!

IEW OF

OF

THE ISLE OF MAN,

WITH

A COMPARATIVE VIEW

OF THE

PAST AND PRESENT STATE OF SOCIETY
AND MANNERS;

CONTAINING ALSO

Biographical Anecdotes

OF

EMINENT PERSONS

CONNECTED WITH THAT ISLAND.

BY H. A. BULLOCK.

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LONDON:

PRINTED FOR LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.

Br16205.3

942734

MAR 8 1684

Bright fund.

Introduction.

TO MRS.

MY DEAR FRIEND,

IT is now a long while since, in obedience to your suggestions, I have entertained the idea of arranging an Account of the Isle of Man, for your sole amusement and information. My original design was to give you simply a sketch of living manners; and to this purpose I had composed a series of Essays or Letters, which I believed would answer the end I