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LANARK. 



.Manufac- 

 tures. 



Scenery 

 around 



Lanark. 



Stonebyres 

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Corra Linn. 



containing the office of the town-clerk, &c. The pa- 

 rochial church is situated in the centre of the town. 

 It was erected in I77ii, and is a large modern building, 

 with a square spire, and two bells. The grammar 

 school in Broomgate Street has, besides a commodious 

 teaching room, a large room, containing a library for 

 the use of the inhabitants, bequeathed by the late Dr. 

 William Smellie, a gentleman well known for his skill 

 in the obstetric art. In addition to these, may be men- 

 tioned the public markets and the county inn, the last 

 of which is situated in Bloomgate Street, and was built 

 by the subscription of a number of gentlemen interest- 

 ed in the county, the magistrates of the town, and se- 

 veral others. At Lanark are also two churches, or 

 meeting-houses, belonging to such of the inhabitants 

 as are of the Burgher or Relief persuasion. 



The principal manufacture carried on here is the 

 cotton manufacture, the staple of the county. A great 

 number of the people are employed in the weaving of 

 muslins, and many at the spinning establishments of 

 New Lanark. Formerly a great quantity of shoes was 

 manufactured, and exported to our army in America, 

 during the war with that country ; but this manufac- 

 ture has been long on the decline. The manufacture 

 of stockings, cabinet-work, the making of candles, and 

 tanning of leather, are also carried on. Here are 

 seven fairs annually for the transacting of business, 

 and the buying and selling the produce of the county. 

 They are, in general, well frequented, and often by 

 people from a considerable distance. 



The country around Lanark is celebrated for its 

 beautiful and picturesque scenery. The chief objects of 

 attention, and which have long and deservedly been 

 admired, are the Falls of the Clyde the scenes upon 

 the Mouse, called Cartlane Craigs and the great cot- 

 ton manufactories. There are three remarkable water, 

 falls in this vicinity, viz. those of Stoiiebyres, Corra, 

 and Bonninglnn. Stonebyres Fall, or Lin, is situated 

 about two miles below Lanark, and consists of three 

 successive falls, over which the whole body of the river 

 rushes into a deep chasm below. Its height is O't feet. 

 The ear-stunning noise, the lofty rocks which arise on 

 every side, the variegated copse-wood which covers 

 their summits, and the effect produced from the union 

 of the whole, renders this cataract a scene of great 

 beauty and interest. 



The C'irra Linn is situated about a mile and a half 

 from Lanark, in a southerly direction, and is reckoned 

 the most picturesque of the falls.of the Clyde. Here 

 the river, forming two separate falls of upwards of 80 

 feet, rushes with impetuous force into a deep abyss, 

 and with an incessant and overpowering noise. On 

 every side, the qourse of the river is environed with 

 rocks of a great height, of the most romantic forms, 

 and covered with trees of every diversity of foliage. 

 Upon the summit of one of the highest, and directly 

 above the upper fall, stands the ruinous castle of Corra, 

 formerly the residence of a family of the name of Som- 

 merville ; and in its near neighbourhood, the modern 

 house of the same name, the seat of Miss Edmonstone. 

 Between these, and situated in a very singular and ro>- 

 maiitic situation, and immediately upon the verge of 

 the fall, is a picturesque mill, whose feeble wheel, and 

 rugged walls, totter, as it were, with the concussion of 

 the waters. To describe, however, in adequate lan- 

 guage, the beauties of the scene, or the effect it has 

 upon every spectator of taste, would be a dilficult task. 

 The ruslung of the stream the rapidity of its mo- 



tion the dashing of its waters from rock to rock the Lanark, 

 thundering noise occasioned by these concussions the V * - "Y~^ B ' 

 height of the rocks the ivy*dad and mouldering cas- 

 tle of Corra and the clouds of mist rising aaaje-tically 

 from the abyss below form altogether a scene unri- 

 valled in the island, and surpassed by few in any other 

 situation. 



From the Corra Linn, a walk conducts to the Fall of Bonnington 

 Bonninglon, at the distance of about half a mile. This |f u 

 walk is beautifully picturesque: Here, it passes through 

 groves of trees, intermixed with the honeysuckle, the 

 wild rose, and other flowering shrubs; there, it ap- 

 proaches the brink of some precipice, from which the 

 Clyde is seen deep ingulphed amongst rock^s, thunder- 

 ing and boiling through a broken and contracted chan- 

 nel. Proceeding thus, a view is at length obtained of 

 the Fall of Bonnington. 



This fall, or linn, consists of one unbroken sheet of 

 water, precipitating itself over the rock into the chan- 

 nel below. Its height is about 30 feet; and though , 

 inferior in this and some other respects to the other 

 two falls of Corra and Stonebyres, yet, with its accom- 

 paniments of wood and rock, it presents a scene of 

 much interest and grandeur, and well merits the at- 

 tention of the stranger. 



Returning along the banks, a walk leads to a pavi- 

 lion, near the house of Bonnington, a seat belonging to 

 Sir Charles Lockhart Ross, Bart, from which, by the 

 position of a mirror, another and reflected prospect is 

 obtained of the Corra fall pouring downwards, as it 

 were, upon the head of the spectator, and which, from 

 the singularity of the view, produces a pleasing and 

 striking effect. From the windows of this summer- 

 house a variegated and romantic prospect is obtained 

 of the scenery down the river and the adjacent coun- 

 try, comprehending the town of Lanark, the village of 

 New Lanark, its extensive cotton-works, and many 

 other objects at a greater distance. 



To the north-west of Lanark, and on the Mouse, 

 there are also many fine scenes deservedly esteemed. 

 The most remarkable,in this direction is Cartlane Craigs, Cartlan* 

 at the distance of somewhat less than a mile from that Craigs. 

 town. This place, which extends nearly half a mile 

 on both sides of the river, is a most romantic dell, bound- 

 ed on either side by lofty rocks, 'diversified with natu- 

 ral wood and plantations. The approach from the north, 

 which is the most common point of entry, is particular- 

 ly striking. A level piece of ground, around which the 

 Mouse makes a sweep, conducts to the mouth of this 

 great chasm, which consists through its whole extent of 

 a succession of grand and picturesque scenes, enlivened 

 by the water of the river, flowing over an irregular and 

 broken channel. In the most sequestered part of this 

 ravine, at some height above the Mouse, and embower- 

 ed in copses, is a natural chasm in the rock, called Wal- 

 lace's cave, which tradition and history cdncur in assur- 

 ing us was often resorted to by that hero. 



Nor is this place valuable merely to the admirer of 

 the scenery of nature the naturalist will also find 

 ample scope for entertainment, whether by examining 

 its geological formation, or its rich botanical treasures, 

 many rare and curious plants presenting themselves on 

 every hand in traversing its devious windings. An ac- 

 count of the mineralogy of the Cartlane Craigs has 

 been given by Dr. Mackniglit, in the IVerncrian Trans- 

 actions, vol. ii. (n. j.) 



LANARK, NEW, is a well built and populous village 

 of Lanarkshire, about a mile to the south of Lanark. It 



