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Page 67
... Navigation , or the Pentland Firth ; and before they can reach the grounds the Fishery is over . The proposed navigation would effectually remedy this , and if the restrictions and incon- veniences respecting Salt were also done away ...
... Navigation , or the Pentland Firth ; and before they can reach the grounds the Fishery is over . The proposed navigation would effectually remedy this , and if the restrictions and incon- veniences respecting Salt were also done away ...
Page 68
... Navigation and past the North of Ire- land to the Western Ocean . The Central parts of the Highlands , and the shores at each extremity would be improved by the introduction of habits of Industry , and Capital into the Country , also by ...
... Navigation and past the North of Ire- land to the Western Ocean . The Central parts of the Highlands , and the shores at each extremity would be improved by the introduction of habits of Industry , and Capital into the Country , also by ...
Page 74
... navigation of the Pentland Firth and the Orkneys ' ; he satisfied himself as to the practicability of the navigation into and out of Cromarty Firth ; he sounded the opinion of merchants of Leith , Aberdeen , Peterhead , Greenock ...
... navigation of the Pentland Firth and the Orkneys ' ; he satisfied himself as to the practicability of the navigation into and out of Cromarty Firth ; he sounded the opinion of merchants of Leith , Aberdeen , Peterhead , Greenock ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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