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this is the iiland of Bute, belonging cliicflv to iKc noWcninn 

 to wh-jm it gives tlie title ot marquis. I5ute is about feveti 

 miles long, nnd generally level and fertile. Moiiiit-llewart- 

 caltle, tlie refulence of the noble proprietor, is lituattd near 

 the middle of the iflaikl, ok the foiith Tide, and is a fuperb 

 !ind d.li'^htful place. Of the other proprietors, lord 15an- 

 natine, one of the Seottilh judges, is the mofl confpicuous. 

 Tlie chief, and, indeed, ahnult only town on tite i(land, is 

 Rothfay, from which his royal highnels the prince of Wales 

 derives one of his Scottiili titles, is a handfomc, clean, fmall 

 town, and has a conildrrable cotton mill and uiaiuifac\orv by 

 it, belonging to a company ot manufacturers in Olafgow. 

 There are alfo the ruins of an old caftle, which appears to 

 have been of great extent, and once belonged to the royal 

 funily of Scotland. The inhabitants of Rothfay are chiefly 

 ■fea-faring people, and employ themlelves much in the her- 

 ring tithcry during the ieafon. Large quantities of fine cod- 

 fiih are alfo caught off the coalls of Bute, Arran, and 

 Argylclliire, with which the markets of tlie well of Scotland 

 are fupplied, generally at a rate not exceeding two-pence^.;- 

 pound of 22^ ounces. Contiguous to Bute is a fmall ifland, 

 called Inch Marnock, which is level and caltivatcd. It is the 

 refideiice only of thofe employed in its cultivation. The 

 ifland of Arran is nearly thirty miles in length, and is very 

 mountainous. The highelt hill, called Goatlield, is feen 

 ■from a great diftance. The ifland of Arran is the property 

 of the duke of Hamilton, who is earl of Arr.an, who has a 

 fine hovife, called Brodick caftle, on the ifland, where his 

 fainfiy fometrmes refide, cfpecially during the feafon for 

 fliootlng groufe or black game. Arran ufed to be much 

 noted foT a fmuggling trade, both in contraband articles 

 bror.ght by the fcamen employed in the veflels trading to the 

 •Clvde, and alfo m the dift illation of whiiky. The vigilance 

 of the rcveiiue cruifers in the Clyde has, in a great meafure, 

 checked the former, and that of theexcife officers the latter. 

 On Arran are found a number of fine ftones, and it is fomc- 

 times vifited by lapidaries, during the fummer, for the pur- 

 pofe of fearehing for them, or of purchafing thofe occa- 

 lionally picked up by the natives. On the ifland are only 

 two fmall towns or villages, vl'z.. Brodick and Lamlalh, the 

 latter of which, being defended from the fouth winds by an 

 ifland in the mouth of the bay, is relorted to as a flielter in 

 ftormy weather by the (liips and veflels navigating the frith 

 ofClyde. 



Befides thofe already mentioned, there are a few fmaller 

 iflands in the frith, r;s. the Cumbraes, which are two fmall 

 iflands lying pretty clofe to the fouthern fhore, near the 

 Rcnfrewlhire coail, oppofitc to the village of Largs, about 

 1 6 miles below Greenock. The larger illand is about two 

 miles long, and on it is a very neat village, called Milport, 

 chiefly inhabited by fifliermen and ieamcn's t.-imilies. The 

 lelTer ifland is a mere rock, \vhere a few perfoiis refide, who 

 take charge of the light-houfe, and fometiines perfons in 

 a flate of infanity are boarded here by their relatives, on 

 account of the purity of the air, and the retirement of the 

 f'ltuatron. Farther down, and near the Ayrihire coal^, h the 

 ilapendo-us rock, or crag cf AiIfa,i:o;n •.•hicli the proprietor, 

 th.e earl of Caffius, derives his Britiih tit!;-, Ailfii is a high 

 abrupt and barren rock, totally uninhabited, and c-ovoredby 

 •myriads of fea-fovvl, in fcarch of which it is fonietimcs vinted. 

 Of the general trade of the Clyde iiotici' has already been 

 taken under the article Gl.A.'-GOW. 



GREENORE Point, a cape of Ireland, i.-i the county 

 of V/o-ford, in the Ivilli fea. N.4at. 52° 16', \V. long. 6" 

 j8' from Greenv. ich. 



CREENSBORO, a pol>-to\vn of Ainerica, In Weil 

 Ch-ikr county, Neiv Y^v.i : 264 miles from V\"a!'hington. 



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GREENSBOROUGH, a poft-townandcTiief town of 

 Greene county in CJeorgia, .jO miles from Lexington : con- 

 taining 25 houfes, a court-houfe, gaol, and Prefhyteriaii 

 meeting-huufe. Lands are appropriated for the cilablifh- 

 ment of an academy in this town." — Alfo, a neat town- 

 ihip in Orleans county, in \'eriTiont, containing 2H0 inha- 

 bitants. 



GREENSBURG, a poll-town. and capital of Wett- 

 morcland county, in Pennfylvania, tituated on a branch of 

 Sewickly creek, which empties into Youghiogany river. 

 It contains 100 dwelling houfes, a German Cidvinift church, 

 a brick court houfe, a flone gaol, 270 miles W. by N. fiom 

 Philadelphia — Alfo, a poll-town in Green county, Ken- 

 tucky ; 875 miles W. by S. from Wafliington. 



GREENSVII>LE, a county of Virginia, encompaflcd 

 by Rrunfwick, Southampton, and Snffex counties, on the 

 N. W. and E. and by N. Carolina on the S. It is about 2+ 

 miles long, and 20 broad, and contains 26 11 free inhabitants, 

 and 4116 flaves. 



GREENVILLE, Sir Rich.aud, in Bw^mphy, a gallant 

 naval officer, foil of lir Roger, of an ancient family, ir. the 

 well of England, was born about 1540 At the age of 

 llxteen he obtained leave from queen Elizabeth, with '■■.hers 

 of his young countrvraen, to ferve in the imperial army in 

 Hungary, againllthe Turks. Upon his return, he engaged 

 with tlie troops emjiloyed for the reduction of Ireland, where 

 he difplayed fo much courage and prudence, as to obtain 

 the appointment of fheriff of the city of Cork. He fat ia 

 parliament in 157 I, as knight of the fliij-e for the county of 

 Cornwall. He was afterwards liigli Iherifl of the county, 

 and received the honour of kniglithood. Notwithllanding liis 

 civil employments, his attention was chiefly fixed upon plans 

 of foreign difcovery and fettlement, propofed by lii.i relation fir 

 Walter Raleigh. When the patents were made out for the 

 purpofe, flr Richard obtained the command of a iquadron 

 fitted out for the purpofe, confiding of leven fn all veflels. 

 With thefe he failed in the fpring of 1585, and reaching 

 the coatl of Florida in .lune, he left there a colony of one 

 hundred men, and then failed homewards. He made otiier 

 voyages, but when the nation was threateiud witli the dangers 

 of a Spaiiilh invalion, he was appointed one of a council of 

 war, to concert means of defence, and received the queen's 

 coiniviaiids not to quit the county of Cornwall, wljich pre- 

 vented him from executing iiis intentions of making another 

 voyage to the American coall. In 1591 he was appointed 

 vice-admiral of a fquadron, fitted out for the purpofe of in- 

 tercepting a rich Spanifli fleet from the Weil Indies. Th'? 

 fleet, when it appeared, was convoyed by a very fuperior force. 

 and Greenville was urged to lark about, but he preferred, and 

 no doubt his faiUn-s agreed v illi him, taking chance of 

 breaking through tlie enemy s heet, which almofl immedi- 

 ately fiirrounded him. The Spaniih admiral, with four 

 other fliips, began a etofe attack at three in the afternoon ; 

 the engagement iarted till break of day next mprning, during 

 which the Spaniards, notwithilanding their vail fn]«;riority, 

 were driven off iiftren timec. At length the greater part ol 

 the Eno-liih crew being either killed or wounded, and the 

 {hip reduced to a wreck, no liop? of e iV.-.pe remained. The 

 brave commander had been wounded at the beginning of the 

 adion, but he caufed his weird* to be dti. tied on deck, and 

 refufed to f o dowa irio the hold, rnd in t'lat fiate he was (hot 

 through the body. He wns no-.v tak n to the cabin, and 

 v.hilein the niH of b»:-.g drefled, the furgeon was killed by 

 his fide. The ad-'ral Hill determined to hold out, wifhing 

 rather to fmk the fhip than furrender, but the offers cf 

 quarter froTn the Spaniards induced the men to yield. Sir 

 Ric'mrd was tnkcn en board tie SparU>. fhip, avu lionour- 

 e C ably 



