A retrospective view of the Scots fisheries; with Observations and Remarks, Humbly Suggesting the Probable Means of Preserving and Improving Them. With an Essay to the Highland Society of Edinburgh, and a Letter to the Right Hon. the Earl of Breadalbane, Vice-President of the Highland Society of London. By George Pitcairne, Captain of the City Guard of Edinburgh, late Merchant there. To which are added, copies of fourteen letters (signed C. F.) that were published in the Edinburgh Evening Courant in August 1786, which contain many Valuable Hints to Fishers, who may be greatly improved by them, and will be useful to future Ages.

Date:

1787