APPENDIX, NO. IV. 



COMMERCIi= 



Darlingtok, {Dur. E. ) a town in the center 

 of the moft confiderabk linen manufaclures in Eng- 

 land. The articles are dan'afl<s, diapers, hucka- 

 bucks, checks, flieetings, and fome fine linens. 

 There are alio manufaftiircs of tammies, moreens, 

 liarateens, and other fabrics, in which the long wool, 

 which abounds in this country, is ufed. There are 

 alio tlirce mills for fpining linen yarn, one for grind- 

 ing optical glaffes, a foundery, &.c. 



Dartmouth, (^Dev. £.)atownon the Channel, 

 of coiifidcnible home and foreign trade. Many of 

 the merchants are rich, and thence it has handfome 

 buildings, though rather inconveniently feated on a 

 hill. Its harbour, formed by the mouth of the 

 River Dart-, is large, commodious, and fafe, and pro- 

 tected by forts. The Newfoundland fiihery, and 

 the pilchard fifheiy, with the trade to Spain, Por- 

 tugal, &c. as connefted with them, together with 

 Ihip-building, and the bufinefifes connefted with 

 jt, employ and enrich the inhabitants. 



Deal, (^Kent, E.) though a maritime town, and 

 carrying on iome foreign and coailing trade, has no 

 harbour but the roadftead in the Downs. As moil 

 veffels, whether outward or homeward bound, anchor 

 in the Downs, the refort of fcafaring people and 

 others conntdled with the fliipping, and alfo of fum- 

 mer vilitors, makes a brifli circulation of money. 

 The feamen here are very aftive and (l<ilful in giving 

 afiipLanee to veflels in diftrefs ; and cables, anchors, 

 and other ftores necefiary for fuch cafes, are con- 

 ilantly kept in readincf?. 



Denbigh, a neat little to\xn, the capital of the 

 WeKh (hire of the fame name, has a manufafture of 

 fhoes, gloves, and other things made of leather. 



Dengy, i^EJf. E.) the chief town of a marfhy 

 hundred, has a trade in checfi of an indifferent 

 quality. 



Dent, (^Icrh, IV. R.) a fmall town in the iiorth- 

 iveft corner of York-rtiire, where ftockings knitted 

 by the women are the chief manufadlure. 



Deptford-, (_Ke>il, E.) a confiderable town on 

 the fouth fide of the Thames, contiguous to Red- 

 i-iff, which may be reckoned a part of Southwark. 

 The dock-yards for building (hips of v,'ar, with the 

 ftore-houfes and work-fhops of various kinds, con- 

 nefted with them, employ moft of the inhabitants. 



Derby, the capital of the (hire of the fame 

 name, a well-built town containing about S,ooo in- 

 b.abitants, has a good trade in corn and malt, and 

 is noted for ale. Tlie marbles and petrifaftions of 

 the adjacent Peak country afford employment to 

 many hands in funning them into a variety of fancy 

 articles. Bat the chief bulinels of the place is or- 

 ganzining, throwing, or twilling, filk, which was 

 introduced in the year 1719 by Sir Thomas Lombe, 

 a merchant in Lonjlon, and his Ijrothcr, who here 

 erefted the firll twiil mills in England, made from a 

 model lie liad clandeflincly obtained in Italy *. 

 There are now twelve fuch mills ir, Derby, which 



give bread to about 1,000 people, moftly women 

 and children, and are in a great meafure employed 

 in twilling Bengal filk for the Eaft-India company. 

 About 500 people, young and old, are employed 

 in three cotton mills. About 100 make filk, and 

 worfted, ftockings. A paper mill has about 50 

 hands, and a porcelain manufaftory about 6c. The 

 River Derwent brings barges up to the town. 



Devizes, {IVIll. E.) a town, moilly built with 

 wood, has a manufafture of ftrges, not fo cxtenfivc 

 as formerly, and a good market for corn and malt. 



Devon. See Do van.. 



Dingle, [Ker. /.) a town fituated at the head 

 of a fmall bay, which forms its harbour, and is a 

 branch of a fpacious bay opening to the Atlantic 

 ocean. It was formerly a commercial port of ionic 

 note, and has now fome trade in butter and linen. 

 Chryftals and amethyfts are found on the adjacent 

 fhore. 



Diss, (Norf. E.) a. neat little town, with mann- 

 faftures of hempen and linen cloth, woolen yarn, 

 and hofieiy. 



DoLGELLY, {Mer. W.) a fmall town, with 3 

 manufafture of undyed woolen cloths, called white 

 plains. 



Donaghadee, (Down. I.) a fmall port tovi'n, 

 where the packets fur the conveyance of letters, paf- 

 fengers, and cattle, to and from Portpatrick are ef. 

 tabliflied. 



DoNAGHY, (Tyr. /. ) a village inhabited and fur- 

 rounded by linen-weavers. 



DoNCASTER, (Tori, TV. R.) a large town on the 

 River Don, Daune, or Dun, by the navigation of 

 which it has a communication with Hull and other 

 parts of the country. Some branches of the hofiery 

 bufinefs fecm to be the only manufaftures of the place. 



Donegal, a town at the head of a fine bay on 

 the north-Aveil coaft of Ireland, to which, and to 

 the county it hes ir>, it gives name, is a place of 

 little trade. 



Dorchester, {Dor/. E.) a large town on the 

 River Fronie, cliiefiy noted for its ale, which is car- 

 ried to all parts of the world. The adjacent coun- 

 try is covered with (heep, and there was formerly 

 a very confiderable manufafture, which worked up 

 all their wool, bcfides great quantities of wool and 

 woolen yarn from Ireland, which is now decayed. 



Doughs, [Lnn. S.) a village, which in antient 

 times derived its fame from the martial prowefs of 

 its lords. But the inhabitants are now more ufe- 

 fuUy employed in fpinning and weaving cotton. 

 There is alfo another cotton work at Carmacoup, a 

 httle higher upon the Water of Douglas. 



Douglas, the largeft town in the i (land of Mann, 

 containing about 900 houfes, feated on the fide of a 

 river, which, though nearly dry at low water, ad- 

 mits veiTels of good burthen with the tide, and is 

 efteemed one of the bell harbours in the Irifh fea. 

 This port has more fiiipping and commerce than 



• In the year 17:VJ the porllament pne Sir ThomaE Lombe the fum of £14,000 (an ample fortune at that time) in con- 

 fid'-Tation of allowing- the art of coijiru-i^iag his engines to be made public, which, undcubtedly, was the beil way of render- 

 ir-g it generally ufefiil. 



