estimated 6 ï , f 4 £ -The ancient city was rather venerable than beautiful,
dfi*jfirë. éexpblèsïM-M®. fcé^®è^?»8te,is : difadfeanf%
è 'rëcempebcedhy its favourable 'poM«ttïfc>r<GQtomètfce*with America
and* th è ’Weft indièS. Jt-s oömmerce1 has daTffen('to' -great -extents -flice
the y e a r1 *71$, whên tfoefirft'flïip that belonged t6'.Glaj%oy« légifledtiie
Atlantici7. y-The number o f Ihips belonging to thesGlyde/m $©pwas
pbfed té have amounted tèHÖo^ooqtltdnsA' Tho u g h A e ananuFadtüres
fcarcely exceed halfia-xefitury in antiquity,'they ar&noVr nmqier,ousiand
im p o rtan t8. T h a t ofi
th e yearly vatoe o f Z ^m ^ S sÉ .
,&c. are fa r from being o f fimilar oonföqiuence. i ''Tfteiabdent cathedral
of'Glafgotv furvived the reformadeai^nwhedithe o th e r Scotifc.edSfiess of
th a t diiï«ÉÉtïnatïoin - funk >ihtö j trains.'.' M Two
throtvn' over th eO ly d e . Thés ehviro;Bh6<rfbGJa%öw^^
markable.- jpl
Nexfe-in eminence are th e -mtiesmf Pêrth-and; Aherdèen/asad thfevtown
ofjBu&dée^ i Perth is an k n d e n t 'town, Tappofefeo! h i v e 'b e en the
Victoria of th e Romans, -but the fables concerning Bertha are beneath
no tic e9. I t is pleafantly fituated on ,the>w£fternhank o f the river T a y ;
an d has been known' in commerce fince the fhirtenth century, h u t .at
prefent th e . trade is -chiefly of the coafting kind, Dundee pofféiTmg a
more- advantageous frtuation for foreign intercourfe. Linen forms the
ftaple manufacture, to the annual, amount o f about i fio^ood/.,. .There
are alfo -manufactures of leather and paper. Perth displays, few public
edifices worth notice. Inhabitants , about 28,boób: ;• T h e re is a noble
bridgeyof recent date, over the Tay, and the environs are/inte-cefting,
particularly the- hill o f Kinnonl, which prefents lingular fcencs, and
many curious mineral 'productions
About eighteen miles -nfeafer th e . m outh -.of th e Tay, • fiands Dundee,
j-nth-e cöunty of A ngus, a n eat modern town. The "firth < of T ay is here
£ 1 Statift. Account, v. 498. 8 lb . fopi , . * lb . xviji. 489, &C. *
Anderfon’ s-Mufes Threnodje. <
.between
CHAP. i n . H n GE O GRAPHT. i 5y
between two and three miles broad ; and there is a good road for {hipping
to the eaft of the town, as far as Broughty-caftle; On the ill: ofi
September,j if ip i, Dundee was taken by florin by General ' M o n k a n d
Lumifden, the governor periflied amidft'a torrent of bloodlhed. The
population is, however, now compufedVat: 2 4 ,060; the public edifices-,
are neftfeanib commodious*;!-i In 1792, the veflels belonging to: the porp
amounted to 116, tpnnage'S'yyo. The ftaple manufacture is linen, to
the annual value.- of about '80,000/, canvafs, &c. about 40,060/. Coloured'
thread alfo forms a cohfiderable article, computed at 3.3,000/. and
themathec it a une'd^a^aig^P)/! Sftfi r /
AMe l d e f e n m r f i - * i f ® t h ei e ] ev pn tfii ffefeu r^i ,jSak cficontinued
tome chiefly meWoiabffefii leQ&fefia'ftfciilQry., In (thefimoteehtfi- cefttury
n ^w P 'ae ra ’byM' bey Edward IIly ^E t^ Ian d .T V The'.popuiktifeni
was Mfeputed ^T&oug®.4:h e !fik b p itp.W'«wreKh§rllafi3'y1i66mmoclipuy,'
it can boaft' a , conficklabre^-Tr'ad©|^he
fahhoif andlwboll^U -^®dsl"''“'Ihlliyq^, ftke, Brkifii fhlps'i efitprecl at tKe
port, ‘were fixt’yf© ife^bfche foreign five y an d itfie Britfih .fhips elected-
|liiiw&r1d$,'> "asmmtid, | ■ T h y cSsief^marinfaiMiresi ‘afce
wd6i®~i^)b'ds, parrieufarly 'ftacking,^v> t^ anfiual5« ^ p it ||f '- j .v ^ f ( ^ ,';is-
computed at x-2 'tMkll l * Tfafi coarfe-lineo mauuftf-iTilres ajle^n-oftefl'^fich'
account; but the thread is of efteemed quality. :
The -other chief towns of Scotland fba.ll only be briefly mentioned,
-beginning the'fouth-eafi;'pa-rt o f the kingdom.:' Berwick is a, fortified
tow n of Tome note, and carries' oil' x c'oefidefahle - tra d e in falmon.
The veflels built at this port, are confeuCted on excellent principles.
Jedburgh, on the river Jed, which defeends from the Cheviot-hillsj
is; chiefly remarkable for the beautiful ruins o f an abbey, founded^ by
David I. ' In the year *$23,--it was- b-utht "by th e . Earl of :<Surtey, iwlto^;
fays that iptHen kPptainfed-Jwi^^S: many-hq^fes;!Ss * fBerwick, manyjof
them elegantly b u ilt; and it was defended b y fix ftroiig towers.
Dumfries ftands ota a riling ground',, cm the eafter-n-banks of the Nith,
and* contains7 about fiopp inhabitants •
Ayr, the chief town in the S.'W. of Scotiimd, is fituated -on a fandy
plain, on a;river o f the fame name. The chief trade is in grain-and-coals;
Cities and
Aberdeen.
Berwick;
Jedburgh;-
Dumfries^-
m
>*' Statift. Account, viir. p. 204, &c. i n and