4 o 4 CANAL BETWEEN THE 



became nccefiary to open a fubfcriprlon to the amount 

 of 150,000!. which was foon tilled ; and about 

 1 jo,ooo 1. was actually paid. 



Mr. Smeaton began the arduous work in 1768 ; 



overcame almoll inlurmountable difficulties, till he 



! got to the extent of 9 mill , vvhcn, on account of 



;.e mifunderfianding with the managers of the ca- 



, he refigned that Dufinc 



;n Yorkfhire foon prefcnted 



themselves, and with fuch plaufibility of fpccch, 

 tliat they were imn . engaged to carry on the 



work. When thefe i.ien had completed about 9 or 

 10 miles, they were discharged, and Mr. Smeaton 

 was again employed. 



The work was now conducted upon the original 

 principles, till it came within fight of the river Kelvin, 

 and fix miles from the propofed junction with the 

 Clyde; when the fubfcription, and a fubfequent loan, 

 - xhaufted, beyond which the proprietors were 

 ng to proceed, the work was Hopped in 1775, 

 and ha* nained mjlatu quo. The in- 



habitants of Glafgow, however, by means of a coll.i 

 1 branch, nearly 3 miles in length, have opened a 

 * igable communication from that city to the Forth, 

 and thus the emporium of the north communic.i 

 ;th fides of the ifland. 



cperiencc of feveral years, the naviga- 



the Carron was found fo inconvenient, that a 



. fubK ription \vas propofed, for opening a com- 



i nrgocs at cither end, knowing the great advantage* 



of the royal boroughs hi 

 : j . : :>lfo, that the exp< 



nit 200,000 1. 



:he public, and with no more toll than v 

 hfl works in repair ; ami then 



been obtained, from the fbrkittd 



muni- 



