APPENDIX, N«. IV. 



COMMERCL 



ries. The nianufaflures are — fliips, fome of tliem 

 of great burthen, fail-cloth, cordage, and linen. 



Stonehaven, (Kini. S.) a fmall town with a 

 good and improveable harbour, having 22 feet at 

 higli fpring tides. Of the few vefiels belonging 

 to the place, fome fail to the Baltic, but mod are 

 coafters. Some ofnaburgs, fail-cloths, flieetings, 

 checks, &G. are made here ; but not to any great 

 extent. 



Stormount, formerly Colinhaugh, {^Pcrth, 

 S.) a large eftablifhment of works for bleaching, 

 and for fpinning cotton, the machineiy of which is 

 driven by the water of the Tay. 



Stornoway, {Rofs, S.) a town fituated at the 

 head of a fine bay, or loch, on the eaft fide of the 

 ifland of Lewis, which makes a deep and fpacious 

 hsrbour for fliips of any burthen. About 50 vef- 

 fels, belonging to the port, are employed in the 

 fifliery, in coalting, and in foreign trade. The in- 

 dullry of the people is directed chiefly to the her- 

 ring fifhery : cod and ling are alfo caught and cur- 

 ed, and fome fifh oil is made. The town contains 

 about 800 inhabitants, many of whom have good 

 houfes : and it has the accommodations of a cuf. 

 tom-houfe, a poft-ufBce, a weekly packet for carry, 

 ing letters, goods, and paffengers, to and from the 

 main land, three fchool-houfes, and alfo a tovvn- 

 houfe, and an aflembly room, * being in all re- 

 fpefts the molt populous, the largeft, and moft im- 

 poitant, town in the whole range of the Wellcrn 

 iflands. 



Stourbridge, {^Camh. E.) See Cambridge. 



Stourbridge, (IForc E.) a thriving town on 

 the River Stour, with great manufaftures of broad 

 glafs, flint glafs, and a tranfparent kind of red 

 glafs, crucibles, and earthen wares of various forts. 

 The abundance of coal, iron ore, and clay, give 

 birth to confiderable manufaflures of nails and 

 evei-)' article of ironmongery, and alfo brick-works. 

 Some woolen cloth is made here. 



Stourminster, [Dorf. £. ) a fmall town on 

 another river called Stour, with a manufadlure of 

 the kind of baize called fwanflvin. 



Stourport, [IVorc. E.) a thriving village fitu- 

 ated at the junilion of the River Stour and a can- 

 al with the Severn, has a bafin and quay for the 

 accommodation of barges, and a good deal of 

 bufinefs in conveying goods up and down the 

 river. 



Stow on the Would, [Glouc. E.) a fmall 

 town, chiefly noted for its fairs, at which bops, 

 cheefe, and ftieep, are fold to a large amount. 



Stow market, (■5''^ £.) a large town, about 

 l^ miles above Ipfwich on the River Orwell, 

 which has been made navigable to it, whereby the 

 trade of the place has been much increafcd. The 

 manufafture of woolen liufiFs, which formerly 

 flouriflied here, has declined ; and facking and 

 cordage have come in its place. 



Strangford, (Doiim, I.) a town fituated on 

 the il:rait which forms the entrance into a fmall 

 land-lock;d fea, called Strangford loch, with a 

 harbour for fmall veffcls, ranked as a cuftom-houfe 

 port, in which fome corn, linen, and cattle, are 

 fliipped. 



Stranraer, {^Vig. S.) a town fituated at the 

 head of a fafe and commodious bay, called Loch 

 Ryan, which affords anchorage for the largeft vef- 

 fels, and good accommodation for thofe of 100 

 tuns, almoft clofe to the houfes. From having 

 only two fmall veflTcls in the year 1764, this port 

 has increafcd its fliipping to above 1,600 tuns, 

 chiefly employed in the herring iilheiy and coaft- 

 ing trade. Some of them trade to the Baltic, 

 and import wood and other materials for building 

 houfes and vefiels. 



Stratford, [IVar. E.) a. good town on the 

 well fide of the River Avon, which brings barges 

 up to it, has fome trade in corn and malt, and in 

 water carriage for the neighbourhood. 



Strat haven, [Lan. S.) a fmall inland town, 

 enlivened by the cotton manufacflure, and flower- 

 ing upon muflin, which gives employment to the 

 young girls. 



Strathbane, {Tyr. J.) a town, well fituated 

 for trade, on the River Foyle, which is navigable 

 up to it. 



Strathmiglo, [Eife, S.) an inland little town, 

 with a fhare of the linen mauufafture. There 

 was a manufacture of white thread, condufted 

 chiefly by Mrs. Canick : but I apprehend it is 

 dropt. Excellent wool is produced »n the ad- 

 jacent Lomond hills, and the other requifites for 

 the woolen manufafture are at hand : yet I do 

 not find that any attempt has been made to turn 

 thefe advantages to any account. 



Stromness, {Ori. S.) a village in the Main- 

 land, (or largeil ifland) of Orkney, with a fafe, 

 deep, and commodious, harbour, much reforted 

 to by veflTels which are prevented by head winds 

 from paffing through the Pentland firth. A few 

 fmall vefl'els are employed in the fifliing and coaft- 

 ing trade. The Ifudfon's-bay company's fliips 

 call here to fliip people for their fettlements, three 

 fourths of thofe in their fervice being fuppofed to 

 be Orkneymen : and the Greenland whalers alfo 

 fliip many of their hands at this port, and land 

 them again on their way home. 



Strontian, {.tiij. S.) a village in Sunart, with 

 copious lead mines, wherein about 200 men are 

 employed. 



Stroud, [Glouc. E.) a good town, fituated on 

 a river of the fame name, with very extenfive 

 manufaflures of fine cloth, the moft of which are 

 ingrained colours, and particularly fcarlets, for 

 dying which, the clear water of the river poffefles 

 a peculiar excellence : and thence the valley, as 

 far as the eye can reach, appears full of fcarlet 



• It has not, however, got a eoffee-hoafe, as was reported in London, when it was the fafliion to tall: of the prorperity 

 of the Hclrida. 



