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cable, or an anchor. Thefc confident ions fcnrc to 

 enforce the expediency of two harbours on this 

 northern front of our ulami Cape Wrath, 



on the weft, and the other within Dungfbay-hcad on 



Nor is the relief of the natives, ami the improve- 

 : of the country, a rm importance, 



i toalt, extending near 70 miles in length, 

 abounding in v. . oyftcrs, and other 



Ihcll-tilh. ; s arc more copious than tho 



the eaft and welt I; . ifluc 



from inland lakes, as Loch , Loch Navern, 



.in- the channels by which Ulmon pafs, to and 

 from, in confidcrable cju.mt .mgh little bene- 



fit hath been derived from t i modern 



.ving to the ncglcc' of the con 



:he abfence of the pro; 



country lying upon the coaft is more fni 

 might be e , northern fituation ; 



vl abounds in limeftone, 



marie, and iron itone. The county of Caithnels, 

 the refidence of ; lairs, exports, in good years, 



30,000 to 40,000 bolls of grain ; but it often 

 happens otherwife, when the inhabitants experience a 

 - ..* upon famine. The numerous rc- 

 Hfh houfes, Scotrifh caftles, and other 

 buildings upon the north and eaft fide of this diilrift, 

 feem to indicate a greater degree of population in 

 former times. Its importance is further confirmed 

 by th h hiflorian Torfaeus, in his account of 



the a eoplc to obi : cle- 



ment in lad the able del uned 



itives, through a feries of ages, till a; 

 the Danes, tired out with fr xpcditions, bade 



to that country, an labi- 



. Of the many bays along this coaft, th 

 Loch Fribole claims the preference, being one of the 

 fined roads for (hipping in the kingdom, and fo ca- 

 pacious, that Ihips of the line may enter at low water. 



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