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c< thorns water, above a cable's length from the 

 any where above Logie point, on from 

 i 3 to 24 fathom, 



" Loch Kenard is a harbour on the eaft fide of 



md Martin, about a .rthward of the 



>uth of Loch Broom, in which vcflcls may ride 



i y fafe on 4 or 5 fathoms water, good ground, 



and well (hcltcrr 



Th > this celebrated lake forms a ca- 



. in length, and from 7 to IO 

 in width. 



Loch Broom extends 7 miles further into the 

 country, is from i to 3 in v. . md of great 



This lake on the weft, and the firth of 

 ^.arty on the caft, approach fo near each other, 

 that the diiUnce in a direct line, between the fait 

 each fide, does not exceed 15 miles. The 

 produce of the country around Loch Broom is cat- 

 tle, which are generally purchafcd by graziers from 

 .illb timber, mountains of marble * and 



limeftonc. 



* As the north of Scotland abounds in marble of curious 

 colours and qualities, it may be proper to employ certain quali- 

 ,-crfons to examine into the different ..ike t 



report of their obfcrvations to government. The expediency 

 of fuch : til appear from the following 



account of this manufacture in Ire .cred in (he manner 



ys the au- . thing re- 



markable in Kilkcn: >n to its environs, and 



among other places .oe of 



mechaniun our eyes ever beheld. 1 think the inventor, Mr. 

 Collis, ought to havr of a Prax 



This admi x;low the town, 



upon the i \ dchghiful txjttom, the paflage to it 



v.ant gro\ engine, or IA:I.CI the different 



engine.', u > their n,.u vcllous work by :hc hcL> u! the n\xr, and 

 vvondcrfullv contrived, : , bore and pohlh at 



the fame time. I am conceni lough 



todcfcribe it fully as it deicrvcs ; had I not fccn any thing worthy 



t this oji' -. .d think a 



labours fully jtaid. Nc. apartments called trait- 



. 



'', buffets, vafcs, punch-bowls, uiurs ul* different ui:nea* 



StMi 



