To'drn-Houj': — 1 line old l)uilding adjoining to the prlfon. 

 On'v o;ie hall is rctain-'d by the bjdv corporate. Th.^ re- 

 miiaJ^T contains tlio Tontine hotel, which was enlarged by 

 fubfcriplion upon lives. The co;Tec-roo:n is, perliups, the 

 largjft r.nd I'lncil in Europe. It is fupportcd by annual 



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fo for many years to come. He began bv conftruclinT, on 

 either bank, projecting dykes, or jf.ttie^, into the river, at 

 ri^ht angles, to the banks on (-ither fide, and placed at fmall 

 di'.lances from each other along the whole courfe of the 



fubfcription, t!ic fubfcril-ers amounting to upwards of looo, 

 who p.iy one pound fi.'? itnllin.Ts each. 



Bridges. — Three of thefe are of Hone, and a fourth was 

 actually built iii the year i 79J, when the river rilisg rapidly, 

 in confeqaenc ■ of exccfiive mins, it was fwept away in one 

 night when very nearly iinifhed. The arches being verv flat, 

 and th? extremities not fuiHciently fecured, the accident was 

 attributed, by profeiliGnal pcrfons, to the lateral prefhir,?. 

 Its place has line; b^tu iupplied by a very handfoine wooden 

 bridge for foot palTengers. The two bridges liighell upon 

 the river are pLiin, but very well built and paved. Tiie 

 lowed, or new bridge, is very finely executed, and iselLeemed 

 one of the moll coaipleat fpecimens of this fpecies of archi- 

 teclure in Britain. 



IVa'.ir-iuoThs. — The city of Glafgow, until lately, was 

 fapphed with v^'ater by pit-wells, and the water of thefe, 

 r.lthotigh abundant in quantity, was of inferior quality both 

 for wafliing and culinary piirpofes ; as, beiides otlicr impuri- 

 ties, it holds in folution a conliderable portion of marine acid, 

 bv- which it is rendered hard and bracliiih. To remedy this 

 inconvenience a public coinpany was formed, who, at the ex- 

 pence of upwards of 6o,occ/., brought water filtered from 

 the river iuto ev.r.- part of the city a;id fuburbs by caft iron 

 pipes, and from thefe pipes into every houfe, upon receiving 

 a moderate annual payraint from tlie proprietor or ledte. 

 The c.ipital necelTary was railed by transfer:ible fliares of 

 50/. each. Tlio rapidity witli wliich th.ofe fhares were b;)ught 

 in^duced others to form a feparate eltabliniment, and to raiTe 

 water alfo from the river for the fupply of the city. The 

 firil fupply is drawn from the Clyde by two large fteam en- 

 gines, into a refervoir ab»Lit two milis to the ealhvard of 

 the town. From this refervoir it is liltercd into another, 

 and from thence conveyed by the pipes to a third imir ediate Iv 

 contiguous to the town. The whole lower part mav be fiip- 

 plied from this v.ichout further forcing, but to fupply the 

 higher parts, a portion is .again forced by another fmaller en- 

 gine to a ciilern on a higher eieva.iun, v.'hicli commands 

 every part above the former level. 



The wellern water-work company draw their fupply 

 from the river, to cilterns fituated on an eminence about 

 one mile well of the town, wiiere it is iiltcred, nnd conveved 



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navigation. Thefe jetties intercept much of the earth and 

 gravel walhed down by fucceffive floods, and thus fupply 

 the materials for ulimate contraftion, without the cxp.-nce 

 of carnage. Befides this, a number of labourers are em- 

 ployed every fummer feafon to drag the bottom of the 

 river, and lodge the RufF which is withdrawn from the 

 bottom between the projecting jetties. Bv the confta.it re- 

 petition of this (iiii;)!e proccf^, a great part of the river is 

 now contrafted to lefs than one half of its original breadth, 

 and has gained above four feet cf additior.al depth. As the 

 tonnage dnes, the greater part of which is appropriated for 

 this purpofe, now exceed 6ooot pir annum, thefe operation* 

 promiie to be continued on a piore cxtend-.d fcale than ev-r ; 

 audit is probable that in a few years vefTels of large burth-ii 

 may be brought up to the city. The largell hitherto brought 

 up are about 150 tons, the depth of the channel being about 

 nine feet at high water. The gentleman who now diric>s 

 thefe improvements thinks, tl.at in a f.nv years this depdi 

 maybe increafcd to 14 feet by the prefent plan. 



It was lately propofed to improve the. harbour by the 

 contlrudion of wet docks ; but a difl^.rcnce of opinion hav- 

 ing arifen refpefting the controul under which thefe improve- 

 ments were to be placed, the ftheme has been fufpeiided, 

 but it is hoped not finally relinqiiinied. The tonnage dues 

 are one (hilling pr ton on mcrchandife, ciglit-pcnce oa 

 foi-eign produce, and four-pence on coals, brick, and (.;I..i- 

 building materials. Manure, carried upon the river for the 

 improvei.ieat of the adjacent country, is exempted from any 

 tax. 



by pipes, without requiring to be forced a fecond time. 

 The inhabitants are left to tlieir own free choice from 

 which company to take t.heir fupply. 



Rivtfr Clyde. — The Clyde takes its rife about 60 miles to 

 the fouth-eafl of Glafgo-'.v, i;i the fame nioimtain which 

 forms the fources of the Tweed and the Annan. Near the 

 county town of Lanark, about 28 miles above Glafgow, it 

 has three remarkable f.dij or catarail<!, much vilited by 

 ftrangers. From Lanark to Gbfgow it pafles through a 

 ti:ie valley, richly wooded ir, many places, fertile and highly 

 c.iltivated. From the new bridge oi Glafgow, where it 

 becomes navigable, until it terminates i 1 St. Oorge'.-, or 

 tlie Irifh channel, about 80 miles uiftant. About thirty 

 years ago, Mr. Goldburn, an eminent engineer, was employed 

 by the city of GLfgow to deepen the river, from the 

 Broomilau or liarbour, to th.e fea-port tov.-ns of Port 

 Glafgow and Greenock, the former lituated 2j, and the 

 L:ttcr 24 miles below the city. This he effeded in a very 

 judicious, although gradual and economical ma:iner. The 

 b->neficial effects of his plan became foon apparent, have 

 been, every fuccefljve year, improving, and muli continue 



The country (tretching along the banks of the Clyde, for 

 a mmibcr of miles, bo:h above and below the city, is gen.-- 

 raiiy fertile, and, in mod places, highly cuhivatcd, and Well 

 cnc'ofed. The parifh of Goyan, fituated on the foiith bank 

 of the river, is, perhaps, as highly improved as any dillrift 

 in Britain. Befides the natund fertility of the foil, this may 

 be accounted for by the plentiful fupply of co'jI, lime, aiitl 

 manure, which are fupplied at cheap rates by water-car- 

 riage. It muft alfo be greatly promoted by the circum- 

 iiaijce of tiiere being many landed proprietors, whofe eilate.s, 

 although abundantly fuffieient to maintain thcinfclves and 

 families in comfort and affluence under their perfonal fupcr- 

 inte.idence, are not fo large as to induce them to relinquirti 

 the profits i.nd emoluments of cultivati?ig thiir own property, 

 which, of courfe, derives the united benefit of tin ir pci foiial 

 ilvill, indiillry, and capital, bcfides tiiat emulation which a 

 laudable fpirit of rivalry excites among them to furpafi 

 each other. The higher lands, both to the iiortli and fouth, 

 a;-e toniiderably inferior, both i;i foil and cultivation, to 

 ihole in the valley. In eviry diicclion roni>d Ghfo^iw, 

 coal, lime, and iron -Hone are foin.d in great plenf, and give 

 great advantages to the agricultund and manufaAuring- 

 clafies of the community. 



The fuburbs cf Glafgow, which form the chief refidenccs 

 of the operative trad'tmin, are the following : 



Cit-.ion — a very populous vilLige, immediately adjoining 

 to tlve city on the foirth-eall, and bordering on the Orrrn of 

 Glafgow. This village contains upward." of 2C,oco inha- 

 bitants, with many manufactories, dillilleries, &c. The 

 green ferves both for palhire and for tlit purpot- s of wnfti- 

 inT and bleaching There are a commodioua wafhing-houfe, 

 and line widk.* for the recreation of the inhabitants. 'I'he 

 dues of wafhing and pall-.re torm part ot the city revenue. 

 Tlie green contains upwiurds of ice acres of ground. 



