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people of low circumftances, efpecially in that diflrifl of 

 the paiifti, which lies in the narroweft part of the valley •, 

 but thefe feem chiefly owing to poor living, and bad accom- 

 modation during the winter feafon, and perhaps to the 

 danipnefs of the preceding months. 



Alan .fj^ures It was before" mentioned, that there are 



neither towns nor villages in the pari(li, but that the inhabi- 

 tants live in detaclied houfes : manufaclures, therefore, can- 

 not well exill in this diftrifl. The dearnfefs of fuel is ano- 

 ther obllacle : Peats are bad, fcarce, and confequently dear; 

 and coals are either carted twentv-four miles land carriage, 

 or brought from England by water. Thefe lall would be 

 moderately cheap, were it not for the high duties laid on 

 them, v^hich are as fatal to the improvement of this, as 

 they are to many other parts of Scotland ; nor can this part 

 of tlie country ever greatly improve, until thefe duties be 

 aboliflied. 



I0 he concluded in our tiext. 



Intelligence refpefltng Arts, Literature, lie. 



In no one department, has Britain made more remarkable 

 advances of late, than in what regards mechanical inven- 

 tions, as applied to ufeful arts. Mr. Arkwright's contri- 

 vance for fpinning cotton, has been attended with fuch 

 happy effefts, as to have opened the eyes of mankind to the 

 beneSts that may be derived from inventions of this fort. 

 It is now clearly d<imonftrated, that by means of machinery, 

 yarn can not only be Ipun much cheaper than by, hand, but 

 alfo it can be made of a much better quality. In coiife- 

 quence of this invention, mullins have already been made 

 of a quality equally fne as any that can be brought from 

 India, that can be fold as cheap as Indian goods of the fame 

 f^uality ; io that we want only the/w cotton wool in abun- 

 dance, at a low price, to outrival the inhabitants of Alia in 

 this their favourite manufacture. 



It is furprifuig that manufadurefs (hould have been fo 

 backward in applying this machinery to the fpinning of 

 woollen yarn. This however is now coming into prafticc, 



