NATIONAL IMPROVEMENTS 

 RECOMMENDED, 



fAJLTICULALY IN THE 



HIGHLANDS. 



OF INLAND NAVIGATION. 



HITHERTO the inhabitants of the Highlands, 

 unable to avail thcmfelves of the bounty 

 which their Teas afford, have lived in penury, amidft 

 the fources of affluence ; I fhall therefore fpecify fuch 

 meafures as feem mod conducive to the purpofes of 

 general utility, in the full eftablifhment of a popu- 

 lous thriving colony. 



The firft object which prefents itfelf is the open- 

 ing fhorter communications between the Atlantic 

 and the Britifh Sea-, the advantages of which are fo 

 obvious, that they may be confidered as the ground- 

 work of all fucceeding improvements, not only in 

 the Highlands, but over Scptland in general. 



That nation admits of three artifaial navigations: 



1. The Southern navigation, between the forth 

 and the Clyde. 



2. The Wcftern navigation, between Lochfine 

 and the Atlantic. 



3. The Northern navigation, between Fort Wil- 

 liam and Invcrncfs. 



Navigation 



