APPENDIX, NO. IV. 



COMMERCl 



has had fo great an effeA in improving the condi- 

 tion of tlieir town, will take the falmon bufinefs 

 into their own hands. 



Inverugy, ( iletacheii part of Bamf, S.) a village 

 itear Peterhead, with a manufafture of white thread. 



IrswiCH, (Stiff. E.) a large and handfome an- 

 tient town, about 12 miles above the mouth of the 

 River Orwell, or Gipping, which, with the flood 

 tide, carries large veflels within two miles of it. 

 The town enjoyed a vei-y confiderable trade during 

 many centuries, which has declined, as has alfo the 

 Greenland filhery carried on from this port in later 

 times, both owing, perhaps, to the general ufe of 

 veflels '00 large to proceed quite up to the town. 

 Great quantities of corn are fliipped for London 

 and other places ; and (hip timber is fent to the 

 royal dock-yards. 



IsiviN, (Ayr, S.y a thriving town near the 

 mouth of a river of the fame name, which ferves as 

 a harbour for coafting veflels, and in fpring tides 

 admits thofe of 1 1 feet draught. The coal, which 

 abounds in the neighbourhood, is the fource of the 

 wealth of the place. About 50 vcfTels belonging 

 to it, from 33 to 160 tuns, are conftantly running 

 with coal, and the manufaftures of the neighbour- 

 ing country, to Ireland ; and many Irifli veflels are 

 alfo employed in the fame trade. Some veflels are 

 employed in bringing hemp, iron, and timber, from 

 Norway, the Baltic, and Wales ; and fome attend 

 the herring fifhery in the proper feafon. Some 

 jennies have been erefted for fpinning cotton ; and 

 the Glafgow manufafturers employ about 70 girls 

 in tambouring. 



Isle Martin, (Rofs, S.) a fmall ifland in the 

 entrance of Loch Broom, the moft: regular refort 

 of the herrings on the weft coaft. There is a cur- 

 ing houfe for herrings, erefted by a Liverpool com- 

 pany : and, for the accommodation of the fifliers 

 and other traders on the weft coaft, a cuftom-houfe 

 "has been eftabliflied here. The cod fifliery may be 

 rendered an important objeft on this coaft. 



IvELCHESTER, ufually coutrafted to Ilches- 

 TER, (Som. E.J a fmall town on the River Ivel, 

 has a manufafture of thread lace, rather decayed, 

 and a filk manufafture, lately eftabliflied. 



Jamestown, (Dunf. S.) a village on the banks 

 of Megget water, inhabited by people employed in 

 a mine of antimony. The miners, by the bounty 

 of their employers, and their own contributions, 

 poffefs a little library, which improves their minds, 

 and employs a part of their leifure time ; for they 

 can work only fix hours each day in the mine. 



JoHNSHAVEN, (Kini. S.) a village, with a bad, 

 but improveable, harbour, which once pofl^efled a 

 Beet of good filhing boats, manned by expert fifti- 

 •rmen, whole induftry fupphed the people of the 

 Meduerranean coafts with food for their filh days. 

 This trade has been abohftied by prefs-gangs, &c. 



and now a manufafture of fall-cloth employs the 

 people who have not left the place. 



Johnston, (Renf. S.J a thriving village, owing 

 its exiftence to the ereftion of fome cotton mills 

 and other fpinning machinery in the year 1782. 



KeiGHLv, (Teri, W. R.) a town on the fouth 

 fide of the River Aire, with a confiderable manu- 

 fafture of the lighter woolen goods, called ftuffsj^ 

 or new drapery. 



Kells, (Meath, I.) a thriving tovTU, furround- 

 ed by a country occupied by grafiers and weavers 

 of coarfe linen. 



Kblso, (Roxb. S.J a handfome country town 

 upon the Tweed, the chief manufafture of which 

 confifts of (hoes for the fupply of Northumberland 

 and the other adjacent parts of the country. Some 

 fl^annels and other woolen goods, and. fome linens, 

 are alfo made here. 



Kelvedon, (EJl E.) a village with a fliare of 

 the baize manufafture. 



Kendale, (Wejlm. E.J a confiderable town on 

 the River Ken, or Kent, which carries boats up to 

 it. The manufafture of coarfe woolen cloths, call- 

 ed Kendale coatings (corruptly cottons), has been 

 carried on here about 500 years, LInfeys, flannels, 

 and ftieeting linens, are alfo made in and about the 

 town ; and many of the women knit ftockings. 



Kenmare, (Kerry, I.J a town fituated at the 

 head of a large eftuary, which makes a fpacious 

 fafe harbour, was formerly enriched by the fifhery 

 of pilchards ; but they have now deferted the coaft. 

 There is a cotton manufaftory in the place. 



Kennet pans, (Clac. S.J a village, fo called 

 from falt-works which have been given up, has a 

 harbour on the Forth with 16 feet water at fpring 

 tides. It is chiefly noted for extenfive diftlUeries 

 here, and in the neighbouring village of Kilbagie, 

 by which great numbers of cattle are fattened, and 

 the agriculture of the country much improved. 



Keswick, (Cumb. E.J a town fituated among 

 romantic mountains, lakes, and ftreams, has fome 

 manufaftures of duffles, flannels, plaids, and linfeys. 

 Near it, in Borowdale, are the mines of black lead, 

 fo well known for its univerfal ufe in pencils. It 

 is alfo ufed by the dyers ; and the inferior kinds 

 are ferviceable for fcouring iron. This Angular fub- 

 ftance is found in no other part of the world *. 



Kettering, (Northamp. E.J a good town with 

 manufaftures of everlaftlngs, fine ferges, caliman- 

 coes, and other light woolen ftuffs. 



KiDi>ERMiNSTER, (Worc.E.J a populous and 

 thriving town, has communication with Liverpool 

 and Briftol by a navigable canah After a revolu- 

 tion of othsr manufactures, all in wool, it has been 

 noted for fome time for a kind of carpets, known 

 by its name ; and the workmen have lately intro- 

 duced others of better quality. 



KiLBARCHAN, (Renf. S.J a village with fome 



» Some detached pieces of excellent black lead have been found in the ifland of Hay ; but the main body of it has not 

 yet been difcovered. Black lead has been alfo found in Glengary, but of an inferior quality, and the mine has not b«co 

 worked. [Anc/tr/cni Pri/inlJIaK c/tti HchUu (W'JIitn ijlmdij f, 148-] 



