has yet ever treated on, but are very worthy of Obſervation. And firſt of Caſtle-Town;
It is the Metropolis of the Iſland, and the Place where moſt of the Perſons of any Note chuſe to have their Reſidence, becauſe the Governour keeps his Court in it; the Caſtle is a fine ancient Building, and has been honoured with the Preſence of ſeveral of the Lords of Man; the late Earl of Derby continued there ſome time, but his preſent Lordſhip (A. 1726) has never yet vouchſafed to viſit it. The Courts of Judicature are alſo kept here, and what Records of the Iſland are yet remaining: but the greateſt Part of them, in troubleſome Times, were carried away by the Norwegians, and depoſited among the Archives of the Biſhops of Drunton in Norway, where they ſtill remain; tho' a few Years ſince, Mr. Stevenson, an eminent, worthy, and learned Merchant of Dublin, offered the then Biſhop of Drunton a conſiderable Sum of Money for the Purchaſe of them, deſigning to reſtore, and preſent them to the Iſland, but the Biſhop of Drunton would not part with them on any Terms.
