The Clyde from its source to the sea, its development as a navigable river, the rise and progress of marine engineering and shipbuilding on its banks, and the leading historical, geological, and meteorological features of the Clyde Valley . y andcoaching transit. The Firth of Clyde just below the Tail of the Bank presents many of the well-known characteristics of theWest Highland scenery, which in turn is like a miniatureNorwecjian coast-line. The arms of Loch Long, theGareloch, and Holy Loch run into the wild Highlandhills beyond, like the fiords of the old Norse land, whilstthe Alpine peaks
The Clyde from its source to the sea, its development as a navigable river, the rise and progress of marine engineering and shipbuilding on its banks, and the leading historical, geological, and meteorological features of the Clyde Valley . y andcoaching transit. The Firth of Clyde just below the Tail of the Bank presents many of the well-known characteristics of theWest Highland scenery, which in turn is like a miniatureNorwecjian coast-line. The arms of Loch Long, theGareloch, and Holy Loch run into the wild Highlandhills beyond, like the fiords of the old Norse land, whilstthe Alpine peaks of Arran are seen far away over the lowand fertile hills of Bute. In night the fairy prospects sinkWhere Cumrays isles, with verdant link,Close the fair entrance of the Clyde;The woods of Bute no more descried,Are gone. Chapter AND TRIBUTARIES, &c. From its source downwards to Glasgow the Clyde flowsthrough Lanarkshire; afterwards, until about Greenock,its course is between Dumbartonshire on the north andRenfrewshire on the south. The fertile slopes of Aj^rshireand the Highland hills of Argyleshire continue the boun-dary to the now widening waters of the Firth. Lanarkshire, or Clydesdale, is bounded on the north.
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