The beauties of Scotland, 3. köide1805 |
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Page 53
... rock begins to terminate , and horizontal strata of free - stone to occur . The river sinks into a deep bed , several hundred feet below the level of the surround- ing country ; and the soil of the country itself gradually deteriorates ...
... rock begins to terminate , and horizontal strata of free - stone to occur . The river sinks into a deep bed , several hundred feet below the level of the surround- ing country ; and the soil of the country itself gradually deteriorates ...
Page 81
... freestone rock are much disposed to produce wood , and almost all kinds of trees . thrive in them . Land lying on a quick declivity , where the water issuing from the veins of the earth flows freely . VOL . III . F Plantations . away ...
... freestone rock are much disposed to produce wood , and almost all kinds of trees . thrive in them . Land lying on a quick declivity , where the water issuing from the veins of the earth flows freely . VOL . III . F Plantations . away ...
Page 83
... rock , standing in perpendicular columns or thin lamina on edge . It is mostly so in the lower ridges ; but there are instan- ces of it lying horizontally like the free - stone and lime . It is of a close texture , and composed of very ...
... rock , standing in perpendicular columns or thin lamina on edge . It is mostly so in the lower ridges ; but there are instan- ces of it lying horizontally like the free - stone and lime . It is of a close texture , and composed of very ...
Page 84
... Free - stone From the lower extremity of the county upwards , to a- bove the falls of the river , some kind of free - stone is the most general rock ; nevertheless different ridges of whin - stone run along through the heights on both ...
... Free - stone From the lower extremity of the county upwards , to a- bove the falls of the river , some kind of free - stone is the most general rock ; nevertheless different ridges of whin - stone run along through the heights on both ...
Page 87
... stone rock ; but on descending along the side of the Shotts hills , the free - stone rock appears , and is found to be placed hori- zontally beneath the vast cope of whin - stone ; and be- neath the free- stone , coal , iron - stone ...
... stone rock ; but on descending along the side of the Shotts hills , the free - stone rock appears , and is found to be placed hori- zontally beneath the vast cope of whin - stone ; and be- neath the free- stone , coal , iron - stone ...
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acres adjoining afterwards Agricul Airshire already mentioned ancient Antiquities appears arches bailies banks barony battle of Langside Biggar bishop of Glasgow Bothwell breadth bridge building built called Cambuslang Carnwath Cart castle Cathedral centre chiefly church coal considerable consists contains distance Douglas Duke Earl east Edinburgh elected erected established expence feet in length formerly free-stone frequently furnace Glas Gorbals Greenock ground Hamilton height High Church High Street horses Inchinnan inhabitants institution iron iron-stone King Lanark land lime logy Lord magistrates manufacture ment merchants miles mineral moss neighbourhood Paisley parish persons pillars Port Glasgow principal provost quantity Ramsay remarkable ridge river Clyde rock royal borough Rutherglen Salt Market Scotland Scots Scottish scription side soil St Kentigern stands stone strata Strathaven stratum surface Tintoc tion town town-council tract ture Upper Ward village Wallace walls whin-stone whole wood