ADVERTISEMENT  
WHEREAS His Sacred MAJESTY, by His Patent, hath constituted Sir Robert Sibbald, one of His Physicians in Ordinary, His Geographer for His Kingdom of SCOTLAND, and Commandeth and Ordaineth him to publish the Description of the Scotia Antiqua, & Scotia Moderna, and the Natural History of the Products of His Ancient Kingdom of SCOTLAND: These are earnestly to entreat all persons, that they would be pleased freely to communicate their Answers to these following Queries, or any of them, Directing them to the said Sir Robert Sibbald at his Lodging at Edinburgh, or to Master James Broun at his house in Harts-closs, who is Deputed by the said Sir Robert Sibbald, to receive and Registrate them; or to Robert Mean, Postmaster at Edinburgh, to be sent to any of them: Withal specifying in their Letters, the place of their Habitation, that they may be again Written to, if Occasion require; And an Honourable Mention shall be made of them in the Work, according to the Importance of the Information.  
General Queries, to which Answers are desired. 


I. What the Nature of the County or place is? And what are the chief products thereof?  
II. What Plants, Animals, Metals, Substances cast up by the Sea, are peculiar to the place, and how Ordered?  
III. What Forests, Woods, Parks? What Springs, Rivers, Loughs? With their various properties, whether Medicinal? With what Fish replenished, whether rapid or flow? etc. The rise of the Rivers, and their Emboucheurs?  
IU. What Roads, Bays, Ports for shipping, and their Description? And what Moon causeth High-water? What Rocks, and shoals on their Coast?  
V. What Ancient Monuments, Inscriptions, graved and figured Stones; Forts and ancient Camps? And what Curiosities of Art 〈…〉 have been found the●●?  
VI What great Battles have been there fought, Or any other Memorable Action or Accident?  
VII. What peculiar Customs, Manners or Dispositions the Inhabitants of each County or Town have among them?  
VIII. What Monasteries, Cathedrals, or other Churches have been there, and how named?  
IX. What places give, or formerly have given the Title to any Nobleman? As also, what ancient Seats of Noble-Families are to be met with?  
X. What the Government of the County is? whether Sheriffdom, Stewartry, or Baillery?  
XI. What Towns of Note in the County, especially Towns Corporate? The Names of the Towns both Ancient and Modern? Whether they be Burrows Royal, of Regality or Barony? The Magistracy of Towns Corporated, when Incorporated? And by whom built? With the Return of Parliament-Men? The Trade of the Town; How inhabited, and their manner of Buildings? What Public or Ancient Buildings? Their Jurisdiction? & c.  
XII. In what Bishopric each County or any part thereof is? Who is Sheriff, Stewart or Baily? And who commands the Militia? What Castles, Forts, Forests, Parks, Woods, His MAJESTY hath there? & c.    To the NOBILITY. 
What Sheriffdomes, Bailliries, Stewartries, Regalities, Baronies and Burrows they have under them? What Command of the Militia? What special Privilege, Dignity and Heritable Command they have? The Rise of their Family, Continuance, and their Branches? What Forests, Woods, Parks, Loughs, Rivers, Mines, and Quarries they have? What Fishing? & c. What Harbours they have? What their Titles are? What Memorable Actions raised or Aggrandized their Family? & c.  To the CLERGY. 
What their Privileges and Dignities are? Their Erection? The Bounds of their Diocese? Their Chapter? The number of their Parishes in their Diocese? Their Jurisdiction, their Foundations for public ●●d pious Uses their Re 〈…〉 What Lands hold of them? Their Houses? & c.  To the GENTRY. 
What the Rise of their Family, their Privilege and Dignity? What Baronies and Burrows under them? What Harbours, what Forests, Woods, Parks? Their Houses, the Description and Names of them? The Chief of the Name and the Branches? The Memorable Exploits done by them, and the Eminent Men of the Name? Their Heritable Command and Jurisdiction? & c.  To the Royal BURROWS. 
Of what Standing? The Constitution of their Government? their Privileges, Jurisdiction and its Extent? Their public Houses, Churches, Forts, Monuments, Universities, Colleges, Schools, Hospitals, Manufactures, Harbours? What their Latitude and Longitude is? & c.  To the UNIVERSIT 〈…〉 〈…〉 DGES. 
What Standing they are of? Their privileges Jurisdiction and its Extent, their Constitution? The Number of their Professors, their Names, what they teach? Their Salaries, Foundations, and their Founders? Their Revenue and Dependencies? Their Houses, Churches and Chapels, Aedifices and Monuments? Their Libraries, Curious Instruments? The accounted of the famous Men bred there, or Masters there? What are the Observations of the Masters or Students, that may be for the Embellishment of this Work?   
The Answers to these preceding Queries are to be Registrate, and to be Insert in their proper places.  
The Answers to these Queries is earnestly desired that no person may complain, if what concerns them be not insert: For the Author is resolved to insert all that he is assured of the Truth, and certainty of, as Informed.   

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Jo: Edinburgen.   

Edinburgh, Printed by John Reid, at his Printing-House in Bells-Wynd. Anno 1682.