554 OF THE FIRTH OF CLYDE. 



it is nflVrre ^f various fi/rs, we're cap- 



umflan 

 cxcl 

 An- 

 for 



the decay of i 1 



. 



were utterly ruined by th 

 revo 



nding theft- ad 1 . the 



commercial fpirit of G 

 in the 1 , (hip- build ing, as 



brigs and (loops, is carried on with the . 

 numbersof youngmen, who, from t 

 ment at the plow, inn: 'en, 



are at prdent fully cnp^ged in the ( 

 whom the proportion to expcrienc nters is 



three to 01. 

 fidered as adding ; 



fhould the bufinefs of -nil 



and permanent in that kin 



land, navies might be ily, 



to the aftonifhment of mankind, and the n 

 united ene; The obftrur the fuccefs of 



our naval operations, from t! ity of i 



carpenters, coopers and trai.lporrs, will be mon 

 lefs removed in ', 



given to _fi(heries, and fhip -building in 

 dom. Since the reign of , V r . all t! 



in the latter branch I people 



only, unafTifltd ly government in any refpec 



, -.gland, Ireland, and ti 

 nations of v hath U 



diciouily and liberally a 



re is not in the whole kingdo;, .d a 



r build i: -pairing fliips of th' 



effort was made fome years ago, at Lcith, whereby 



the 



