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16 ACCOUNT OF
withilanding the acceffions which the gar-
rifon has been fuppofed to attract, a calcu-'
lation from the marriages brings out after
the reftoration a diminution of 875 in the
population ; and towards the end of the
reign of Charles, and during the whole
reign oi James, a diminution of 1420.
This diminution of population cannot be
afcribed to the Sight or removal of the in-
habitants on the forefight of the iiege; for
many perfons, and fome even of the higheit
rank, had repaired to Dundee, as a place
of fecurity and ftrength. Among thefe we
find the Earls of Buchan, Tweeddale, Buc-
clcugh, and Roxburgh, the Vifcount New-
burgh ; the Lords Balcarras, Elibank, Yef-
ter, Rarafay, and the Mafter of Buriey j
firteen perfons alfo bearing titles ^^f knight-
hood, eleven other gentlemen of landed
property, nine of the faculty of advocates,
twenty-four writers, merchants, and in-
dweliers of Edinburgh, and fix citizens of
the Canongate, Leith, and Mufielburgh.
"Some even of the clergy from the fouth
country found it nsceiTary to take ilielter in
Dundee -, particularly MeiT. Oliver Colt at
> Mulielburgh, Stevenfon at Dunbar, and
Reid of the Weft-kirk, Edinburgh. All
thefe are mentioned in the regifter, as pa-
rents or wilneiTes to the baptifms recorded
In It, One of the children recorded h Anne,