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Page 72
... considerable improvements in both the main lines of communication between the Lowlands and the Highlands which were in a very bad state and needed considerable improvements . On the Eastern line the Tay at Dunkeld , the Spey at ...
... considerable improvements in both the main lines of communication between the Lowlands and the Highlands which were in a very bad state and needed considerable improvements . On the Eastern line the Tay at Dunkeld , the Spey at ...
Page 79
... considerable intercourse with the low countries was rendered almost impracticable ; which was , no doubt , the principal cause that the Highlands , thus insulated , remained in their unimproved condi- tion , while the southern parts of ...
... considerable intercourse with the low countries was rendered almost impracticable ; which was , no doubt , the principal cause that the Highlands , thus insulated , remained in their unimproved condi- tion , while the southern parts of ...
Page 233
... considerable debt I already stood in with You ; to whom I own all the Suc- cess of latter Years , nay more , the strength of fighting the obstacles thrown in my way ; but You are no Friend of words and so no more of the subject . I am ...
... considerable debt I already stood in with You ; to whom I own all the Suc- cess of latter Years , nay more , the strength of fighting the obstacles thrown in my way ; but You are no Friend of words and so no more of the subject . I am ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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