PROPOSALS FOR THE Scotia Illustrata; Or, Prodromus Historiae Naturalis Scotiae,  
In Two Volumes in Latin. Folio.  
And for these Essays concerning the Roman Antiquities in the North Part of Britain, Viz. An Essay concerning the Roman Walls and Forts. Series rerum à romans in Boreali hâc Britanniae parte Gestarum per Nummos Romanos& Lapides Scriptos illustrata. Introductio ad Historiam Rerum à romans, in parte Britanniae ultra Murum Picticum Gestarum. An Essay to prove, that the ancient Gothic Tongue was the Pictish Language.  
OF a Thousand Copies of the First Volume which was Printed, there being near Two Hundred unsold in the Author's hands, he hath now made ready for the Press the Second Volume, and designeth to Print only a few Copies of it.  
IN the Second Volume all the Copper-Cutts are to be placed, which are now done for an Hundred particular Subjects relating to the Work, and are contained in forty Tables: Some of the former Tables were cut a new, and many New Ones are added to them.  
THIS Second Volume consisteth of forty Sheets in Print, beside the Tables: In the First Book of it, there are the Observations the Author hath made upon the Aquatic Animals, which haunt the Firth of Forth, and these amount to upwards of an Hundred and Fifty of several sorts, and their Names and Uses are Narrated; and such as are not mentioned by the Writers are described, and the Figures of the rarest of them are done in Copper-Plates. There is likewise in the First Book an Account of the Sea Fowls which frequent the Isles and Rocks of the Firth of Forth, and there are Descriptions and Figures of some of the rarest of them. There is also an Account of the Plants which grow in the Isles and Rocks, and are found upon the cost of the said Firth. And withall, there is an Account of the Minerals, Metals& Marine Substances cast up in the Firth, or found upon the cost thereof, and an Account of the odd Currents and Leakies, as they are called, in the Upper Part of the said Firth.  
THE Second Book containeth the other Supplements of the first Volume in it, there is an Account of the most useful and rare Plants discovered since the Printing of the First Volume; as also, of the Animals Terrestrial and Aquatic discovered in other Parts of the country, and a more particular Account of the Minerals and Metals found in the country, especially of the Figured Stones and Petrifications since the Printing of the First Volume, and the Errors of the First Volume are Corrected, and the Objections of some learned Men are Answered, and considerable Additions are made to the other Treatises of the First Volume.  
THIS Second Volume is to be done with the same Letter, and upon the same Paper this Proposal is done on.  
THE First and Second of these Essays are Printed already in the same Letter, these Proposals are done on; and shall be delivered in Sheets without the Cuts to the Subscribers for both the Volumes, upon Payment of the first moiety, being 20 Shillings Sterl.  
AND the Second Volume with the Cuts both of the Prodromus and all the Essays, shall be delivered to the Subscribers for both Volumes upon the payment of the other moiety, being 20 Shillings Sterl. in November next.  
AND these who Subscribe only for the Second Volume of the Prodromus and the Four Essays at the Rate of Thirty Shillings Sterl. shall upon the Payment of Ten Shillings have the First Two Essays already Printed, without the Cuts, delivered to them presently, and the Second Volume with the other Two Essays, and all the Cuts, for the Payment of 20 Shillings Sterl. more, in November next.  
So soon as there are Subscriptions and Money advanced for an Hundred Copies of both the Volumes, in South-Britain, the Printer James Watson will begin to Print the Second Volume of the Prodromus.  
THERE will be Obligatory Receipts for delivery of the Books, with the Cuts, in Sheets, got at the Author's Lodgings, and at Mr. David Freebairn and Mr. Robert Freebairn their Shops at Edinburgh.