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... vessels can reach the open Sea , there are excellent Harbours , say Oban and Tobermory on the West and Cromarty on the east side of the Island . The Bay of Oban is immediately at the Western extremity of the Linnhe Loche . It is capable ...
... vessels can reach the open Sea , there are excellent Harbours , say Oban and Tobermory on the West and Cromarty on the east side of the Island . The Bay of Oban is immediately at the Western extremity of the Linnhe Loche . It is capable ...
Page 80
... Vessels from Ireland and West Coast of England must use either the English Channel or go north about ' through the Pentland Firth . In the north about ' voyage besides the dangerous navigation due to rocks , currents and narrow passages ...
... Vessels from Ireland and West Coast of England must use either the English Channel or go north about ' through the Pentland Firth . In the north about ' voyage besides the dangerous navigation due to rocks , currents and narrow passages ...
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... vessels that flock to it from various parts of Scotland , England and Ireland . Indeed some vessels have come from Cornwall and even from France , and the Hanseatic to prosecute the fisheries here . Nothing is wanting , but the erection ...
... vessels that flock to it from various parts of Scotland , England and Ireland . Indeed some vessels have come from Cornwall and even from France , and the Hanseatic to prosecute the fisheries here . Nothing is wanting , but the erection ...
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The Eighteenth Century Transport problem | 26 |
First Highland Survey 1801Second Highland | 60 |
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