ZETTEER. 



any ether one in Mann, and, by fcveial afts of par- 

 liain--nt, lias the privilege of receiving certain fpccics 

 of goods, not permittt d to bo landed in any other 

 part of the illand. There are ionie manufaftures 

 of iincn and paper, and lunifes for caring herrings. 



DovNE, ( Penh, S.) a fmall town of pretty good 

 ho'.ifes, on the River Teith, has two markets an- 

 !iually for cattle, the numbers of which are fome- 

 times little inferior to thole at Falkirk. Doune 

 has been famous for the manufafture of Highland 

 piirfes, but ftill more for that of Highland piflols, 

 which have been fold from. 4. to 2.^ guineas a pair, 

 and been fought after by the princes and nobles of 

 various parts of Europe. 



DovAN or (Devon) iron-works, (^C/tic.S.) fituat- 

 cd on the flream from which they take their name, 

 iibout three miles from Alloa, were cftablifhed in 

 the year i 792, in the licart of a coal and iron-ilone 

 countr)', and are not built, but dug out of the folid 

 rock in the face of a precipitous bank. Pig iron 

 to a pretty large extent is made at them. 



Dover, [Keiil, E.) an antient town, with a tide 

 karbour fupported at a great expense. Being the 

 nearell port to the continent, packets for Calais in 

 France fail from it in time of peace ; and the money 

 fpent by paffengers is the chief fupport of the town, 

 which has veiy little trade or manufaftures, except 

 ihlpbuilding and the branches connefted \vith it. 



DowNHAM, [Norf. E.) a town fituated on the 

 edge of the fen country, has a quay for barges upon 

 the River Oufe, from which the corn, butter, &c. of 

 the neighbouring country are fent down to Lynne. 



Downpatrick, a fmall city at the head of the 

 fouth bra'.ich of Strangford lough, more noted for 

 being the capital of the county of Down than for 

 trade. 



DowKTON, [JVi/!. E.) a fmall town on the River 

 Avon, with manufaftures of paper, bed-ticks, and 

 lace, but chiefly noted for its malt. 



Driffield, {York, E. R.) a fmall town, with 

 nianufaftures of woolen and cotton. 



Drogheda, {Louth, /. ) a well-built town, with 

 above 10,000 inhabitants, at the mouth of the River 

 Boyne, which forms its harbour, is a county of it- 

 felf. Coiifiderable quantities of corn and flour, 

 with fome linen, are (hipped here ; and coals and 

 other goods are impcrteJ for the fupply of the 

 neighbouring country. . 



Droitwich, [IVorc. £.) a fmall town, noted for 

 the excellent quality of the fait made frorn brine 

 drawn out of pits, which liave continued many cent- 

 uries to fupply it in the greateil abundance and of 

 t!ie ftrongell quality. The works confume about 

 300 tuns of coal every week. Some linen is alfo 

 made here : and there is a good navigable commu- 

 nication with the Severn by a canal. 



Dromagh, {Cork, I.) a village with coal mir.-.s 

 adjacent. 



DromAnagh, [Cartel.) another village befide 

 coal mines. 



DuBr IN, the capital of the county of the fame 

 name, and of all Ireland, is a _great and fplendid 



city, inteifeftcd by the River Liffey, from the 

 mouth of which a mole is extended about four 

 miles into the fea. The port pofreflts a confidcr- 

 able quantity of Ihipping, employed in trading to 

 various parts of the world, and in coafling. The 

 exports confift of corn, flour, beef, pork, butter, 

 and very great quantities of linens ; and the imports, 

 of every article not produced in Ireland, wanted for 

 the enjoyment of hfc. Two very irapoitant canals 

 connett the city with the interior country and the 

 well coaft of Ireland. Many branches of trade and 

 manufaftures are carried on, which, as in other great 

 places, attraft lefs notice than is due to them. The 

 linen hall, a moil commodious and elegant flrufluie, 

 is the center of the hnen trade of Ireland. 



Dudley, [Stqf. E.) a flourifhing town, with 

 manufaftures of nails and other aiticlcs of ironmong- 

 ery, and flint glafs. 



DuLAS, {^ng. W.^ a fmall port at the mouth 

 of a rivulet of the fame name, with a little coalling 

 trade. 



DuLVERTON, {Som. E.) a fmall tov.-n, near mines 

 of lead of indifferent quality, has manufaftures of 

 woolen cloths and blankets. 



DuNANE, {^teen. I.) a village with extenfive 

 ruines of coal of the hard kind, eileemed for fmith's 

 work. 



Dunbar, [Had. S.") a handfome little town, with 

 a pretty good tide harbour, partly made by digging 

 to the depth of eight feet in the folid rock in the 

 beginning of the eighteenth century ; and from that 

 time the town has continued to profper. There is 

 fome foreign trade ; and the whale fifhery has been 

 long, and fuccefsfully, profecuted, but has declined 

 of late. The herring hihery gi%es employment in 

 the feafon to many hands ; and confiderable quan- 

 tities are pickled and redded for exportation. But 

 the chief articles of export are corn and malt, the 

 produce of the adjacent fertile fields. In the town, 

 and neighbouring villages there are manufaftures of 

 fail-cloth and cordage, and a mill for fpinning cot. 

 ton and flax. 



DuNBARTON, the Capital of the fhire which takes 

 its name, is a fmall town, with a harbour in the 

 mouth of the River Leven, which was the chief, if 

 not the only, port of foreign commerce on the 

 Clyde, when Glafgow w.-.s merely a bifliop's burgh. 

 There are about 2,000 tun of (hippiiig belonging 

 to the town, employed in coalling and in the her- 

 ring fiihery. The chief manufactures are bottles 

 and window glafs, and nun's thread. The Lcve.i, 

 v,hich is the outlet of Loch Lomond, accommodates 

 the valley up to the head of the loch with the car- 

 riage of produce and goods by failing craft, called 

 gabarts ; and there is a valuable falmon fifliery in 

 it. Tiiriately thefe were all the benerits of any 

 confequence conferred by the Leven upon its valley. 

 But in the year I 768 the quality of the water, which 

 is remarkably foft and pure, wiS obferved to be well 

 adapted fortiieoptrationsof bleaching and printirg. 

 Four bleachficlds, and three printfields, were foon 

 eftabliflied ; and thefe new branches of trade have 



