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boats, thefe weftern fhorcs, as foon as the propofed 

 canals fhall be opened, will contribute their quota 

 to the fupply of the capital, in timber, ftate, lead, 

 and fifh ; while that city will, in return, fupply the 

 jiecefTary wants of thofe fhores j thus opening new 

 channels of commerce and navigation to the mutual 

 benefit of individuals, and giving, at the fame 

 time, additional (Irength to the Britifh navy. 



Copper hath been difcovered in the Highlands of 

 Scotland j iron-ftone is found in many places j and 

 lead mines have long been wrought with fuccefs. 



Some iflands, as Efdale, and others in its neigh- 

 bourhood, are compofed entirely of flate, of which 

 many cargoes are exported 5 befides quarries through 

 the interior parts of the main land, which, from 

 the want of commerce and towns, cannot be brought 

 into ufe. 



The ifland of Lifmore, eight miles in length, is 

 one continued rock of lime-ftone. Rofsfhire and Su- 

 therland abound in mountains of marble refembling 

 the Parian ; but this treafure is of no benefit to the 

 proprietors, on account of the diflance from water 

 carriage, and the almoft uninhabited (late of thofe 

 remote regions. 



Freeftone, granite, marie, filver fand, (hells, kelp, 

 potters clay, fullers earth, and fern, are common 

 throughout the Highlands. 



Rivers and inland lakes are extremely numerous in 

 the Highlands; they contain falmon, trout, char, 

 eels, poans, and other delicate fifties ; and, as it is 

 well known that fifh may be tranfported from one 

 country to another with fuccefs, thefe lakes might be 

 rendered of ftill greater utility. The Chinefe pedlars 

 carry on fuch bufmeis throughout the various provin- 

 ces of that extenfive empire. 



In Switzerland, a country refembling Scotland in 

 the magnitude of its mountains, and the number of 



and coafters chiefly with Welch timber, which is extremely proper 

 for their purpofe. Many cargoes have been had from that coun- 

 try fmce the late peace, of which the landholders feel the benefit, 

 befides the giving employment to the poor natives. 



