APPENDIX, N°. IV- 



COMMERC 



sng to tradition) the ftadt-houfe of Amfterdam *, 

 were built. In addition to Ihipbuilding, the ftaple 

 manufafkure of the place, two companies employ 

 fome looms in weaving cotton goods, and about 

 lOO girls in tambouring. The fpirit of induftry, 

 which animates every individual of this fmall com- 

 munity, is fuch as muft give pleafure to every real 

 friend of his country. 



KiNGHORN, (Fife, S.J an antient burgh on the 

 north fhore of the Forth, with two harbours, and 

 Icarcely any (hipping, except nine very ftout (loops 

 of about 40 and 60 tuns, which, with a number of 

 rowing boats, are conftantly employed upon the 

 ■ffrry between Pettycur, the weftern harbour of 

 Kinghorn, and Leith : and fo fteady and ikilful are 

 the feamen in thefe veffels, that there is no record 

 or remembrance of any of them being loit. The 

 manufadlure of knitted thread ftockings, and fpin- 

 ning, which ufed to employ, and ftarve, the women 

 of this place, are now happily fuperfeded by four 

 or five mills for fpinning cotton and flax by ma- 

 chinery, in which, and the fubfequent procefs of 

 weaving, the young of both fexes find profitable' 

 employment. Kinghorn, like the other coaft towns 

 of Fife, enjoys the advantage of having coal and 

 fifh at hand. 



KiNGscLERE, ( Homp. E.) a pleafant town, with 

 a good corn market, and fome trade in malt. 



KiNGSTANLET, (Glouc. E.) a profpcrous town, 

 fituated on the River Stroud, the water of which 

 is noted as particularly favourable for dying fear- 

 let. There is a great trade in clothing, the cloths 

 being all dyed in the piece. The dying works are 

 vei-y extenfive ; one, in particular, reckoned the 

 greateft eftabliihment of the kind out of London, 

 has a fuite of work-fliops, which make a little town 

 of themfelves. 



Kingston, (Sur. E.J an antient town, pleaf- 

 antly fituated on the Thames, in a fertile country, 

 has a great market for corn. 



Kingston upon Hull. See Hull. 



Kington, (Here/. £.) a confiderable town, with 

 fome clothing trade, and great markets for corn, 

 cattle, &c. 



Kinross, the capital of a very fmall (hire of the 

 fame namt-, is a neat little town, pleafantly fituated 

 on the well fide of Loch Leven f , wherein there is a 

 fine fpecies of trouts, much efteemed in the Edin- 

 burgh market. The manufafture of cutlery, for 

 which the place was formerly famous, has declined, 

 probably owing to the Sheffield goods being cheap- 



f r. The prefent manufaftures are filefias and other 

 linens. 



Kinsale, (Cork, /.) a large town, containing 

 about 10,000 inhabitants, at the mouth of the Ri- 

 ver Bandon, which makes an excellent harbour, 

 wherein there is a dock, with ftores for the ufe of 

 the royal navy. A good deal of corn is fhipptd at 

 Kinfale ; and it has a fmall fhare of the provifion 

 trade. 



KiNVER, (Staf. E.J 3 town on the River Stour, 

 with a confiderable manufacture of narrow cloths, 

 fome of which are almoft as fine as the broad cloths 

 of the Weft of England. There are on the river 

 fome mills for rolling and flitting iron, firft erefted 

 by a man of the name of Brindley, who obtained 

 the fecret of conftrufting and managing them in 

 Germany by pretending to be an idiot. 



KiRKBY Stephen, (Weftm. E.) a town on the 

 River Eden, with 3 raanufafture of ftockings in- 

 and about it. 



Kirkcaldy, (Fife, S.J a long narrow town on 

 the (hore of the Forth, with a tide harbour. It 

 poflelTed a very confiderable trade in the feventeenth 

 centurj', as appears by a regifter of 94 veffels, va- 

 lued, with their cargoes, at £SZ>19^ fterling f , 

 loft or taken by the enemy. Other lofles, and the 

 flaughter of many of the inhabitants in the civil 

 war, together with the interruption of the trade to 

 Holland, brought the town to a languifhing condi- 

 tion ; and the union gave the finilhing ftroke to 

 the trade of the port, which was fo completely 

 ruined, that in the year 1760 its (hipping confifted 

 of one coafting veffel of 50 tuns, and two ferry- 

 boats of 30 tuns each. Since the peace of 1763 

 the exertions of fome fpirited individuals have re- 

 ftored the trade and manufa£lures of this place, 

 and raifed them to a very flouriftiing ftate. The 

 veffels belonging to the town meafure above 4,000 

 tuns §. To Holland and the Baltic they carry 

 coal ; and their returns are corn, flax, flax-feed, 

 linen yarn, afhes, wood, iron, bark, tallow, &c. 

 Some trade to the Mediterranean, America, and 

 the Weft Indies ; and a few of the fmaller ones are 

 in the coaftiig trade with London, Aberdeen, &c. 

 Confiderable quantities of bed ticks, and checked 

 and ftriped linens, are made in and near this town ; 

 and many more are purchafed from other parts of 

 Fife, which are fent moftly to London and Glaf- 

 gow. The yarn for thefe goods is partly fpun in 

 the country, and partly imported from Bremen and 

 Hamburgh. Jennies have been introduced for fpin- 



* The ruins of works, faid to haye been ereifted by the Dutch for fhipplng the ftones, are ftill remaining : and the 

 plan and execution of thetn appear to be Dutch. 



f 1-och I-even is famous for its two principal iflands, on one of which flood the oaftle, wherein the unfortunate Queen 

 Mary was confined ; and on the other the monaiiery of S'. Serf, vhereof Andrew of Wyntown was prior about the year 

 14C0, whofc Original Ckronidc of SiotUad, written ii. the language of the country, has lately been publifhed with proper 

 jUuftrations. 



\ This fum founds trifling in the prefent day. It is true that veffels were then fmaller, and lefs valuable, than now : 

 but It is alfo true that money was vallly more valuable. 



§ According to the culloni-houfe arrangement, the port of Kirkcaldy extends from Aberdour down to Largo inclufive ; 

 in which range of coaft, bcfides Dyfart, which is no'- inferior to Kirkcaldy in quantity of fhlpping, »re the harbouri of 

 .■Vbcrdour, Eruntifland, Kinghorn, Wcmyfi, Methil, Leven, Largo, and feveraj harbours for boats. i 



