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q, is to be. expedtedj rand indeed - fo r tfte^generil • jisnfefit i©f:.:the
y Britilh empire, that the trade which,has paffedfrem BriftblufofsEiykr-
pbol and Oladgo^j 'm ay 'g ra d n ally fcftliveri''andr ibvi^Iffiate,' even fehe
Weftefn Highlands 'and Iflahds 'o l'S e o tla n d fh s i.tj^ few io fj^ J g e n tle -
itten ih1 the/Highlands; feem tfe 'c ih jf^ to theipr©pa?gati©P‘of /ipdWjtry,
as tending* to deprive-them- of,the ir ancient refpebt, arid n then' re-mi-,
nifcence o f feudal power ; but tins infatuation «5ann0.tit.elQritmu.eji asi it
muff foon be perceived, that to diffufe a fpirit o f induftry lamerig, their
tenants, is the only infallible inode of iricreafing their owin'revenues.
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"ons.. ‘^griculi iire.~ Risers'.
' ''jËdkh.— — Minerà l^ $ — Mineral
ft 1 Curiéfiiüs.: "'.
fo r em o ||||a h d a coaritryr;fè:;rnoüûâi§p.usi In the èaftern partsj
there-is not fo much huiffidity as in England,-as the mbuntaiîWohltbe
d r ® m ' <îh dV^tfantle;I 1j ,©rp th e eotMvt harid, rthe '
ivhf&tfairlV atf ^ddirimaîdobftatle to hhe
pV « ^ P% W ^ fe iltt^ ^É d lld -,h® h t.^ li^ ('d b fta e Iq 'T fo r'th e exarriple of
i'nMltt^cari Cvetecotoe evfert mountains ; but the
id ^ fh ^ f^ ^ lfe ih% W ^ ^ cM ^ h |h d ^ ^ le a fe rity y (ap d ilno.ttdih cak\griatd
a||irfff4 beWcefs”‘of4 fett^ ^h iG iftb iæ d î'yE y e^h è lw in fe t. is mof&udi£-
tinguiffiable/^y'^^/ahundahed ' 'of fhdw,, than -bjKthe kitenftty 'of the
froft'-j^bdt in-lftaitner th e heatrè€:tBedunf<fefirdfte£ted with great, power
dwfhÿ'iiàÿf’cvv wales bë^feeftthef jn ‘çuntainsy lbt as-fometimeg tOr§cpafion
a'lpl^ià^ënffri'>;ofI>glitterIhg partiales, .that fedift it>p; fwira rbefbfe--.,the
l^ ^ ^p y ji^ so b ftrv atio n s'ch je ft^ ap p ly 'j^ th e j-n g fth -an d ^ weft. In the
th e climate difie^s, h jitjk t je from that o f Yorkfhire;
attd-Vcriïte>fo me times ' rip en t’ in? dig^fyales ^of M o ra y ,, as early as in
fe th lirf. d
-'/T3Me5face'df thei conn try? is, i>n>yggpgral mpuntaanoup,.. fO-uthe-extent
perhaps,,of two thirds ; whence the population is of neceflity Ilender,
in comparifon with the admeafurement. . But the name of Highlands
is more- ftridtly confined to ' Argylefliire, the weft of Perthfnire, and o f
Invernefs. ; and the entire, counties of Rofs,, Sutherland, and Calthnefs.
In proceeding from the fouth eaft, the. entrance into the Highlands near
is very impreffive, there being a. con9| 3|rable.. trafl: of plain,
juft.before what may be termed the gates of the mountains. Even the
eaftern parts have little of uniform fiatnefs, but are fweetly diverfified
with hill and dale. What in England is.called a hilipwçuld often in
Scotland
C uM A t E ;Vy A'isjè -
S e a s o n s .
Face'of the
Country.