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out of the land, 500 yards long and S3 yards wiJf, 

 wherein the veflels lie conftantly afloat. The man- 

 ufaftiiring cftablirtiments,' befides thofe connefted 

 with the conflruftion and outfit of veffels, are two 

 fugar houfes, a foap work, a paper mill, fome oil 

 mills, &c. 



HuNGERFORD, (BerL and Wilt. E.) a town fi- 

 tuated on the River Kennet, and on the canal, 

 which is made to connect the Avon at Bath with 

 tie Kennet and the Thames. 



Huntington, a populous town, the capital of 

 a fliire of the fame name, is fituated in a fertile 

 country on the banks of the Oufe, by the naviga- 

 tion of which it has fome trade with Lynne. 



HuNTiNGTOWER, (Perth, S.) a village, called 

 alfo Ruthven, with an extenfive print-field. 



HvjNTLY, (Aberd. S.J a neat and flourilhing 

 village, enlivened by feveral branches of the linen 

 manufafture, fome cotton manufadlures, thread 

 works, and bleachfields, for which the water of the 

 River Bogie is faid to be peculiarly wdl qualified. 

 Huntly is expefted to become the Paflcy of the 

 North. 



Hythe, (Kent, E.) once one of the chief 

 Cinque porta, long ago decayed by reafon of its 

 harbour being choked with fand. Its whole (hip- 

 ping now confilts of two hoys, which trade to Lon- 

 don. 



Ilchester. See Ivelchester. 

 Ilfracomb, (Dev. E.) a neat thriving town, 

 fituated on the Briftol channel, with a quay 800 

 feet long, a pier, a light-houfe, &c. Being of fafer 

 and eafier accefs than fome of the neighbouring 

 harbours, it has a gool deal of bufinefs, and pof- 

 fefles more (hipping than any port between Briftol 

 and Falmouth, except Biddeford. 



Ilmikster, (Som. E.) a fmall town with a (hare 

 of the clothing trade. 



iNisHotiAN, (Cork, I.) a neat village with linen 

 manufaftures in and around it, (ituated about (tve 

 miles above Kinfale on the River Bandon, which 

 caiTies large velTels up to it. 



Inshira, (I'erth, S.) a village with a good har- 

 bour on the River Tay, at which velFels of confi- 

 derable burthen take in the corn produced in the 

 fertile Carfe of Gowiie, ai*d deliver fuch goods as 

 are wanted in the country. 



Inverary, (Arg. S.J a well-built little town, 

 fituated on the we(l fide of Loch Fyne, has long 

 been famous for the rcfort of herrings of a luperior 

 ijuality, which ahnoft fill the loch in July, and con- 

 tinue till January. In the throng of the fiihery 

 above 500 boats are bufily employed in reaping 

 this heaven-direfted harvell ; and vail n\lmbcrs of 

 men, women, and children, are employed upon the 

 land in the vaiious procelTes of curing, and other 



branches of bufinefs conncAed with the (ilher)'. 

 But/ometime- they an obliged to throw away their Jtji 

 for want of fait. Loch Fyne alfo abounds with 

 other fi(h, which find a ready market in Glafgow. 

 The duke of Argyle has endeavoured to introduce 

 a woolen manufafture : but the want of coal, by 

 obliging thofe, who might have been fpinners, to 

 fpend their time in preferving peats, prevented its 

 fuccel?. An iron-work, condufted by fomegentle- 

 men of Lancalhire, has been more fuccefsful. 



Inverkeithing, (Fife, S.) an ;.ntient town at 

 the head of a little bay of the Forth, whic'i makes 

 a fafe and commodious harbour, but too near t<» 

 I.eith to have much trade. A few veiTels belong- 

 ing to the place ufe foreign trade ; but moll of 

 them are employed in coufting, and particularly in 

 citrrying coal. The manufactures, befides linen, 

 the general ftaole of Fife, are an iron-work, and 

 f3lt-works,the ufual attendants upon coal. 



Inverleithen, fPeel). S.J a fmall inland vil- 

 lage, at which Mr. Brodie, a gentleman concerned 

 in extenfive iion-works in Shroplhire, erefted a fet 

 of works for fpinning wool by machinery wrought 

 by water. ' But for caufes which the author [of 

 ' the (latiftical account of Inverleithen] does not 

 ' choofe to dwell on, the manufacture has not gone 

 ' on with that fuccefs, to the advantage of the 

 ' gentleman who eredled it, that its firft beginning 

 ' promifed. The fault lay neither with him nor the 

 ' condudlor of the work.' The undertaking pof- 

 felfed the advantage of being in the heart of a (heep 

 country, a command of water for the machinery, 

 plenty of provlfions, and confequently cheap la- 

 bour. 



Inverness, the capital of the great (hire of the 

 fame name ♦, and in fome degree of all the north 

 part of Scotland, is a confiderable tov.-n, inhabited 

 by about 5,000 peojile, of whom the upper clalTe* 

 are diilinguKhed by urbanity and pubhc fpirit, and 

 even the lower clalTes are remarkably polite. The 

 mouth of the River Nefs makes a pretty good har- 

 bour, but does not admit very large velTels. There 

 is fome trade to the Baltic for hemp, flax, timber, 

 &c. but the veflTels are chiefly employed in coad- 

 ing. A manufafture of white and coloured threads 

 gives employment in its various branches to near 

 10,000 men, women, and children, in the town 

 and adjacent country-. A manufatlure of hemp- 

 en ftuif for bags, tarpawlins, &c. employs above 

 1,000 f. And there are feveral other manufac- 

 tures of lefs importance. A confiderable falmon 

 filhery is leafed by a company at Berwick, who 

 carry the fifh, partly packed freih in ice, and part- 

 ly pickled in kits, to London. Surely, at the ex- 

 piration of the leafe the inhabitants, in that fpirit 

 of manufacluring and commercial enterprife, which 



• Great as Invernefs-iliire is, it was a vaft deal greater before the year 15C3, when it comprehended the prefect 8iir«s 

 of Rofs, Sutherland, and Catncft, and that part of Argyle-Diire which lle<; to the northward of Mull and Li&nore. See 

 the Alap adapted tu the year 1400 in C'io^r.jj/j.\,,i ilLJliations ■/ Sicttijh hjhry. 



f This butmcfs was begun about the year 1766, on a capital of £1,100, which by good management was improved to 

 y;ii,c-:o in the year 1778. [£«i'/ Tear, /. 56.J 



