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the public, hut like all other quackeries, it will not 

 bear the teft of clofe inveftigation. 



fbf moftcUgiblcSituationsfor Tows in tbcWcft Highlands. 



IE Weft Highlands being compofed of a 

 double coaft, viz. the main land and the Hi-bride 

 iflands, the fituiuions which can afford the molt ge- 

 neral benefit to both, claim the preference. 



All fenfiblc, difmterefted pcrtbns, who are ac- 

 quainted with thole parts, will at once fee the pro- 

 priety ofchoofing the coaft of the main hind for the 



: of towns ; becaufe, lying in the centre, between 

 an extenfive back country upon the eaft, and the He- 

 brides directly in front on the weft, the benefits of 

 the propofed line of towns, thus judicioufly placed, 

 would pervade the whole internal diftricts of the 

 continent, to the diftance of 40- or 50 miles ; and, in 

 the north Highlands, from fea to fea *. By means 

 of thefe towns, the inhabitants of the hills, valleys, 

 and glens, would be drawn from flothful inactivity to 

 ufcful induftry j the farmer would find a ready mar- 

 ket for his grain, potatoes, cattle, fheep, fkins, 

 wool, tallow, butter, eggs, hemp and flax -, the 

 weaver for his cloth ; the fpinfter for her yarn ; young 

 pcrfons for their knitted (lockings > every art and 

 profefllon down to the broom maker, would derive 

 immediate benefit from a communication with popu- 

 lous thriving market towns, thus eftablifhed along 

 the coaft ; while thefe towns, thus fupplied with 

 country '.vare, would in return furnifh the farmer, 



* From Invcrnefs northward, the main diftance between the 

 caftern and wefte? n fliores doth not exceed 60 miles; but if ue 

 take the diftance Ix-twecn the heads of ibme of the oppofite lochs, 

 as Loch Broom on the weft, which is ever)' where navigable, to Ding- 

 wall at the head of the Firth of Cromarty, the diftance is only 

 34 miles ; from Loch Broom to the head ot the Firth of Dornoch, 

 30 miles ; and from the head of Calva Bay on the weft ; to ditto, 

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grazier, 



