OF THE E: >T FROM THE 



the inhabitants, who hav< 



f pit -ing and drying. 

 Though tliv ,>rts of the peo- 



: s on tlr from the 



I 



. 



of the poor nativ , of la: 



fpirit .ipt at t; 



They fl: in the ^ 



inal between 



orth and the Clyde, but all their efforts 

 fruft rated, through in! narrow 



] I, 



-.v. It would be endU' 



.s which happen on thi .1 coaft, from the 



want of good harbours, 



when embayed. In December 1784, the \\ 

 carter , from Yarmouth to the Forth, was 



v.ith wrecks. Some fi,ips were thrown upon 

 the fands, others broke upon the rocks., and many 

 foun 



At this tirr ., Beared off Dunbar, 



mgly to make a 



ich could not i iier. She was now 



embayed, and at the mercy of the waves ; the inha- 

 bitants beheld the melancholy event of h 



:iiout ability to afford relief, in a fea 

 which run mountains high. Probably one half of 

 the property thus loft, would have rendered Dunbar 

 harbour a fafe retreat. At neap-tides it admits v 

 ing 10 feet; and 14 at fpring-tides. 'i 

 nore could be gained at the c of doool. 



From Dunbar we come to St. Abb's head, on 

 the fouth fide of which is the fmall port of Ky mouth, 

 in the Merfc, where confiderable quantities of 

 rings have 1: !)tlonging to 



the , as well as the ScottiiTi coail. 



On the melancholy occafion above-me, 

 one of the Leith traders, on her return fro 



don, 



