53* OF THE SOLWAY FIRTH. 



od they have lived by one another, without com- 

 pping, or manufactures worthy of being 

 mentioned. Many of the inhabitants arc, howe\ 



rcumltances, and i\ ,rcat Bri- 



tain are better cal lulcncc of 



thofe who prefer a tranquil, to a luiiy 1 ; ie town 



is neat and clean; the country and river arc de- 

 lightful ; butchers mc-at, poultry, lalmon and other 

 fifh, are good and cheap; and the pi H ;iQ[h not 



a feat of trade, is enlivened by the rclort 

 lers to and from Ireland, Airfliire an : >w. 



On leaving this agreeable to\\ ;i, b 

 road *, we crofs the ]S i a bridge of 9 arcli 



and enter the fh . irkudbright, which, hat 



of Wigtown, compofed the anticnt province oi < 

 loway, a name (till retained by the natives and their 

 neighbours. It gave its name to a numerous breed 

 of final 1 (lout horh d in this country, thoi 



now applied indifcriminately to all hories of that lizc. 



The alcent of the road, after croiling the bri 

 affords a ricli profpedt of the windings of the Nith, 

 through an extenfive well-improved country, bound- 

 ed on the north by mountains, but open on the eaft, 

 as far as the eye can reach, the neareil mountains on 

 that fide being the weft end of the Cheviots. Hav- 

 ing reached the fummit, we enter upon an open 

 moorifh country, and have a diftant view of Kng- 

 land as far as St. Bee's Head, near \Vhitehaven, 

 the moft weitcrly land in that divifion of the king- 

 dom. 



* The earl of Hilllborough p- 



bole 



country is under the grcatcft obli; 

 ;is impro- 



. 



ly detective ; no traveller hath attempted a modern nciount, and 

 of the c 



almoft entiiely in t icddin'ii:, t> \ilit 



;id'tofollou tl: isof the capos and I 



however intonvcnicnr, tithe i :oot. 



At 



