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induftry unknown to former times. Mr. 

 Dick/on has eftablifhed a woollen manu- 

 facture, which already employs 16 looms, 

 and the fpinning bufinefs goes on fufhci- 

 cntly to keep them at work -, A noble ac- 

 quifition in a place where a fpinning-wheel 

 was not to be feen a few years ago. Ano- 

 ther eftablifliment of very great importance, 

 was that of a tannery. The neareft tanners 

 were thofe at Berwick and Alnwick : This 

 was an inconvenience and a difadvantagc to 

 the neighbourhood ; therefore Mr. Dick^ 

 Jon, at the expence of 700 /. fixed a tan* 

 nery, which now turns out to good account, 

 and is a peculiar benefit to the neighbour- 

 hood. 



The fituatlon of Be/ford, half way be- 

 tween Alnwick and Berwick, at the dif- 

 tance of 30 miles, was very advantageous 

 for fixing a good inn, with poft-chaifes and 

 accommodations for travellers. This, like- 

 wife, was executed, and is now found of 

 peculiar ufe to all travellers, and of benefit 

 to the town. 



But as a town without good roads to 

 and from it is of courfe but in a paltry con- 

 dition, Mr. Dick/on applied himfelf with 

 great fpirit to rendering the road to Bel- 

 E 2 ford. 



