c.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM N="12">XII. In what Bi&s;hoprick each County or any part thereof is? Who is Sheriff, Stewart or Baily? And who commands the <HI>Militia?</HI> What Ca&s;tles, Forts, Forre&s;ts, Parks, Woods, His MAJESTIE hath there? &amp;<HI>c.</HI></ITEM>
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<LABEL>To the <HI>NOBILITY.</HI></LABEL>
<ITEM>What Sheriffdomes, Bailliries, Stewartries, Regalities, Baronies and Burrows they have under them? What Command of the <HI>Militia?</HI> What &s;pecial Priviledge, Dignity and Heritable Com|mand they have? The Ri&s;e of their Family, Continuance, and their Branches? What Forre&s;ts, Woods, Parks, Loughs, Rivers, Mines, and Quarries they have? What Fi&s;hing? &amp;<HI>c.</HI> What Harbours they have? What their Titles are? What Memorable Actions rai&s;ed or Aggrandized their Family? &amp;<HI>c.</HI></ITEM>
<LABEL>To the <HI>CLERGY.</HI></LABEL>
<ITEM>What their Priviledges and Dignities are? Their Erection? The Bounds of their Dioce&s;e? Their Chapter? The number of their Pari&s;hes in their Dioce&s;e? Their Juri&s;diction, their Foundations for publick <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="2 letters">d pious U&s;es their Re<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="damage" EXTENT="1 span"> What Lands hold of them? Their Hou&s;es? &amp;<HI>c.</HI></ITEM>
<LABEL>To the <HI>GENTRY.</HI></LABEL>
<ITEM>What the Ri&s;e of their Family, their Priviledge and Dignity? What Baronies and Burrows under them? What Harbours, what Forre&s;ts, Woods, Parks? Their Hou&s;es, the De&s;cription and Names of them? The Chief of the Name and the Branches? The Memorable Exploits done by them, and the Eminent Men of the Name? Their Heritable Command and Juri&s;diction? &amp;<HI>c.</HI></ITEM>
<LABEL>To the Royal <HI>BURROWS.</HI></LABEL>
<ITEM>Of what Standing? The Con&s;titution of their Government? their Priviledges, Juri&s;diction and its Extent? Their publick Hou&s;es, Churches, Forts, Monuments, Univer&s;ities, Colledges, Schools, Ho&s;pitals, Manufactures, Harbours? What their Latitude and Longitude is? &amp;<HI>c.</HI></ITEM>
<LABEL>To the <HI>UNIVERSIT<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="missing" EXTENT="1 span">DGES.</HI></LABEL>
<ITEM>What Standing they are of? Their priviledges Juri&s;diction and its Extent, their Con&s;titution? The Number of their Profe&s;&s;ors, their Names, what they teach? Their Salaries, Foundations, and their Founders? Their Revenue and Dependencies? Their Hou&s;es, Churches and Chappels, Aedifices and Monuments? Their Libraries, Curious In&s;truments? The a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">count of the famous Men bred there, or Ma&s;ters there? What are the Ob&s;ervations of the Ma&s;ters or Students, that may be for the Embelli&s;hment of this Work?</ITEM>
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<P><HI>The An&s;wers to the&s;e preceeding Queries are to be Regi&s;trate, and to be In&s;ert in their proper places.</HI></P>
<P><HI>The An&s;wers to the&s;e Queries is earne&s;tly de&s;ired that no per&s;on may complain, if what concerns them be not in&s;ert: For the Author is resolved to in&s;ert all that he is a&s;&s;ured of the Truth, and certainty of, as Informed.</HI></P>
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<P><HI>Imprimatur</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Jo: Edinburgen.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>Edinburgh,</HI> Printed by <HI>John Reid,</HI> at his Printing-Hou&s;e in <HI>Bells-Wynd.</HI> Anno 1682.</P>
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