Letter 1712

McKenzie was not able to visit Sloane during his stay in England. He describes the transportation of timber from forest to port in the Scottish Highlands. McKenzie mentions a flood and informs Sloane that ‘the Treasuries reconsideration’ would be desirable. George Mackenzie (1630-1714), 1st Earl of Cromarty, was involved in many intellectual pursuits including natural philosophy, geography, history, and theology. He fought on behalf of Charles II, and with the defeat spent time in the highlands of Scotland and on the continent. He returned to England after the Restoration (Colin Kidd, Mackenzie, George, first earl of Cromarty (16301714), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/17580, accessed 7 June 2011]).