APPENDIX, N*^. IV, 



COMMERCIi^ 



\\'here it is made into cloth, and finally returned to 

 its native place to be woiTi ; a profitable trade — for 

 the carriers. 



Langport. (Som. E.) a town on tlie Parret, 

 which, by favour of the tide, carries barges witli 

 coal and all kinds of goods up to it for the fupply 

 of the adj '.cen country. 



.Lanrusted, (Card. W.) a village about lo milfs 

 fouth of Abei-yftwith, with a fmall harbour and a 

 little trade. 



I^ARGO,' [Fife, S.) a village with a harbour at 

 the mouth of the Water of Keil, protected by a 

 quay, at which velTelS of 200 tuns can lie. AVheat, 

 barley, oats, beans, potatoes, and fait, are (hipped 

 here : and wood and iron are imported from Nor- 

 way. The manufaftures are fait, brown linen, 

 check, &c. 



Larne, {^nt. I.) a town fituated on an inlet of 

 the fea, with a harbour and about 30 vefiels em- 

 ployed in flie coafting trade, fifhing, &c. 



Laswade, '{EJin. S.) a village with fome confi- 

 derable paper mills, two large bleachfields, &c. 



Laurencekirk, rKi?iL S.J a pleafant inland 

 village, which the patriotic exertions of Lord Gar- 

 denllon the proprietor, raiftd fron 54 to above 

 6co inhabitants, who are all employed in various 

 manufaSures. The inn here poflefres the very un- 

 common accommodation of a library, which the 

 pnblic-fpirited father of the village put into the 

 hands of the landlord for the life of travelers. 



Lavenham, {Siif. E.) a pleafant town with a 

 manufadure of hempen cloth. The people are 

 partly employed in fpinning for other places. 



Lawton., (Chef. E.J a village near Northwich, 

 with a fhare of the fait trade. See Salt-works. 



Leadhills, (ion. S.) a village in the upper 

 part of Clydefdale, befide the moft copious lead 

 mines ii. Scotland. Gold was formerly got in the 

 fame diftrift ; and fome minute particles are ftiU 

 picked up, but not in fufficient quantity to repay 

 the labour of fearching for it. It is worthy of ob- 

 fervation, that the miners, the only inhabitants, 

 vvhofe work employs them only {\)s. hours in the 



Ledbury, {HeriJ. E.) a neat town, with a fhare 

 of the clothing trade. 



Leeds, (I'ork, 11^. 7?.) a large, handfome, and 

 populous, town, which may be reckoned the capi- 

 tal of the clothing trade of York-(hire. Coloured 

 broad cloths, camlets, and fome Ituffs, are made 

 about Leeds, and white broadcloths in ttie country 

 to the weflward of it : and almoft all the broad 

 cloths made in York-fhire are fold in this town. 

 The market was firft held on the brig (bridge) ; 

 but the bnlinefs foon f,rew too great for io fmall a 

 fpace, and was transferred to the High ftreet, 

 whence it was i-emoved in the ytar 175B to two 

 commodious halls, one for coloured cloths, and the 

 other for white, or undyed, cloths. The following 

 is a sketch of the hall for coloured cloths. 



Each of tke ftreets is fubdivided into two walks by 

 the {lands, or Halls, of which there are 1770, every 

 one having the name of a clothier painted on it. 

 The hall is fo completely lighted, that the colours 

 can be feen as well as in the open air. The hall 

 for white cloths was like one fide of the other till 

 the year 1775, when it being found too Imall, a 

 larger one was built, which contains 1210 Hands.. 

 A third hall, fmaller than the others, was after- 

 wards eredted for the ufe of thofe clothiers who 

 have not ferved regular apprenticefliips. The 

 market for coloured goods is held on Tuefday and 



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da7"have"'fubl"cribed'a joint ftock for a library, and Saturday at nine in the morning, and that tor 

 bellow a part of their leifure time in improving white goods on Tuefday at one. The cloths, hav- 



ing been properly fulled, and the uniformity of 



part 

 their minds.* 



Lechlade, [Ghuc. E.) a town fituated at the 

 junftion of the Lech, the Colne, and the Swin, 

 with the Thames, which, having already received 

 the Churn, becomes here capable of carry ing barges. 

 It has alfo the benefit of the canal between the 

 Severn and the Thames, which joins the later here : 



their fabric being certified by a leaden ticket a£Rx- 

 ed by the infpector, are brought to the market in 

 the rough. Ihe buyers make their bargains in 

 very few words, and the cloths are carried to their 

 warehoufes to be perked. | The buyer then pays 

 the clothier a part of the price, generally about 



and both navigations make it a depofit for butter, two guineas on each piece ; and for the balance he 

 cheefe, and other articles of inland trade. takes credit for fix months. The merchants either 



« Mr Burns the Ayr-ftire poet, after enumerating, in a letter to Sir John Sinclair, fome of the books belonging to 

 .another fociety of rural readers, obferves, that ' A pealant, who can read and enjoy fuch books, is certainly a much lu- 

 « perior being to his neighbour, who, perhaps, ftalks befide his team, very little removed, except m fhape, from the brutes 

 ' he drives.' [Sin.Uir's Stat, account, l^. m, f. boo.] „ c , . .u • i- 



+ Perking, or examining, the cloth is performed by drawing it from end to end over two rollers, filed to the c.clmg, 

 before a window, the examiner having it between him and the light, fo that he fees any faults m the fabric, for whxh 

 the feller allows UifcouBt at an cftabliSisd rate. 4 



