P 177 "rather biassed against the settlers" changed to "rather biased against the settlers" P 183 "Simultaneously w th Mr. Allan's report," changed to "Simultaneously with Mr. Allan's report," P 192 "James McKay, Mrs. Mckay," changed to "James McKay, Mrs. McKay," P 200 "the Judges had a consulation" changed to "the Judges had a consultation" P 205 "Mr. Paris from grinding any during the ensuing winter" changed to "Mr. Paris from grinding any corn during the ensuing winter" There is obviously a word missing here and "corn" has been selected as the most likely. P 207 "would entail enormons expense;" changed to "would entail enormous expense;" P 221 "and to the enormously increasing demad there is" changed to "and to the enormously increasing demand there is" Inconsistencies and probable errors in the spelling of place-names have been retained. Examples are "Callander"/"Callender", "Leney"/"Lenney", "Kilmabog" ("Kilmahog" probably intended) and "Loch Labuig" ("Loch Lubnaig" probably intended). Minor punctuation errors corrected.