456 SITUATIONS FOR TOWNS 



country of Morvcn ; abounds in fmall ifles, and is 

 'gable for large ihips the \\hol 



jion, at the north entrance of the- found of 



it the utility 



of an ellablilhmenr at this plat mild en- 



an extenfivc d: i the 



: Mull. '1 : von, 







country, tnd vr s. That excellent, hut 



runate gentlcn: -iliam i^ 



ceivi; ore upon the h 



and C" CpCft- 



five operations of rr.inir 



people have been employed at Strontian. But the 

 clory of Loch Sunart is its woody banks, occupying 

 a fin face of io,coo acres^ and affording a never-fail- 

 ing fource of wealth to the ; ors. 



4. LOCH URN. The northern extremity of the 

 found of Mull is formed by the point or cape of 

 nainurchan, the molt wellerly land of the continent ; 

 and hux- leaving Argylefhire *, and unpbells, 



Macleans, and Macneils, we enter Invernc Tslhne, thr 

 refidence of the Macdonalds, Macleods, Cam- 

 and Fraziers. This lliire, with Rofs and Su: 

 extends from fea to fea, thereby enjoying a double 

 fifhery, of which the weft coaft is the mo ft confiderable. 

 After doubling Ardnamurchan, the firft inlet is 

 calli-d Loch Moydart, which receives the wat' 

 Loch Shiell, vv inland lake, which ftretches 



in the direction of Fort ^Yilliam, but its communi- 

 cation with Loch Moydart is not navigable, and na- 

 ture hath formed a h {ainft any pafiage by this 

 channel from Fort William and the we it fea. 

 fing Loch Hallyort, Loch Morrer, Loch Nevifh, 



D the point of Ardnamurchan 



to the Mul! . ; the medium breadth from 



30 to 4011. jit the pcniiilul . ire, which is from 5 



to 9 n t extent of 'Territory n.ay he added Ilia, 



Jura, Mull, Tiiey, Coll, and a number oi ids. 



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