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city had been greatly beautified and enlarged ; ship- 

 building had made rapid progress ; Aberdeen clippers 

 became famous, and Aberdeen merchants carried on a 

 trade with all parts of the world ; manufactures of wool, 

 cotton, flax, and iron were carried on with great success ; 

 its population rapidly increased ; and, as a maritime city, 

 Aberdeen took rank as the third in Scotland, the tonnage 

 entering the port having increased from 50,000 tons in 

 1800 to about 300,000 in 1860. 



DUNDEE HARBOUR. [By R. P Leuch ] 



Improvements of an equally important character were 

 carried out by Mr. Telford in the port of Dundee, also 

 situated on the east coast of Scotland, at the entrance to 

 the Frith of Tay. There are those still living at the 

 place who remember its former haven, consisting of a 

 crooked wall, affording shelter to only a few fishing boats 

 or smuggling vessels its trade being then altogether 

 paltry, scarcely deserving the name, and its population 

 not one-fifth of what it now is. Helped by its com- 

 modious and capacious harbour, it has become one of the 

 most populous and thriving towns on the east coast. 



The trade of the place took a great start forward at 



