"GOD'S TREASURE-HOUSE IN SCOTLAND;" A HISTORY OF TIMES, MINES, AND LANDS IN THE With Geological and Mineralogical Map and Illustrations. Dedicated, by Permission, to His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry. BY THE REV. J. MOIR PORTEOUS, AUTHOR OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST," ETC. "The Gold of that land is good." . ONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO. 1876. [All rights reserved.] Gough Adds Scotland до нон 4 To His Grace Walter-Francis Montague-Douglas-Scott, THE Fifth Buke of Buccleuch and Seventh of Queensberry, HIGH STEWARD OF WESTMINSTER, CAPTAIN OF THE QUEEN'S BODYGUARD IN SCOTLAND, &c., &c. UPON WHOSE LANDS AT WANLOCKHEAD A PLENTIFUL SUPPLY OF THE PRECIOUS MINERALS HAVE BEEN OBTAINED; The Generous Patron of Arts, Literature, and Agriculture; whose Benevolence as a Landlord is universally esteemed; AND WHO, WITH THE DUKE OF ARGYLL, GAVE A NOBLE EXAMPLE TO THE PROPRIETORS OF SCOTLAND, IN THE GIFT OF THE PATRONAGE OF HIS NUMEROUS PARISHES TO THE PEOPLE WITHOUT COMPENSATION, WHEN IN 1874 THE BILL REPEALING PATRONAGE AND RECOGNISING FREEDOM OF ELECTION OF MINISTERS OF RELIGION WAS PASSED INTO LAW: This Work, DESCRIPTIVE OF THE DISTRICT FORMERLY TERMED "GOD'S TREASURE-HOUSE IN SCOTLAND," IS MOST RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED BY James Moir Porteous, Minister at anlockhead. May, 1876. |