5i4 OF THE EAST COAST FROM THE 



tile fhores, particularly the Carfe of Cowrie, the 

 granary of Scotland, and not inferior to any part of 

 Engh L This river is o i for its lalmon 



and pearl filheries, both of which have, however, 

 hin thefe few y il, but wherever 



there arc fands, or a gravelly bottom, the lalmon 

 will rcfort, though th< be an occafional fcarcity 



of that fifti from caufes which human fagacity cannot 

 unfold. 



The fituation of Dundee, amidft the riches of land 

 and water, implies a confiderablc export trade in 

 grain, oatmeal and flour, to which we may add 

 potatoes, which are fhipped in confiderable quan 

 for Norway and Sweden. Of manufactures, the inha- 

 bitants export white and coloured thread, to a : 

 amount, particularly to London ; alfo to the fame 

 mart, an incredible quantity of ofnaburghs, partly 

 '>me fale and partly for cloathing the negroes in 

 the Weft Indies. Soap, (hoes, leather and faddlery 

 goods, contribute likcwife to the aflbrtment of ex- 

 ports from this feat of induftry : but re 1 peeling the 

 h.-rring and white fifheries, we have not a word to 

 fav, though of old thele compokd the principal 

 riches of the whole caftern coaft. 



The antient records of this place having been de- 

 ftroyed by Cromwell's army, the only exifling veftiges 

 of its high antiquity are the remains of its Gothic 

 church, which was founded by David earl of Hunting- 

 don, brother to William king of Scoriand, on his re- 

 turn from his third crufade, in which, with above 500 

 Scotfmen, he accompanied Richard I. of England 

 in the year 1189. This prince after fuffering vari- 

 ous calamities incident to fuch diilant expeditions, 

 was in great danger of being fhipwrecked on his re- 

 turn, near the mouth of the T ay, which he with dif- 

 ficulty entered, and in memory of his deliverance, 

 began the pious work of founding one of the mod 

 cxtenfive churches in Chriilendom, as appears by the 

 wide fpaces between, the pairs which yet remain. 



Having 



