502 OF THE KA5T COAST FROM THE 



et broad at the- top, feet high, 



the parapet wall on tin 1$ here 



4 feet 6 inches thick, and 4 



:. ' 



re the rounding of tin- !H,K! begins to lv torn 

 where it is 36 feet broad at i: 



broad at the top, including the pa; inch is 



rc 8 feet high, and 10 feet broad. 

 " The head, or rounding of the pier, at the eaft ex- 



ihe platform is 30 f id the h 



the parapet, and ri. K!K ular of the- 



\s the pi ei : the 



infidc of the parapet wall, il one, 



, and at laft a thi; ,ay, broad cm i 



for a fingle perfon to walk upon, each railed aL 

 2 feet above the om .1 one of ti. 



walks, you can, at any | look tL 



The whole is built of granite* ; many of the outiide 

 flones arc above 3 tons wciphr, \vith hewn beds, and 

 into ri, ., lb that their ends 



y are outward, no flone in it ib lels than 4 feet in 



;h. 



" The expence of this great work, amounting to 

 ?col. or upwards, is defrayed by doubling 

 harbour dues, which are chiefly paid by the inhabi- 

 tants of Aberdeen. A little to the fouth of the ; 



v have now a depth of 17 fathoms at low water; 

 and at the harbour mouth, from 8 to 9 fathoms, 

 where- they had formerly but a few feet." 



After defcribing this pier, undertaken and com- 

 pleted at the expence of the town, f it is unneceflary 

 to add any further remarks relative to the fpirir, 

 magnanimity and g-:-od fenfc of the citizens j whofe 



* Eflecmed the moil durable flone known in Europe, being proof 

 againft time and elements, raid is therefore the molt proper for 

 bridges, piers and e;; 



f It \vab built u ' <>rks, 



' left to hi? own judgment, and liberally i'npplicd in the means, 

 arc always folid, mafterly, and gr 



4 example, 



