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cal discoveries of Kepler. His Statistical Account
of the parish of Dundee is the best of its kind ; and
the compiler of this work has been much indebted
to its remarks and notices respecting the town.
He was a man of the greatest simplicity, yet dig-
nity of manners, — of the most gentlemanly and
honourable behaviour, — and of the most enlighten-
ed and liberal principles ; perhaps too much so for
the times in which he lived, when ferocious bigotry
had changed its side, and endeavoured to rage with
impunity through the land. Several years ago, lie
was Moderator of the General Assembly of the
Church of Scotland ; and was at all times the sup-
porter and promoter of every thing that was liberal
in her doctrines. He was connected with all the
literary men of his time, — especially with the late
John Playfair, A.M., Professor of Natural Philoso-
phy in the University of Edinburgh, and Secretary
to the Royal Society. It is not therefore surpris-
ing that he was the patron of literature in Dundee,
and the encourager of every institution which in
any way might be of service to it. Wherever rising
genius appeared, it met with his best advice and
liberal support ; and his recommendation was a sure
introduction to the patronage of Professors Dugald
Stewart, Playfair, &c. in Edinburgh. He will long
live in the grateful remembrance of those who have
benefited by his good advice, kind attention, and
appropriate directions to the way in which they
should walk, so as to insure contentment and peace
in this world, and happiness in that which 'is to
come. ,.
In the year 1759, as the population of the town