CHAP. V. 



ON SCOTCH HARBOURS. 



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channel of the river Dee, by the erection of the old 

 North Pier, and other additions which served their 

 purpose until the enlarged trade of the town required 

 the more ample accommodation hereafter to be de- 

 scribed in the Life of Telford. He also inspected and 

 reported on the harbours of Dundee and Dunbar, then 

 of very limited capacity, and several improvements 

 of a minor character were carried out by his advice. 

 The small harbours of Portpatrick on the west, and 



EYEMOUTH HARBOUR. [By R. P. Leitcb.j 



Eyemouth on the east coast, were constructed after 

 his plans ; and in his report on Scarborough Pier, 

 dated August, 1781, he states that they had "given 

 entire satisfaction." Both of these harbours were in a 

 great measure formed by nature, and the improvement 

 of them demanded comparatively small skill on the part 

 of the engineer. He had merely to follow the direction 

 of the rocks, which provided a natural foundation for 

 his piers at both places. Of his little harbour at Eye- 

 mouth he was somewhat proud, as it was one of the 



