on which, when they have ſet their Feet, they are ſafe for that Time.
In all things elſe the People are treated with the utmoſt Lenity by the Government. The Officers and Soldiery, who receive their Commiſſions and Pay from the Lord of Man, are extremely courteous and civil, rather endeavouring to do all the good Offices they can, than in the leaſt exerting any Authority. 'Tis to their Compaſſion alone, that the poor Criminals ſentenced by the Spiritual Court to that loathſome Dungeon under the Chaple at Peel, are not really confined there, but have the Liberty of the Caſtle. In fine, they are not only the beſt-bred, and moſt converſible Men in the Iſland, but likewiſe, generally ſpeaking, the leaſt vicious, in ſpite of the little Regard they pay to the Eccleſiaſtical Juriſdiction.
As to their Law-Suits, they are neither expenſive nor tedious, but that draws on a Misfortune as bad, if not worſe conſequence than either of the others; which is, that the Over-cheapneſs renders them frequent. When a Perſon has a
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