The Surveyor and municipal engineer . raise them into the air. Hence arose JnT 1,1898.] AND COUNTY ENGINEER. the celebrated high lands which Btill exist. The oily wall,however, was extended in the beginning of the sixteenthcentury, as a result of the war scare associated with thedisastrous Field of Flodden. The various points which formthe sites of the old city gates are still designated by thename of ports—for example, Bristol Port and West old walls, protected with flankin<; towers and bulwarks,were erected under fear of warlike invasion; but, as theyproved of little or no use,
The Surveyor and municipal engineer . raise them into the air. Hence arose JnT 1,1898.] AND COUNTY ENGINEER. the celebrated high lands which Btill exist. The oily wall,however, was extended in the beginning of the sixteenthcentury, as a result of the war scare associated with thedisastrous Field of Flodden. The various points which formthe sites of the old city gates are still designated by thename of ports—for example, Bristol Port and West old walls, protected with flankin<; towers and bulwarks,were erected under fear of warlike invasion; but, as theyproved of little or no use, they wore ultimately swept almostwholly away during the succeeding period of spirited civicextension. From time to time these city extensions have beenpromoted, and even during the last seventeen years the cityhas been twice extended, until to-day the superficial area is8,804-38acreas. Nor is the desire for this form of civic con-quest by any means quenched, for in 1896 an abortiveattempt was made to include Leith, Edinburghs sca-. The Right Hon. MiTCHEtt, Thomson,Lord Provost of Kdinburgh. port, which has a population of about 80,000 souls. Onbehalf of the city it was contended that there was amplejustification for the attempt, as a large section of themercantile population of Leith reside in Edinbnrffh ; andthat as Leith and the burghs are benefitted by thecommon supplies of water, gas and tramways, there is thusto that extent and in other respects a community of in-terests which justifies the Edinburgh civic rulers in pro-moting Today the population of the city has reached 2n2,364. Itis in a very real sense the metropolis of Scotland, the embodi-ment of everything distinctly national that remains since theUnion of the Crown and Parliament with those of England ;it is the principal seat of the administration of justice forthe whole country ; tlio meeting place of the supreme courtsof the various Presbyterian bodies, tho centre of scientificand lite
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