APPENDIX, NO. IV. 



COMMERCI 



al of the flute of the fame name, the people of 

 which are much employed in fpiiiiiiiig and weaving, 

 and carry to market great quantities of yarn, linen, 

 and oats. 



LooE, (Com. E.) a fmall town, or rather two 

 feparate burghs, called Eaft Looe and Weft Looe, 

 on both fides of the River Looe, which makes a 

 harbour for veflels of about loo tuns. The pilch- 

 ard fifliery is the chief trade of the place. 



Lossiemouth, {£/g. S.) a village with a fmall 

 harbour, the property of the town of Elgin, where 

 coal, fait, and other necefl'aries, are landed ; and 

 fome barley, oats, and peltry, are fliipped. The 

 harbour has been improved by the ereftion of two 

 piers ; but ilill a veffel of 8o tuns requires a fpring 

 tide to get into it. 



LouDWATER, (Buck. E.) 3 village with a man- 

 iifafture of paper. 



LouGHBURGH, ( Lc'ic. E.) z fmall town with a 

 fhare of the hohery buiinefs. 



LovAT. See Kiltarilty. 



LuNCARTV, (Perth, S.) a village on the River 

 Tay, where a moft capital bleach-field was eftub- 

 lilhed by the late MefFieurs Sandeman and Turn- 

 bull, whofe defcendents have added a cotton mill, 

 and manufadlures of foap and candles. 



LuRCAN, (ylnn. I.) a thriving village near the 

 fouth fide of Lough Neagh, with a fliare of the 

 linen manufatfurc. 



Luss, (Dunh. 5.) a village upon the weft bank 

 of Loch Lomond, the largeft Iheet of frefh water 

 in Great Britain. There are quarries of good flates, 

 which are exported by its inland fea in fmall floops, 

 called gabartf, to Stirling-fliire, and, by the River 

 Leveri, to Glafgow and other places. Ihere is a 

 cotton mill, and a manufafture of thread, each on 

 a fmall fcale. 



Luton, (Bedf. E.) a fmall town with a fhare of 

 the lace and ftraw manufactures, which are fpread 

 over the adjacent country. 



Lyme, (Dorf. E.) a well-built town, fituated 

 in a fmall bay on the Channel. There is here an 

 artificial mole, called the Cobb, conllrudled with 

 fuch folidity, that the cuitom houfe, and ware- 

 houfes, and other buildings, have been erected up- 

 on it. This, together with another mole, inclofes 

 a baiin, wherein veffelslie very fnug. The merch- 

 ants have fome foreign trade, are concerned in the 

 Newfoimdland fiflieiv, and alio cure pilchards, 

 when they come fo far up the Channel. 



Lymington, ( Hamp. E. ) z. town fituated about 

 a mile above the mouth of a fhort, but navigable, 

 tide river, which makes a harbour for veffels of 

 g;ood burthen on the Ibait between the main land 

 and the I fie of Wight, has a pretty confidcrable 

 trade, and is noted for its falt-works, which, how- 

 ever, are not carried on now fo extenfively as form- 

 erly. 



i.YNNE, (Norf. E.) a large antient town, with 

 abcut 1 2,cco inhabitants, fituated at the niouth of 

 the Rivj: O'lfe, which makes a fpacious r. d coni- 

 modii^u. harbour, though the tniraiiCe be ralhtr 



difficult. Tlie merchants hare a confiderable trade 

 with Spain, Portugal, Holland, and the Baltic, 

 and fend fome fhips to the Greenland fifliery. By , 

 means of the River Oufe, which is navigable as 

 high as Bedford, and its feveral navigable branches, 

 the produce and manufactures of a vei-y extenlive, 

 fruitful, and opulent, inland country are brouo-ht 

 down to Lynne, where they are fhipped, and, in 

 return, all the wants of the country are fupplied. 



Macduff, (Bamf, S.) a new village with a 

 good harbour. There are about T,ooo inhabitants ; 

 and they have fome pretty good vcfTels, which 

 trade to Leith, London, and the Eaft country. 

 In the River Doveran there is a good fifhing fc>r 

 falmon, which are moftly pickled for the Londcwi 

 market ; and fome are faked, and exported to 

 France and Spain. 



Mack LESFi ELD, (Chef. E.) 3 large town, with 

 plenty of coal, ftone, and flate, in its neighbour- 

 hood. The articles of manufacture are — hats, cot- 

 ton goods, fewiiig filk, twift, and twift buttons, 

 cords, filk and worlted garters, tape, &c. There 

 are alio copper-works, brick kilns, and machinery 

 for throwing filk, chiefly employed by the Eafl- 

 India company. 



Magherafelt, (Loud. /.) a town near the 

 north-weft fliore of Lough Neagh, with a confider- 

 able fhare of the linen manufacture. 



Maidenhead, [Berk. E.) a large town on the 

 Thames, has a confiderable trade in corn, malt, 

 and timber, which are fent down the river to Lon- 

 don. 



Maidston, (Kent, E.) ahandfomeand flourifli- 

 ing town on the River Medwav, which carries barges 

 and fmall veffels up to it with the tide, is fur- 

 rounded by orchards of apples and cherries, and 

 fields of corn, hops, &c. the produce of whicii, 

 together tvith ihip timber, are fent to the dock- 

 yards and to London. There are manufactures of 

 fine paper, and alio of thread, introduced by the 

 Walloons, who fled from the perfccution of the duke 

 of Alva. 



Maldon, (EJf. E.J a large town on the fouth 

 fide of the Blackwater. A great deal of corn is 

 fliipped here ; and the merchants have a confider- 

 able number of veffels, employed in trading to the 

 Eaft country, and in coalling. The river does not 

 carr)' large veffels quite up to the town, fo that 

 tliere is a great deal of lighterage. 



Malmseury, f IVi/t. E.J a town noted in form- 

 er ages for its monaflic cilablilhments. At the 

 general luppreflion the famous abbay was fold to 

 an opulent clothier, called Stump, who, inftead of 

 monks, filled it ^with cloth-weavers. The place 

 has no confiderable manufacture at prefent. 



Malton, (Tori, N. R.J a town at the head 

 of the navigation of the Derwent, by which it has 

 fome trade in accommodating the adjacent country 

 with carriage. 



Manchester, (Lan. E.^ though not a cor- 

 poi: lion, is the ivanufaciuring capital of the north- 

 weu part of England. Before the year 1541 it 



