OF SOI. WAY FIRTH. 533 



:hc diftance of 15 miles from Dumfries we ar- 

 Carlingwork,afmallvilUp -en 



i , on ihc weft. 



-s appro 3 miles of each other, 



' navigu 



i:,.il, v, idy 



begun . 'd*> 



comnK 'C many acres of 



id. 



: took a 



n,and 



rhc 



ps of confidcrable bur. 

 from all winds. The bay 

 fhclter to 



king Yv A nt during the Irifh wars, and 



is honoured with the rcfidcncc of the carl of Selkirk, 

 whofc feat and gardens it environs at high tides. 



ous, to Gatc- 

 which falls 



) a bay of the fame name, but without trade of 



kind. This place is accommodated with an inn, 



only comn it may 



be pro] the whole crols country 



from Bcnvic t with i; 



ami to thofe of England in their ap- 



:or in the quality of 

 their wines and honors. 



iatehoufc to Creetown, the bed and mod 

 agreeable road lies clofc upon the fhorc. It is a 

 fine lev with gentle .its on one 



on the other. But 

 through the m< :li- 



tary road hath lately been fonncJ, j^dg- 



ovcr hills and mountains by which the cattle 

 arc fatigued, the paflcngrrs difguited, and the jour- 

 ney unncct rotradc 



Creetown is a fmall village on the eafl fide of 

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