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1 he Highland Monthly.
mentioned, with the destination of each. The one first
mentioned in this is the same as the one mentioned in the
first of the two bonds of corroboration, viz., that for the use
of the Hospital of Inverness ;
with this difference, however,
that it is here stated that the beneficiaries were to be " eight
poor men in the said Hospital, aither those now in it or
that afterwards should happen to be lodged therein." But
this appears to be a mistake, so far as eight is concerned (a
summary of the destination of the moneys has been already
given). The date of this mortification is here given, and
apparently correctly, as i6th June, 1688, and the patrons,
Mr Gilbert Marshall, and his successors in office ; James
Barbour and his airs maill ; together wnth James Dunbar.
The one mentioned second is the one mentioned in the
second bond of corroboration, viz., that for eight poor
persons, but with this difference, that it is said to be " for
other eight indigent persons of the inhabitants of the town
to be lodged therein" (i.e., in the Hospital). There is no
ground for this according to the fuller document, the bond
of corroboration. The date of this mortification is here said
to be " of the self-same date with the immediatlie above
letter of mortification." The patrons here named are " Mr
Hector M'Kenzie, minr. at Inverness, with his then colleague,
and their successors in office, together with the said James
Dunbar, and his airs maill, and five of the Elders of the
Kirk Session, with this specialtie (?) that he the said James
Dunbar as to the nomination of the sd. eight indigent per-
sons shd. be always, and whether of the Eldership or not ;
as the Hospital letters of Dotation and Mortification afore-
said, of the dates above mentioned, and containing in each
of them, the said James Dunbar, his receipt of the said
two (?) principall sums, and registrat in the town Court
books of Inverness upon i8th day of September, 1688 yeirs,
more fully bears."
The above narrative and dates appear to be correct,
except as to the limit of eight poor persons within the
Hospital, and the insertion of the word " other" before
" eight indigent persons of the town."