. The earth and its inhabitants .. . « FOEFAESHIRE. 365 commerce of Dundee is commensurate with its industry, and nearly all the raw p 3 bo. materials consumed in its numerous factories are imported in Dundee bottoms. 366 THE BRITISH ISLES Brouyhtij Fernj, at the mouth of the Tay, is an outport of Dundee, with the marinevillas of many of its merchants. At a distance of 12 miles to the east of it, on alonely rock, stands the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Carnoustie is merely a favourite watering-place, but Arbroath, though itsharbour is small, is a port of some importance, and manufactures canvas and s
. The earth and its inhabitants .. . « FOEFAESHIRE. 365 commerce of Dundee is commensurate with its industry, and nearly all the raw p 3 bo. materials consumed in its numerous factories are imported in Dundee bottoms. 366 THE BRITISH ISLES Brouyhtij Fernj, at the mouth of the Tay, is an outport of Dundee, with the marinevillas of many of its merchants. At a distance of 12 miles to the east of it, on alonely rock, stands the Bell Rock Lighthouse. Carnoustie is merely a favourite watering-place, but Arbroath, though itsharbour is small, is a port of some importance, and manufactures canvas and sack-It was famous in former times for its abbey, of which only ruins now msr. exist. Montrose, on a sandy peninsula that almost shuts off from the sea theshallow bay into which the Southern Esk pours its waters, is a town of considerablecommerce, largely engaged in the linen trade, the manufacture of starch and Fig. 181.—Dundee and the Mouth of the 1 : 250,000.
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