OF THE SOLWAY FIRTH. 



liQe ; who, fhould the pried be from home, will un- 

 den friendly office, from the ardour 



of his regard to quality ib generous and good. 



w miles on a level good: 



arm ;nan *, afmall royal borough, pleafantly 



.ted on a river of the fame name, abounding in 

 ialiTion, and navigable, within half a mile of the 

 town, for vcffcls of 250 tons burden. It was for- 

 merly a place of tiaJc, but lying contiguous to the 

 Engliih border, and in the track of their wellern 

 incurfions, it was often pillaged, deftroyed, or burn- 

 ed ; the lad of thefc deftructive inroads was in the 

 reign of Edward VI. when lord Wharton, prefident of 

 the marches, burned the town and demoliftied the 

 church. 



The export trade of Annan at prefent, confifts of 

 grain only, and that in no great quantity. The 

 Solway firth is, at this place, above i miles in 

 .:h ; the inclofures, planting, and verdure on the 

 Englifh fide afford a delightful profpect, and a moft 

 ftriking contraft to the naked fields on this fide. 

 Appearances begin however to mend, as we ap- 

 proach Dumfries. On the left is Comlongam, the 

 birth-place of lord Mansfield ; the antient part of the 

 building, though the walls arc above 12 feet in 

 thicknefs, hath yielded to time, and is moftly in 

 ruins. 



At a Ihort diftance we arrive at Lockermofs, aflat 

 of 10 miles in length, and 3 in width ; which, from 

 the proftrate large trees and other r.ces, fcems 



to have been an extenfive foreft, overwhelmed by 

 the lea ; but we have no light from hiftory or tra- 

 dition, at what time this great inundation happened. 

 Some canoes, hollowed with fire, having been found 

 in the mofs, feem to carry that event to a very re- 

 mote period. 



On a line with Newcafde, and nearly a degree to the ' 

 ward of Bcnvic. 



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