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Page 39
... assistance of Government to the provision of new , or the improve- ment of old , fishery harbours ; and in 1789 Sir John Sinclair had forwarded to the society a memorial on be- half of the Harbour of Wick . Doubtless there were other ...
... assistance of Government to the provision of new , or the improve- ment of old , fishery harbours ; and in 1789 Sir John Sinclair had forwarded to the society a memorial on be- half of the Harbour of Wick . Doubtless there were other ...
Page 86
... assistance was naturally very great ; and nearly every claim required surveying and reporting , and a disproportionate expenditure of time , thought and labour . With very few exceptions , all the surveying , planning and building was ...
... assistance was naturally very great ; and nearly every claim required surveying and reporting , and a disproportionate expenditure of time , thought and labour . With very few exceptions , all the surveying , planning and building was ...
Page 132
... assistance you have prepared for me by forming the two young men : the only fear I have in regard to them is that their new occupation will keep them from to bring as early as I had wished their precious collection under their voyage in ...
... assistance you have prepared for me by forming the two young men : the only fear I have in regard to them is that their new occupation will keep them from to bring as early as I had wished their precious collection under their voyage in ...
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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