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A valuable bank lies between the iflands of 

 Mull, Coll, and Ardnamurchan, on the main land 

 of Argylefhire , the ground is not extenfive, but the 

 fifhery is great upon the proper ground, which is 

 not eafily difcovered, without a thorough fearch 

 agreeable to dire&ions, and obfervations upon land 

 marks. 



In the found of Mull, there is a fmall bank, 

 which flretches from Aros to Scalafdale Bay. The 

 fifh are fmall in fize, but good in quality. 



There is an inexhauftible fifhery along the coaft 

 of Argylefhire, called the Inner Sound, through the 

 currents lying between Mull and Morven on the 

 north, and the three Lorns on the fouth ; as far 

 within land as the currents of Carran and Fort- 

 William. 



A bank lies between Loch Tarbat, in Jura, and 

 the Ifle of Colonfa, one mile in breadth, and 16 

 miles in length, of a good hard ground, and from 

 1 4 to 1 6 fathoms water. Each fide of the bank is, 

 however, about 70 fathoms, and the tide runs very 

 rapidly over it. Thofe who fifh on this bank, 

 fhould throw their lines at flack tide \ that is, nearly 

 at high or low water. Another bank lies in the 

 channel, between Jura and Hay on the weft, and 

 the main land of Knapdale on the eaft. 



Thefe are the principal banks of the Hebrides, on 

 the weft fide of the Mull of Cantire. On this fide 

 of the cape, within the Firth of Clyde, there is a 

 good fifhing ground around the craig of Ailfa; from 

 whence a large bank ftretches from Ballintrae in 

 Airfhire, and thence, along the coaft, to the Mull 

 of Galloway, where it is loft in the Irifh channel. 



Another bank ftretches in a north-weft direction 

 towards Sanda I (land, and from thence towards 

 Knapdale, off the north fide of Arran. 



Befides the fifhings on the banks of the Hebrides, 

 every bay or loch, of which there are fome hun- 

 dreds between Cape Wrath and the Mull of Can- 



Y 3 tire, 



