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Upon the whole, this canal, cvrn in its contracted 



noftfangMinc ho|xrsof th 

 ingei . rhcdiftanoc 



into ' .incl the : is, by the Pciul.md 



by the i iy 100. But 



i voya^ -ing, 



vith the -wrecks, the 



pofitive anil cafual expences attending a paflagc by 

 the Hel) even by 



Land'sEnd, par tu uLirly in tune of war, when infur 

 run tVum 15 to 10 per cent, while, by means of the 

 inlai: ttion, ir in. 



Kefpccting the Weft Htghlands j the utility of a 

 fhort between that country and the Eaftern 



ly be mentioned. Hitherto the na- 

 vigation of the Highlands, and the^pctty traffic of 

 the inhabitants, have not extended beyond the li- 

 (jw, which was carried on by means 

 of the- -lien the remaining 6 miles (hall 



be comp new world will open to their view; 



the fcene of action will be extended ; veflels of a 

 larger and be >,iftruc~tion will be gradually in- 



troduced; the natives will not only take and cure 

 all the various fifties which frequent their leas, but 

 alfo embark upon dillaiu voyages, as occafions 



.1 market. Thofe people who have hi- 

 therto been excluded from foreign intcrcourfc with 

 mankind, who have been left to prowl amidft their 

 boilterous ftiores, at home, v ill now begin to trade 

 with the various ports of Scotland ; with London, 

 Hoi! J the Balr re the cxcellcn 



their herrings will generally command a ready fale. 

 'o Glafgow and iis neighbourhood, 

 from the .t ftate, almoft exceed 



Luliiy, of which the annual tonnage to and 

 from that city, of 6 or 7000. rong proof. 



During the the quantity of 



conveyed thither from England, Germany, 

 :zic by means of the canal, prevented .. 



famine, 



