The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . ore of movement and space and variety. AVinding into viewfrom out of its coverts of smoke, and under its shadowing heights, comes the greatriver which in its westward course here opens up into the dimensions of a firth;and beyond it the fertile plains and valleys, the busj^ towns and villages, and thebare enclosing hills of Renfrew, are spread out like a map. The deep-Avater channelof the Clvde is marked not alone by the line of red buoys and beacons, but by thecraft of all nations ami all s
The rivers of Great Britain, descriptive, historical, pictorical; rivers of the south and west coasts . ore of movement and space and variety. AVinding into viewfrom out of its coverts of smoke, and under its shadowing heights, comes the greatriver which in its westward course here opens up into the dimensions of a firth;and beyond it the fertile plains and valleys, the busj^ towns and villages, and thebare enclosing hills of Renfrew, are spread out like a map. The deep-Avater channelof the Clvde is marked not alone by the line of red buoys and beacons, but by thecraft of all nations ami all sizes, from the dredger to the huge floating palace ofthe ocean-going passenger steamer, that are continually plying up or down on it. As the eve travels westward the shores expand and grow dim. But the houses,shipping, and shipbuilding yards of Port Glasgow, and the long line of timber lyingoff its sea front, are well in view, and beyond them the thicker pall of smoke andthe more densely packed masses of dwellings, chimney stalks, and masts that pro-claim tlie whereabouts of Cartsdvke and 368 niVEIiS 01 GUEAT JUUTAIX. [TllK Clviie. One has to embark and pass this ding:y and crowded side of the birthplace ofJames Watt—the harbour, the docks, and the sliij)buiUlin^f yards, tlu custuiii liouse,the steamboat quavs, the handsome classic fa(,ade and tower of its Miinicii)alIJuilding-s. and the bnlk of the many spires and steeples that rise anionu the massesof houses which climl) the hillside—before seeing the fairer and more ojjcn facewhich (irecnock presents to those approachin;^ it from the west. rx-yond Iri)ic(>s
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