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have the machinery and workmen for finifln'ng the 

 cloths within their o\\ n prcniifcs, or they employ 

 people who make a biifinefs of drofllng and rmini- 

 I'ng. When finilhed off, they are fent to the place 

 of their deflination, generally by the River Aire, 

 which is navigable by lailing velTcla, to Hull, where 

 they are fliipped in coafting vedtls or foreign 

 traders, agreeable to the order fent to tlie navicja- 

 tion agent. 



In the Weft riding of York-fhire the mannfac- 

 ture of cloth is managed very differently from the 

 manner of condu6ting it in the Weft of England. 

 There the manufafturers are men of great capitals, 

 and employ the weavers. (See Bradford, ll^ilt.) 

 Here the weaver bnys the wool ; his wife and 

 children card and fpin it ; with the help of his ap- 

 prentice he dyes it himfelf, weaves it, takes it to 

 the fulling mill, and then to his ftand in the hali : 

 and almoft all the money received for it, beyond 

 the coil of the wool, the dye-ftufTs, and the fnlling, 

 may be reckoned clear profit, being the price of 

 his own and his family's labour. Of late fome of 

 the greater clothiers, or merchants, have eftablifn- 

 ed factories for condudling all the operations of 

 preparing the wool, weaving, finidiing, &c. with- 

 in their own premifes ; and they have alfo gone 

 more into the inanufafture of fine cloths than form- 

 erly ; in both thefe refpefts imitating the Weft-of- 

 England clothiers. But the attempt to bring all 

 the branches of the bufinefs into one hand is repro- 

 bated by the fmaller clothiers as a dangerous en- 

 croachment upon the eftablilhed order of things. 



To return to Leeds, the town, though far from 

 the fea, has manufactures of glafs, and a great 

 trade in fupplying York, Hull, and other towns, 

 with coal. Such are the blelTings of inland navi- 

 gation, and of perfevering induftry, which has al- 

 moft covered the country with populous towns, 

 neat thriving villages, and the fnug detached dwell- 

 ings of the clothiers, almoft within call of each 

 other, and moftly built upon their own freehold 

 property. 



Leek, {Staff. E.) a confiderable town, with 

 manufadlures of buttons and fewing iilks, &c. and 

 noted for its ale. 



Leicester, a large, handfome, and populous, 

 town, but not well paved, is the capital of the 

 ftiire of the fame name. The manufaflure of ho- 

 fiery, chiefly worfted, is carried on very extenfive- 

 ly : and large quantities of cheefe, corn, and cattle, 

 are fold at its fairs. 



Leighlin bridge, [Carl. I.) a town on the 

 River Barrow, which is navigable, has fome trade, 

 and is apparently improving. 



Leith, [Eilin. ')'.) the fea-port of Edinburgh, 

 is a confiderable town, fituated on both fides of 

 the Water of Leilli, which, after turning 71 mills 

 of various kinds, has been made, by means of piers, 

 a pretty good harbcur, with 16 feet of water in 

 fpring tides. The bridge was lately pulled down, 

 and a draw-bndge creeled, whieh, by allowing 



fmall or light veflels to go higher up the river, adds 

 a quarter u{ a mile to the harbour. The foreign 

 trade has incuafed veiy much of late, particularly 

 with Rudia. There are fome veffels in the Green- 

 land whale fiflicry, feverab in the herring fifliery 

 on the weft coaft, and a great number in coafting. 

 (See Edinburgh.) Some good veftels are built 

 here ; and there are two dry docks for repairing. 

 The principal manufafturing eftablilhrncnt!!, be- 

 fides rope-works and others concerned in fitting out 

 the (liipping. are the glafs-works, at which bottles, 

 window, and ornamental, glafs are made. 



Leomikster, corruptly called LEMSTER,(//(fr^. 

 E.) a large and handfome town on the River Lug, 

 has manufaftures of felt and leather : but the chief 

 article is the excellent wool of the adjacent count- 

 ry, for which, as the beft in England, it has very 

 long been famous. The wheat of this part of the 

 country is alfo excellent, and fold in great quanti- 

 ties at the markets here. 



Leonard Stanley, [Glouc, E.) a town in the 

 heart of the clothitig trade, of which it has a fliare. 



Leostofe, (Su^. E.J a confiderable town v.'ith 

 a harbour for fmall veftels. The induftry of the 

 inhabitants is chiefly exerted in the fifitery for her- 

 rings and mackerels ; and there is fome coafting 

 trade. 



Lerwick, (OrL S.) a fmall town in the Main- 

 land of Shetland, with an excellent haibour with 

 two entries, the only one in Shetland, which is a 

 port in the language of the cuftom-houfe. Sec 

 Shetland. 



Leskard, [Corn. E-) a large town, one of 

 thofe appointed for the coinage of tin, makes con- 

 fiderable quantities of boots, flioes, and other 

 wares of leather. 



Lestwithiel, (Corn. E.) one of the coinage 

 towns for tin, where the lord warden of the ftan- 

 naries holds his court. The River Fowey was 

 navigable for barges up to it, till it was choked up 

 by the fands from the mines. 



Letham, (Forf. S.J a village near Aberbroth- 

 ock, inhabited and furrounded by weavers of ofna- 

 burg an(J their fpinners. 



IjEtterkenn Y, (Don. I.) a town at the head 

 of a bsy called I^ough Swilly, which is a moft cap- 

 acious and excellent harbour, extending 20 miles 

 into the country, with water for the largeft Ihips. 



Leven, (Eife, S.) a village at the mouth of the 

 River Leven, which makes a pretty good harbour 

 for veflels not exceeding 130 or 160 tuns. They 

 are employed in trading to Holland and tlic Eallb 

 country, whence they import wood, iron, &c. 

 The principal manufacture is brown linen, for 

 whic.i there is a briflc demand: 



Lewes, {SuJ/'. E.) a large and handfome town, 

 fituated on the weft bark of the Oufe, which car- 

 ries barges up to it, and even a few miles higher, 

 to the iron-works, at which cannon, bombs, balls, 

 &:c. are made. 



Lichfield, (SfaJ". E.) an antient epifcopal 

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