The history of St. Kilda. Containing a description of this remarkable island ... / By the Rev. Mr. Kenneth Macaulay.

  • Macaulay, Kenneth, 1723-1779.
Date:
1764
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Credit: The history of St. Kilda. Containing a description of this remarkable island ... / By the Rev. Mr. Kenneth Macaulay. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    fary to fend fome of the Highland Clergy upon a million to the place ; and as I was at that time fettled in a parifh, which is the only part of the world that maintains any kind of intercourfe with St. Kilda, their commiiTion fell to my fhare,—-To catechize the natives with a confciencious exachiefs, to preach among them as oft as I could without a manifeft inconvenience, and to fee into the ftate of the charity- fchool there, were my principal inftruc- tions: Another was, to colledt all the ob- fervations I could make that might in any degree be thought worthy of being com¬ municated to the Public. How far I have executed the religious defign of my commifiion, has already been communicated to the Society.—Willing to obey their commands to the utmoft of my ability, I have, from the materials which fell in my way, drawn out what is con¬ tained in the following fheets. The only thing I dare venture to promife in their B a favour