The Cruise of the Midge

Michael Scott (1789-1835) was a Scottish author and autobiographer who wrote under the pseudonym Tom Cringle. In 1806 he went to Jamaica, first managing some estates, and afterwards joining a business firm in Kingston. The latter post necessitated his making frequent journeys, on the incidents of which he based his best known book, Tom Cringle's Log. In 1822 he left Jamaica and settled in Glasgow,...