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 . the river isthrough Kenmuir Wood and past Carmyle—favouritehaunt of fisherman and artist—and as it winds along inthe flat grounds it passes in turn some well-known land-marks, such as the Clyde Iron Works, the site of the oldGlasgow Water Works, and then through the high archesof the old bridge leading to Rutherglen, the handsometower of the town building o
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 . the river isthrough Kenmuir Wood and past Carmyle—favouritehaunt of fisherman and artist—and as it winds along inthe flat grounds it passes in turn some well-known land-marks, such as the Clyde Iron Works, the site of the oldGlasgow Water Works, and then through the high archesof the old bridge leading to Rutherglen, the handsometower of the town building of this ancient burgh risinghigh on the left. Hugh MDonald in his interestingRambles Round Glasgow, says: The steeple of a smallthough very ancient church, on the site of which thepresent one was built, stands in the vicinity, a venerablememorial of bygone ages, associated with recollections ofseveral interesting events in Scottish history. According DESCRIPTIVE. 13 to Blind Harry, the biographer o£ Wallace, a peace wasconcluded here between England and Scotland in in a fine curve round Glasgow Green, andpassing through the arches of the various bridges whichconnect the northern and southern parts of the city, the. Scene on the Clyde at Bothwell Castle. river holds its way to the sea, hemmed in now by quaywalls and dykes, with the buckets of the dredger con-stantly scooping out the loose material from the bottom,and thus fitting it to bear on its now broadening bosomthe vast fleet of vessels, new and old, which constantlyply on its waters. The valley of the Clyde from Glasgow downwards iswide and open, with great areas of comparatively flat I 14 THE CLYDE: FROM SOURCE TO SEA. and fertile land stretching back on either side to theranges of hills which bound its course to north and fine old mansion houses are still to be seen onthe banks, many of them now incorporated in the numer-ous shipbuilding yards which line the river. Campbell—with more of
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