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respecting some of the most considerable families and individuals connected with that district, etc. 4°, Edin. 1794.

WOOD, J. P. (See also DOUGLAS, Sir R.)

YOUNG, R. Notes on Burghead ancient and modern; with an appendix containing notices of families connected with the place at different periods, etc. 8°, Elgin. 1868.

GENERAL.

COMMUNICATIONS

Roads and canals of Scotland.

Chambers's Journ., xl, 197.

Navigable rivers, canals, and railways of Great Britain. Maps. 8°,
1831.
CORNWALL, G. Guide to the railways, coaches, and steamers of the
principal towns in Scotland. Monthly from Dec. 1853.

INGLIS, H. R. G. The Roads and Bridges in the early history of
Scotland. Illus. Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., xlvii, 303. 4°, Edin. 1913.
MITCHELL, J. Reminiscences of my life in the Highlands, with
narrative of Caledonian Canal, Highland roads, bridges, and
harbours. Map. 2 vols. 8°, Lond. 1883, 84.

SMILES, S. Lives of the engineers; with an account of their principal works; comprising also a history of inland communication in Britain. 3 vols. 8°, Lond. 1861.

BRIDGES.

The Queensferry Passage: report of the Committee. Edin. 1828. ANDERSON, J. Report relative to a design for a Chain Bridge proposed to be thrown over the Firth of Forth at Queensferry. Plans and sections. 4°, Edin. 1818.

BARLOW, C. The new Tay Bridge; a course of lectures. Illus. 4°, Lond. 1889.

BELL,

and MILLER, -. Glasgow. Glasg. 1864. BUCHANAN, G., Engineer, Montrose. Report on present state of the wooden bridge at Montrose, and the practicability of erecting a suspended bridge of iron in its stead. Illus. Fol., Montrose, 1824. GROTHE, A. The Tay Bridge. Nature, xviii, 361.

Report upon Hutchesontown Bridge,

Illus. 8°, 1878.

The Tay Bridge, its history and construction.
HIGHLAND SOC. Notes on bridges and roads in the Highlands.
Trans. High. Soc., Introductions to vols. i-v. 8°, Edin. 1799-1820.
LINDSAY, C. The design and construction of Partick Bridge. Plans.

1878.
MARWICK, Sir J. D. Glasgow Bridges, 1285-1758. In Scots Love, 1895.
'NATURE' (periodical). Articles on the Forth Bridge by O. Reynolds,
C. S. Smith, H. Tomlinson, and B. Baker. xxvi, 598, 623; xxvii,
99, 131, 147, 430.

PHILLIPS, P. Sketches of the Forth Bridge: or the Giant's anatomy.
4°, Edin. 1888; also, enlarged, The Forth Railway Bridge, 1890.
The Forth Bridge in its various stages of construction, and
compared with the most notable bridges of the world. 40 plates.
4°, Edin. 1896.
RONALD, J. The story of the Old Bridge of Stirling. Trans. Stirl.
Nat. Hist. and Arch. Soc., 1891-92.

BRIDGES (continued)..

SEMPLE, D. History of the first Abbey Bridge of Paisley, and the formation and improvement of the streets in connection therewith. 48, Paisley, 1878.

WESTHOFEN, W. The Forth Bridge in its various stages of construction. Repr. from Engineering. Maps and illus. 4°, Lond. 1890. INGLIS, W. The construction of the Tay Viaduct. 8°, 1888.

CANALS.

Considerations upon the intended navigable communication between
the Firths of Forth and Clyde. 4°, 1767.

Thoughts on the intended navigable communication between the
Firths of Forth and Clyde; in a letter to his Grace the Duke of
Queensberry from a Citizen in Edinburgh. 4°, Edin. 1768.

Laying the foundation stone of the Aqueduct Bridge of the Forth
and Clyde Canal. 1787.

Prospectus of the advantages to be derived from the Crinan Canal.
4°, Glasg. 1792.

Reports (1-15) of the Commissioners for proceeding in the execution
of an inland navigation from the eastern to the western sea by
Inverness and Fort William. Illus. Fol., Lond. 1803-18.
Letter to the landed proprietors of the Counties of Edinburgh, Lin-
lithgow, and Stirling on the making of the Canal. 4°, 1819.
The Caledonian Canal. Blackwood's Mag., vii, 427. 8°, Edin. 1820.
Prospectus of a canal intended to connect the town of Stirling with
the cities of Edinburgh and Glasgow, and the towns of Paisley,
Greenock, and Port Glasgow. 4°, 1835.

AINSLIE, J. Plan of a canal proposed to be made between the R.
Clyde at the City of Glasgow and the harbour of Saltcoats, with a
branch to Paisley; surveyed 1803. 13× 23 inches; 1 in.=1} mile.
[Lond. c. 1804.]

ANDERSON, JAS., for JARDINE, J., C.E. Plan of Callendar Park,
situate in the County of Stirling, the seat of William Forbes, Esq.,
showing the deviation through the park from the Parliamentary
line of the Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal, proposed by the
Canal Company. 13×21 inches; I inch=200 yards. Edin.
1818.
BAIRD, H., and HALL, F. Reduced plan of the proposed Edinburgh
and Glasgow Union Canal, from lock no. 16 on the Forth and
Clyde Canal navigation to the City of Edinburgh. 11×35 inches;
I inch=1 mile.

General plan of the communication that will be formed by the proposed Edinburgh and Glasgow Union Canal with other navi gations. II x 18 inches; I inch=c. 4 miles.

BRINDLEY, J., YEOMAN, T., and GOLBOURNE, J. Reports relative to a navigable communication betwixt the Firths of Forth and Clyde ; with observations. 4°, Edin. 1768.

CRAWFORD, J. L. Forth and Clyde Ship-canal in relation to the
development of commerce. Illus. 4°, Glasg. [1891].

FLACHAT, STÉPHANE. Les travaux et l'aménagement des eaux du
Canal Calédonien. Maps. 4°, Paris, 1828.

FRASER, W. Plan of the proposed Tay and Loch Earn Canal.
736 inches; I inch=1 mile. [? Lond.] 1807.

GRIEVE, J., and TAYLOR, J. Report on the canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow. 1793.

HOPKIRK, J. The Forth and Clyde Navigation from its origin to the present. 8°, Glasg. 1816.

M'GIBBON, A. S. Report as to improving the navigation of the Forth, etc., and the advantages of small canals demonstrated. Plans. 8°, Edin. 1810.

MACKELL, R., and WATT, J. An account of the navigable canal from the Clyde to the Carron. Plan. 1767.

MORRISON, J., surveyor. Plan of the navigation proposed upon the Rivers of Forth, Devon, and Gudie; pub. under direction of the Lords Commrs. of Police. 13 × 33 inches; I inch=1 mile. Feb. 1774. PALMER, J. E. British canals: problems and possibilities. Lond. 1910. RENNIE, JOHN. Plan of the proposed Crinan Canal between the Lakes Crinan and Gilp, in the County of Argyll; surveyed at the expence of the Duke of Argyll and the Earl of Breadalbane in the year 1792. 19§ × 25 inches; 1 inch=24 miles. X Lond. [c. 1793].

Report concerning the different lines surveyed by John Ainslie and Robt. Whitworth, Jun., for a canal proposed to be made between Edinburgh and Glasgow, and intended to communicate with the Firth of Forth at Leith, and the River Clyde at the Broomielaw; with an account of a running level taken for a new line at Linlithgow and Falkirk. Map. 4°, Edin. 1797.

Report concerning the practicability and expense of the lines surveyed for a canal between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Plan. 4°, Edin. 1798.

Plan of the proposed Glenkens Canal, from the R. Dee near Kirkcudbright to the Boat Pool of Dalry. 20 × 8 inches; I inch=c. I mile. Lond. [c. 1800].

SMEATON, J. A plan of the tract of country betwixt the Forth and Clyde proper for a canal of communication by any of the Rivers Carron, Kilven, etc., together with a projection thereof. [N.D.] 4 x 48 inches; I inch=4 furlongs.

Reports [two] concerning the practicability and expense of joining the Rivers Forth and Clyde by a navigable canal. Map and plan. 4°, Edin. 1767.

A review of several matters relative to the Forth and Clyde Navigation, as now settled by Act of Parliament, with some observations on the reports of Messrs. Brindley, Yeoman, and Golbourne. 4°, Edin. 1768.

SMITH, D. Proposed wet dock and canal to connect the Forth and Clyde and Monkland Canals and railway tracks with the River Clyde at the Broomielaw Harbour by means of water carriage. Plans. 1829.

STEVENSON, R. Report relative to a line of canal upon one level between Edinburgh and Glasgow. Maps. 4°, 1817.

Report relative to the Strathmore Canal or inland navigation between Forfar and Aberbrothwick. 4°, 1817.

SYLVAN, -.

Pictorial handbook to the scenery of the Caledonian Canal, etc., etc. Map and illus. 8°, Lond. 1848.

TELFORD, T. Report relative to the proposed canal from Glasgow to the harbour of Ardrossan. Map.

and DOWNIE,

General plan of the intended inland navigation from the eastern to the western sea by Inverness and Fort William. 12 × 49 inches; 1 inch=c. 2 miles. Also 6 × 21 inches; I inch=c. 4 miles. Inverness, 1800.

WHITWORTH, R. W., and LAWRIE, J. A plan of the Great Canal from Forth to Clyde. 21 × 72 inches; 1 inch = mile. [? Edin. 1785.] WILSON, C. J. Some particulars of the suggested Forth and Clyde ship canal. 8°, Hawick, 1891.

FERRIES.

[AYTOUN, R.] Observations on the means by which the communication betwixt the Counties of Fife and Mid-Lothian might be improved, and a plan suggested for a grand national ferry upon the Firth of Forth near Edinburgh. 8°, Edin. 1828.

HALL, Capt. B.

Account of the ferry across the Tay at Dundee; with
description of the machinery of the twin steamboat. Illus. 8°,
Dundee, 1825.
MAKGILL, D. M. Statement in reference to the improvement of the
Fife and Midlothian Ferry. 8°, Cupar-Fife, 1838.

RENNIE, J. Plan of the Firth of Forth, with the improvements at
the Queensferry piers and landing-places, forming the great line
of communication between the North and South of Scotland. Lond.
[c. 1811].

TELFORD, T. Report respecting the lower ferry between the Counties of Midlothian and Fife. Edin. 1828.

HARBOURS.

(See LANARKSHIRE: Clyde as Glasgow Harbour.)

Act for enlarging, improving, and maintaining the port and harbour of Perth, and for improving the navigation of the River Tay. 8o, 1730.

Act passed at Westminster, May 1768, for the deepening of the Harbour at Port Glasgow, enlarging the Quays and Piers, regulating the Harbour, etc. Fol., Lond. 1772.

Reports and correspondence in reference to Leith harbour improve-
ments in Oct. 1822. 4°, 1822.

Report from the select committee appointed to inquire into the state
of the harbours of Leith and Newhaven. Plans. Fol., 1835.
Reports by Smeaton (1770, 1788), Rennie (1797), and Telford (1802,
1805, 1809), upon the Harbour of Aberdeen.
Aberd. 1834.
Acts of Parliament relating to Leith harbour and docks, 1838 to 1860.
8°.

An act for altering and amending the Dundee Harbour, and for more
effectually improving and extending the Harbour Acts, and Court
of Session case relating to this. Plan. Fol., 1843.

Report of Committee appointed to investigate the question of the
most suitable place for a harbour of refuge on the east coast of
Scotland. Fol., Lond. 1884.

Views and descriptions of the docks and harbour works of Burntisland,
Ayr, Bo'ness, and Silloth. 4°, (1885).

ANDERSON, J. Report on the present state of Leith Harbour, and

the practicability of rendering available its wet docks by means of a deep-water entrance at Newhaven and a ship-canal. Plan. 4°, 1834. ARBUTHNOT, J. Estimate of a breakwater across the Bay of Peterhead. Single sheet, 4°, 1814.

BARREN, J. Buckie harbour. Plan. 8°, 1882.

CAMPBELL, D. Historical sketch of the Town and Harbours of
Greenock. Plan. 2 vols. 8°, Greenock, 1879-81.

CUBITT, W. Report on harbour and docks of Leith, and projected
new harbour and docks. Plans. 8°, 1834.

Joy, H. H. Reply in the House of Lords to the evidence and arguments adduced against the Trinity, [North Leith], Harbour and Docks Bill. 8°, 1836.

LESLIE, J. Report of a survey of the south coast of Fife from Dysart to Burntisland, for fixing on a site for a low-water pier. Plan. Cupar Fife, 1839.

MARQUIS, G. Report on Aberdeen harbour.

1843.

METHVEN, C. W. Sketches of Greenock and its Harbours in 1886. 43 illus. 4°, Greenock, 1886.

[PETERKIN, A.] Remarks on the proceedings of the Leith Dock Commissioners, 1st Feb. 1828. 8°, Edin. 1828.

REID (pub.). Leith and London smack directory. Leith, [v.v.].
RENDEL, A. M., and ANDERSON, G. Report and plan for additional
dock accommodation at Leith. Plan. 8°, Edin. 1862.
RENNIE, J. Report on the Harbour of Aberdeen.
1797.
SHIRREFF, R. Plan for enlarging and improving the harbour and
town of South and North Leith. Plan. 4°, 1787.
SMEATON, J. Report on the Harbour of Aberdeen. 1770, 1788.
STEVENSON, D. Report in reference to the harbours of Peterhead.
Map. Fol., Edin. 1847.

STEVENSON, R. Plan with sections showing the proposed improve-
ments at the Craig Rock, and the mode of converting the western
pier of the New Harbour of Dundee into a landing slip. 4°,
Dundee, 1818.

Report relative to ferries betwixt Fife and Forfar. 4°, [c. 1818]. TELFORD, T. Reports on the Harbour of Aberdeen, 1802, 1805, 1809. LIGHTHOUSES.

Memorial of the Commissioners relative to erection of lighthouse upon the Cape or Bell Rock.

1806.

The light-houses of the British Islands. 8°, Lond. 1832; also, corrected to date, 1844.

Annual list of Northern Lighthouses for 1847 and 1848; description of the lighthouses, beacons, and buoys belonging to the Commissioners of the Northern Lighthouses. [Apparently not annual.] Fol., Edin. 1847-48.

HENDRICK, Rev. J. General view of the agriculture of Angus or Forfarshire; with an account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Board of Agriculture. Map. 8°, Edin. 1813.

STEVENSON, A. Account of Skerryvore Lighthouse; with notes on the illumination of lighthouses, printed by order of the Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. Illus. 4°, Edin. 1848. STEVENSON, D. Lighthouses. In Good Words. Illus. Lond. 1864. STEVENSON, R. An account of the Bell Rock Lighthouse; with historical narrative of the institution and progress of the Northern Lighthouses. Pub. by Commissioners of Northern Lighthouses. 4°, Edin. 1824.

POST OFFICE.

ABBOT, F. (See LAING, T. B.)

BRAID, F. The postal story of Old Glasgow, from the earliest times till the introduction of Penny Postage. 8°, Glasg. 1903.

CORRIE, J. M. The Dumfries post-office, 1642-1910; a record of progress and development. 8°, Dumfries, 1912.

HAY, A. P., Postmaster of Inverness. Post-office recollections; an address to the staff in his department. 8°, Inverness, 1885.

HYDE, J. W. The Royal Mail. 8°, Edin. 1885.

LAING, T. B., and ABBOT, F. Historical summary of the Post office in Scotland [especially Edinburgh]. 8°, Edin. 1856.

RAILWAYS.

Guide to the Dingwall and Skye Railway, with excursions to Lochs
Maree, Torridon, Gairloch, etc.

Fort William to Mallaig. Pub. by N.B. Rly. Co. Map. Edin. [N.D.]

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