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Crawfurd's dike, (^Rcnf. S.) a fmall town near 

 the eail eaJ of Gret;nock, with a good harbour for 

 coaflhig veflels, mvich more antieiit than thofe of 

 Greenock and Portglafgow. 



Crediton, [Dev. E.) a fmall town, with a manu- 

 fafture of ferges. 



Creeto\tn, [Kirt. S.) a tliriving little town at 

 the mouth of the River Cree, has feveral fmall vef- 

 fels employed in the coafting trade, and particularly 

 in carrying (liells for manure. Some cotton-fpin- 

 ning and other manufactures have been eftablifhed, 

 but not very extenfive. 



Cricklade, ^iVi/l. E.) a town only noted as 

 being at the very head of the navigable water of the 

 Thames, which, by the junftion of the Churn, be- 

 comes capable of carrying boats. 



Crief, (^Pcrlk, S.) an inland town on the border 

 of the Highlands, formerly famous for a great 

 market for Highland cattle, which are now iold at 

 Falkirk and Doune. There are manufaftures of 

 lintfeed oil, paper, filefias and other linens, woolen 

 clo*h, drugget, worlled Huffs, and tanned leather : 

 and of late the fpinning and weaving of cotton 

 goods, and tambouring have been introduced. 



Cromarty, a fmall town, the capital of the 

 fmalleft fliire in the three kingdoms, is fituated on 

 the fouth fliore of a noble firth, capable of contain- 

 ing fome hundreds of large fhips in fafety *. A 

 good quay at the town can receive a veflel of 350 

 tuns. With thefe advantages Cromarty has little 

 bufmefs worth noticing, except a pretty confiderable 

 manufadlure of bagging for cotton and coals, be- 

 lenging to a company in London, which employs 

 200 people within the walls and a number of fpin- 

 ners in the neighbourhood. 



Cromer, [Worf. E.) a fifliing village, with a very 

 indifferent landing place on the beach, though it is 

 believed to have once had a good harbour. 



Cromford, (Deri/. E.) a village near fome lead 

 mines, but more diitinguilhed by the extenfive cot- 

 ton works eftablifhed by the late Sir Richard Ark- 

 wright, the father of the improvement and extenfion 

 of the cotton manufafture in this country, and of 

 the extenfion of the cultivation of cotton throughout 

 the world. 



Cromwell park, {^Perth, S.) the feat of a cot- 

 ton mill, and a very extenfive print-field. 



Cronebane, l^lVict. A) a village with very ex- 

 tenfive mines of copper, and a mineral water which 

 produces copper. 



Croydon, {Sur, E.) a. village with a woolen 

 manufacture on a Tmall fcale, which was more ex- 

 tenfive a few years ago. There is alfo a cotton 

 manufaiSlory. 



Croyland, or Crowland, (Z/nr. E.) an an- 

 tient monailic eftablifhmeut, furrounded by fens. 

 Its trade now confifts in carrying to market pro- 

 digious numbers of ducks and other aquatic birds, 

 caught in the decoys, and alfo in carr)'ing frefli- 



water fifli alive to London m Icuttled buts by land 

 carriage. 



CuLLEN, {^Bamf. S.) a. fmall town on the fhore 

 of the Moray firth About the year 1 748 the lin- 

 en manufafture was eflabliihed here by the exer- 

 tions and influence of the carl of Findlater, then at 

 the head of the board of truflees for the encourage- 

 ment of the linen and hempen manufadlures. The 

 kinds made are chiefly coarfe hnens, long lawns, 

 and fome table linen. The bufiiiefs has lately fall- 

 en ofl a good deal. 



CuLROss, {Perth, S.) an antient town on the 

 north fide of the Firth of Forth, with an indiffer- 

 ent harbour, at which coal and fait are fhipped : 

 but there is no foreign trade. The extraction of 

 tar from coal was firft; praiflifed here by Lord 

 Dundonald. Some linen, cotton, and woolen goods 

 are made ; and many girls are employed in flower- 

 ing and tambouring muflin. Moft of the weavers 

 have gardens, to which and the healthy fituation of 

 the place may be afcribed the longevity of the in- 

 habitants, it having been repeatedly remarked that 

 there are more old people here than in moll other 

 communities. 



Cumnock, (_-^J>r, S ) z village, where fome 

 muflins and other cotton goods, and fome woolen 

 goods, are manufactured, and alfo a confiderable 

 quantity of fhoes. 



Cupar of Angus, (For/. S.) a fmall inland 

 town, where fome coarfe linen and pack-fheeting 

 are made. 



Cupar of Fife, a neat inland town, the capital 

 of the fliire, with a fhare of the manufafture of 

 brown linens, filefias, &c. which are fent to Lon- 

 don, Glafgow, and other places. 



Dalbeaty, {Kirk. 6'.) an inland village near the 

 Urr, on which river there is a port, called Dalbeaty 

 port, or Dub of Hafs, to which veflels of 60 tuns, 

 by the help of fpring tides, carry up lime, coal, &c. 

 and carry off corn and other produce. A paper 

 manufafture is the only one of any confequence. 



Dalkeith, {^Edin. S.) a fmall town, wherein 

 fome years ago there appeared a profpetl of a wool- 

 en manufafture, which has not become confiderable. 

 Many girls are employed in tambouring. The 

 weekly corn market is reckoned the greatcft in 

 Scotland. 



Dalnoter, [Diinh. f.) a village on the Clyde, 

 at the end of the great canal, with confiderable 

 iron-works. 



Dalry, {'^y, S.) a village wherein formerly 

 many people were employed in filk mauufaClures, 

 but now only about 50. But there are above 200 

 employed in weaving cotton goods, and many in 

 cotton -fpinning works. 



Dantsey, {t'ViVt. £,) a village and manor, the 

 whole of which is occupied by dairy fanners, and 

 produces excellent cheefe, known by the name of 

 North Wilt-fliive. 



• It has been ufual to defcribe the Firth of Cromarty as capable of receiving all the Britifh navy. That could orly be 

 true vfhen there were not near half fo many (hips in the navy as there are now. 1 hey who faid fo probably looked at the 

 extent of water .-ecreferted in the map, without knowing that the bays on both fides are very Ihallow. 



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