TO THE SOLWAY 1 1 217 



ftagcs, viz. Mofipaul and Langholm ; from tl 

 we arrive at the lowetl bridge upon the river 



N the two kingdoms, and from whence 

 :ver, now called the Solway firth, gradually 



ic is loft in the Irifh chin 



The tract through which we have paflcd, feeds 

 incredible flocks oflheep, whofc wool is the ftaplc 

 of the country, and which, with the li rnbs, 



afford the inhabitants . beautn - s, a 



u/ofil! ch of Scotland pro*' 



die belt wool in that kingdom, but it f.ills off in qua- 



i is alledged, to the 



: (Vu re \v 1 on that fide, though 



ipon the Atlantic, produces 



wool, from which fuperfine cloth is fabricated at 

 Dublin, to an extent far exceeding the general 

 belief of mankind. We alfo find wool of a fccon- 



arc fituatcd on the line of Ireland, but the quan- 

 tity is inconfulcral 



Of\the towns ami :1ures between Berwic 



and this place, little can be fuid. We are now 86 

 , by the road, from Berwic on the eaft,and 

 76 f; :h, on the nonh, in 



'\ fpacc lie the ihires ot the Merfe, Rox- 

 borough, Peebles, Sclk t of Dumfries; 



yet there is not, in t :, a town 



in fizc to thofe :s in Engla 



C places are in genei of 



poor; thinly inh ough 



of thei. k, Peel 



burgh, have the \\ boroughs. i 



traffic carried on, is chiefly in grain, wool, fheep and 



c feeble attcmj 



iheir wool, which in feveral parts 

 us conduced; the. )ol to ^ 



to 



