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naces, produces an effe& tremenduous to every ſpedator, and that to a degree more eafßly conceived than expreſſed.--- The river Carron, it was believed, would have afforded 2 continual ſuppl3 of water at all ſeaſons, for moving the ex- tenſive and complicated machinery of theſe works; butin order to procure the neceſſary quantiry in a dry ſummer, an immenſe fire-engine has been ereded, which raiſes the„ſpent water, and throws it back into the reſervoir, where it is again employed in the neceſſary works of this great found- ry. At firſt4he chief part of the workmen were Engliſh, brought down at a great expence from Warwickſhire, Staf- fordſhire and Shropſhire. At preſent almoſt the whole of the workmen are Scotch.--Many veſſels of ſmall bur- den are employed by the Company, in importing ironſtone, &c. They have alſo occaſion to freight many veſlels of larger burden, to tranſport the heavy articles of their manu- fa&ure, eſpecially guns, mortars, hot and ſhells, both to the river Thames, and foreign parts, ſuch as Spain, Ruſlia, 8c.

"The making of Naz.ls was, till about 20 years 290, carried on upon a large ſcale by this Company; but ſince that time, one gentleman, formerly a partner of the Company, has, by agreement,(as it is believed), with his former partners, condu&ed that branch entirely upon his own account. The number of men employed in:this manufä&ure probably ex ceeds 150. They are diſperſed in villages,&c. chiefly in the vicinity of;the collieries.-The. maſter-manufadurer delivers out the iron by weight, in ſmall rods, ſlit at his mill; from which rods the nails are fabricated, and return- ed by the workmen to the maſter-manufa&urer, alſo by weight.--Beſides this great adventurerin the nailery-branch, there are ſeveral othermaſter-manufadurers, with ſmaller ca- pitals, who employ perhaps 10 or 20 hands a-plece: their buſineſs is-conduded on the ſame plan.

Woollen, Coarſe fabrics of wool have been long manufac- tured in Stirling, and its neighbourhood. The village of Ban- nockburn, 2 miles ſouth of Stirling, has, for many years, been

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