L E I T H. 



llici, chants, who frequent these fairs, exclusive of from 260 



^ ^ to -.90 booksellers. The amount of books sold annual- 



1 v, has bt-i-ii calculated at 500,000 rix-dollars ; and, for 



the accommodation of this trade, the booksellers have 



recently . i an exchange for the sale of books. 



principal manufactures are silk, gold, and silver 



stuffs, linen and cotton printing, velvet, leather, carpets, 



hats, tobacco, paper, playing cards, Prussian blue, 



&c. 



L*ipiick is a depot both for foreign and Saxon mer- 

 chandise, and the export of linens, silks, velvets, and 

 veUeteens, made in die neighbourhood of the town, is 

 very con-idernble. I ln-e. .-.loni; with le.ithcr and smalts, 

 which are also exported, are shipped at Hamburg, from 

 which Leip-ick procures her supplies of colonial and 

 odier foreign produce. 



There are many promenades and public gardens 



around the town, which are deserving of notice. About 



three-fourth- of a. leagiiefnnn Leipsick between the great 



Mad of Magdeburg and l)e>vm. is the fieal of battle of 



t!u- defeat of Tilly. The field 



r the town ; and the spot 



vrhrrv th. <nny under Honnp.irte was totally 



defeated by the combined fun -en of the allies in 1813. 

 .atioii of l.cip-.ck :; ;.<)<>. K.:-t Long. 12 21' 

 45", North Lat. 51 *>' Mi'. <ee Kordansz's Euro tan 

 Commerce, Loud. I < 8 and FHAXO, vol. ix. p. 657. 



1 I'M, is a sem-port town, and burgh of baronv of 

 Scotland, sit'i.ttr.l on the ' rith of I'ortli. in the county 

 ' MM It tftinds upon the Water of Leith, 

 >lci it into two parishes, called North and 

 South Leith, and is about two miles distant from F.din- 

 burgh rhese two parishes communicate by two draw- 

 bridge* }'\ far the greater part of the town is situa- 

 ted on the south side of the river; but Ixith in North 

 . rt- of the < ild part are narrow 

 ..:n\ .\ceilent and 



iiodtrm* houses The princi|>al street is called the 

 ,"te, and is H- x continuation of l.eilh 



Waif. irts of the town, however, which have 



iring the la>t 2O or MO vear.t, such as x t 

 ...ic. >t. l.-imc-' Mrcet, < 'assifia I'lace, and the 

 uew street* in North Leith, to the east of the battery, 

 ami near the new church, CO] elegant houses, 



inhabited by the principal merchants, <tc. and 

 are not surpassed 1>. t buildings in Fdinburgh. 



L .._. , iv-ipal public building- in I.t ith, arc the old 



South Leith, the new church of North Leith, 

 liapel of ease, the 1 piscopal chapel, the Trinity 

 house, the exchange buildings, the bank of Leith, the 

 custom-house, the new school, and St-afield baths 



;th Leith is n large Gothic 

 of no beauty, with a tower surmounted by a 

 i liurch of North Leith is an ele- 

 'ling, em I s lfi, from a design by 



f the church h.i- a *ort of po- 



Irgotial form ; and the portico, from uhich rises a very 

 'nsisU of four haiul-ome fluted Ionic co- 



II.T'.II- -ii;i|..ir! I : , : CI t I'" Mtir tile <-|l:.|.cl df 



.th l.eith, which is a plain and 



!:. .1 !,! ii M-, tin r< .- an 1. 1" c.-|i' ; ehapei. Iniilt in 



iiburgher meet- 

 house at present 



,-. 



MS. 



new buildinir room, 



703 





hich were begun some 

 it on a \ cry lajge scale, 



and have been designed with much taste. They form Leitb. 

 the principal public building in T,eith ; and contain the """Y" 

 assembly room, coffee-room, sale rooms, subscription 

 library, reading room. These buildings are three stories 

 high ; and die central part is ornamented with five fine 

 Ionic columns. They cost 1 6,000. 



The bank of Leith, situated in Bernard street, is a Bank, 

 neat small building, erected in 1806, and adorned with 

 Ionic columns and pilasters. 



The custom-house, which contains also the excise of- Custom. 

 fice, is a very large and handsome building, erected on house, 

 the north side of the harbour in the years 181! and 181-2. 

 From the necessity, perhaps, of its accommodating both 

 the excise and the custom-house, the architect has placed 

 the two entrances as two small wings to the building ; 

 and has ornamented the central part of the front with 

 two large fluted columns, which terminate several feet 

 from the ground, and rest on a sort of wall. These 

 two solitary columns, without any pilasters to flank 

 them, have a very extraordinary appearance. The ex- 

 pence of this building was about 1 1,6 1 7. 



The high school of Leith is a very neat building of Hi^hs 

 freestone, erected by subscription in I 80.0, on the south- 

 e~t Mile of l.eifh Links. It consists of two stories, 

 di-fi<rured with a paltry dome, for which we trust the 

 i-ibers will see the necessity of substituting a pe- 

 diment, or some other ornament. 



The baths of $e;ifield form a very elegant building, ^eafiel 

 consisting as it were of two similar buildings placed baths, 

 at right angles to each other, and joined by nearly 

 a i|u.-idrant of a cylindrical tower One of the fronts 

 i> to tin- ca-t. and the other to the north ; and each 

 is ornamented with a handsome porch The lower 

 floor is devoted to the baths ; the entrance to those ap- 

 propriated to the ladies being by the west porch, and 

 the entrance to those of the gentlemen being by the 

 east The-c b.itlis were erected some years ago, by 

 Mib-cription, on the property of Dr. George Wood, 

 by whose exertions tin's undertaking was in a great 

 measure carried into effect They are situated imme- 

 diately to the cast of Leith Links, close upon the sea, 

 and are generally allowed to be amongst the most ele- 

 gant and commodious in the kingdom. The expence 

 of the building exceeded 8000, raised in shares of 50 

 guineas each ; the proprietors, or one member of their 

 families, having a right to use any of the baths. It 

 -is of 1 7 baths hot, tepid, cold, pump, and shower 

 baths, besides a very large plunge bath, well fitted for 

 swimming ; and to these is attached a capital hotel. 

 The charges are very moderate. The price of the hot 

 bath is 3s. ; of the tepid bath, 5s. ; of the cold bath, 

 I s. 6d. ; of the shower bath, 1 s. fid. ; and of the plunge 

 or swimming bath, Is. The whole establishment is in 

 a most flourishing condition, attracting company from 

 every quarter of the country ; as a proof of which, from 

 70 to 80 baths have been given in one day. A consi- 

 derable part of this property is already feued, and the 

 remainder is admirably adapted for that purpose; as 

 the vilubrity of the air, the beauty of the views, the 

 excellent opportunities for every kind of exercise, and 

 , initv of the best markets, added to the very great 

 advantages of hot and cold sea-bathing, in a medical 

 point of view, must render Seafield in all respects a 

 most desirable and healthy residence. The grounds in 

 the neighbourhood, part of the same property as the 

 site of the baths, are to be feued, upon a plan combin- 

 ing elegance and comfort. The streets have been so 

 arranged as to prevent the buildings immediately upon 

 the sea from interfering with the view of those more 

 removed. As yet, only two houses of a small size have 



