ſon to believe the Biſhops of Man ever had any Juriſdiction over the Hebrides; becauſe, were it ſo, ſome Accounts would have been handed down to Poſterity, by what Means they had loſt it: and as there is nothing but the Name of Sodor to countenance that Opinion, the Objection againſt it may eaſily be anſwered by what I have ſaid.
The great Officers of the Iſland are firſt the Governour, who under the Lord of Man has the entire Command of it; ſecondly, the two Deempſters, who are the Judges in Matters Civil and Criminal; thirdly, the Comptroller, who calls the Receiver-General to an Account; and fourthly, the Receiver-General, in whoſe Hands, all the inferior Collectors depoſite the Rents due to the Lord.
Just at the Entrance of the Caſtle is a great Stone Chair for the Governour, and two leſſer for the Deempſters. Here they try all Cauſes, except Eccleſiaſtick, which are entirely under the Deciſion of the Biſhop; when you are paſt this little Court, you enter into a long winding Paſſage between two high Walls, not much
