AN

ACCOUNT

OF THE PAST AND PRESENT STATE

OF THE

ISLE OF MAN;

INCLUDING

A TOPOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTION;

A

SKETCH OF ITS MINERALOGY:

AN

OUTLINE OF ITS LAWS,

WITH

THE PRIVILEGES ENJOYED BY STRANGERS;

AND

A HISTORY OF THE ISLAND.

Quis nescit, primam esse historiæ legem, nequid falsi dicere

*' audeat ? deinde, neque verè non audeat ?”

CICERO de Oratore, Lib. ii.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR ROBERT BALDWIN, 47, PATERNOSTER-ROW,

AND WILLIAM BLACKWOOD, EdinburgH.

1811.

To THOMAS STEWART TRAILL of Liverpool, M.D. this Work is dedicated, as a mark of esteem, and as a testimony of gratitude for the great assistance which he has rendered to the Author in its mineralogical department.