490 O F THE MURRAY F I R T H. 



this point the land trends due weft on the one hand, 

 and . r<> the fouthward of eaft on the other. 



It has been always thought by n . 

 light-houfe erected there would ten ; to 



the prcfcrvation of the i! 1 in com- 



merce upon the coaft, as a i 



:i from the weft, thewh ,fthe M 



ray firth; from the north at 1 ir almoi: 



Orkneys, and immediately on doubling the point of 

 land called Buchannefs, from th ith. 



And indeed there is no part of the coafl where a light 

 could be pla'Vvl with more propriety anJ advantage *. 



Fraferfburgh has a finall good harbour, made and 

 kept up at a confiderable exp< the proprietor 



and the town. According to the tide, th 1 1 



to i 5 feet water within the harbour, and 20 feet im- 

 iTicdiately without at fpring-ticles : without is a tole- 

 rable road for (hipping, in a bay nearly a league in 

 length, and half a league in depth, with good 

 anchorage in a fancly bottom. Veflels of about 200 

 burden enter the harbour at prefent. 

 /crfburgh is well fituated for trade with the 

 eaft coaft of Europe. The town has lately advanced 

 confiderably, and requires only encouragement to 



.der it a port of fame confequence on the coaft of 

 Scotland. At prefent it carries on a fmall trade to 

 the Laft fea, feveral manufactories are forming in 

 its neighbourhood, and the port is well adapted for 

 building of fmali vcffels. 



Stations on the coaft for the veflels and perfons 

 employed in the cod and herring fifheries are much 

 wanted, and often talked of being eflablifhtd. 

 Fraierfburgh is well calo 1 nd for a ftation, the 

 filhing banks for cod commencing right off Kin- 

 naird's head, about ten leagues out at fea, and the 

 herring fhoals patting every year clofe under the 



* Seldom a winter pafles, fays captain Kyd, without fhip- 

 wrecka ; lad winter, a ftiip from the Baltic to Dublin, was loft 

 on Raua Head, near Kinnaird's Head. 



coaft ; 



