SITUATIONS FOR TOWNS 



arc fold at Inverary for 6cl. j n; fmall cod, 



at nearly the i".:me price; turb< 1 whitings, 



almoft for nothing. Thofe however, wlio carry 



:refh fifh to Greenock, price. 



The great depth of water a fiords . , ope for 



th< ;trous fifh, the whales ; two of whi 



tended with leflcr fifh of that fpecies, and allb 

 thoufands of fea-gulls, frequented this loch during 

 great part of the winter 1784 ; brought thither, pro- 

 Sly, by the before mentioned fhoal of herrings, 

 anci v^iofc long fojourning in that narrow 



the inhabitants progno; a good fifhery din 



the following fealcn. The whales were of the Ian 

 fize, and the fmaller fifh, pofTibly c lies, 



above 20 feet lon.u;. Iris by the movements oftl.- 

 fifh, and the birds, that the country boats know 

 where to let their nets in the fifhing feafon. Such 

 are the natural advantages of the propofed pafs be- 

 tween the trading, and the uncultivated divifions of 

 the kingdom. Havin if "me on the eaft, and 



the ocean on the weft, it enjoys every pofTible ad- 

 vantage for the fifhcries. Situated amidft the fhoals 

 of herrings which occafionally vifit that lake, and 

 the Firth of Clydej the inhabitants, completely fur- 

 ni Hied with boats, and decked veffels, fait and 

 cafks, would be ready on the firft approach of the 

 fifh, and in all kinds of weather, to fink their nets, 

 and even to attempt the floating fifhery ; thereby 

 gaining, almoft at their doors, the means of com- 

 merce and wealth. Or fhould the herrings appear 

 on the weft fide of the peninfula, the people, by 

 means of the canal *, would loon arrive at the for- 

 tunate lake or bay. Their 



* I have not been able to form a pofitivc conclufion refpcfting 



the comparative natural advantages and di: I of the two 



oppofite bays at the extremities of this pal?, for the purpofe of 



lifliing the propofed town or market ; I (hall only therefore 



flatc a few remarks which k c Loch (Jilp the preference. 



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