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Page 76
The depopulation of the Highlands was becoming alarming , and by the Army was considered to be a most serious threat to what was then their finest source of recruits . The agitation to civilise the Highlands dated back possibly to Wade ...
The depopulation of the Highlands was becoming alarming , and by the Army was considered to be a most serious threat to what was then their finest source of recruits . The agitation to civilise the Highlands dated back possibly to Wade ...
Page 94
... that in a business of the magnitude of the Caledonian Canal , in order as much as possible to ensure success and avoid blame , it is prudent and advisable to have every matter considered with great care before it is entered upon .
... that in a business of the magnitude of the Caledonian Canal , in order as much as possible to ensure success and avoid blame , it is prudent and advisable to have every matter considered with great care before it is entered upon .
Page 119
In reply to these letters , I beg leave to state , that I am fully aware of the general importance of the proposed undertaking , and considered myself much honoured by the intimations which His Majesty of Sweden has been graciously ...
In reply to these letters , I beg leave to state , that I am fully aware of the general importance of the proposed undertaking , and considered myself much honoured by the intimations which His Majesty of Sweden has been graciously ...
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Contents
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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