General View of the Natural Circumstances of Those Isles, Adjacent to the North-West Coast of Scotland, Which Are Distinguished by the Common Name of Hebudµ or Hebrides: --Of the Various Means Which Have Been Employed to Cultivate and Improve Them;--And o
General View of the Natural Circumstances of Those Isles, Adjacent to the North-West Coast of Scotland, Which Are Distinguished by the Common Name of Hebudµ or Hebrides: --Of the Various Means Which Have Been Employed to Cultivate and Improve Them;--And o
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1794 edition. Excerpt: ...and the general improvement of the iflaud have been greatly advanced within thefe laf t 12 years. Great quantities of whifky are diftillcd in the iiland; although the grain and the labour might be more advantageoufly employed.--A new town has been begun, . and is advancing, at Bowmore.--(Campbell's ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1794 edition. Excerpt: ...and the general improvement of the iflaud have been greatly advanced within thefe laf t 12 years. Great quantities of whifky are diftillcd in the iiland; although the grain and the labour might be more advantageoufly employed.--A new town has been begun, . and is advancing, at Bowmore.--(Campbell's Survey. Statiftical Account, vol. xi. numb. 20, 21, . 2.2.) XXXVI. G I G H A. Natural State.. Z1" IGHA is an ifle divided from the promontory of Cantyre, by a narrow enamel, ' 3i miles in breadth. Ita length is about 7 miles, its breadth; 2j miles. It lies fo low, that even its higheft hills rife hardly to the level of the arable land? on the adjacent coaft of Cantyre. On the eaft fide, and at both ends, Gigha is arable; in the middle, and on the weft fid of this ifle, the ground is hilly, yet, with fpots fufceptiblc of culture interfperfed. The foil is, in general, a rich loam; in fome places, peat-earth, fand, or clay.. The weftern fhore is rocky, high, and preci pitous; at the two extremities are breakers, at fome diftance from the land; ou the eaft fide, fome angular rocks jut out into the fea; and there are funk rods near, which render the navigation perilous. The tide runs north, but without any ftrong current, . on thefe fhores; it feldom rifes above 6 feet; and, to this height, only with a north wind, or in calm water. The fea-ware, cut once every 3 years, affords at each cutting 21 tons of kelp. Shell-fifhes, lobfters, crabs, cockles, razor, or: fpout-fiih, of large fize and excellent quality, are taken in great abundance on the fhores of Gigha. Cod, ling, haddocks, Ikate, and dog-fill 1, are alfo found in prodigious. quantities, on a fine fifhing bank, about 2 leagues north from this ifle. The ifle is bare of wood, except fome...
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