APPENDIX IT. 



INLAND CANAL. 



-1 HE following information has been communicated re- 

 specting a small inland canal, which Mr Low of Burnturk 

 has projected, and is, at present, carrying into execution. 

 As the scheme is ingenious, and, if properly executed, may 

 be of advantage to the public, as well as to the proprietor, 

 it certainly deserves notice. 



On the south side of the road from Cupar to the New- 

 Inrf, and about four miles from Cupar, there is a range of 

 lime-rock, of considerable extent, and of excellent quality. 

 But as it lies upon a ridge of high ground, almost inacces- 

 sible to ordinary carriages, it has never been wrought to 

 that extent, which either the wants of the country, or the 

 interest of the proprietor (the Earl of Crawfurd) seemed 

 to require. Within two miles of this rock there is a coal- 

 liery belonging to Mr Low of Burnturk. Their contigui- 

 ty naturally renders them of great value to one another, 

 more especially as the one is the most northerly coal, and 

 the other the most northerly lime-rock in Fife. But the 

 ruggedness of the interjacent ground, rendering their com- 

 munication with one another exceedingly difficult, has hi- 

 therto prevented both the proprietors and the public from 

 denying any material advantage from them. 



To remedy this, Mr Low has opened- a communication 

 between them, by carrying^ small caual from hfs coal- 

 works on Burnturk, to the bottom of the hill where the 

 lime-rock lies ; along which he means to convey the raw 



