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safety until the gale abates,- when they may get
owlet way and work it up- again,: for.Whitlt-there
good mom and a bold shore.
I think that a good Ship may naalte the
passage before the wind in-lessjaiaajthreeliotirs, it
it blows fresh, and in five if moderate; ;Ma that
she may also work it up' against the wind ire from
twenry.four to thirty-Six hours, which, however,
will depend on the- wind ,and her going.
I know Loch Oieh, and have sounded it, and
found, as in on the Chart, from GM to-twenty
fathoins; the former of -which being farshort,of the
depth required, Mr. Telf,)rd proposes deepeningit,
it pradicable, and if not,,, to dam it up at •the east,
endito the height re:lo4rd. It is about four miles •
in length, and in general, though in. some parts'
much less., from a quarter to tliree.quarters of a
mile in breadth. j •
It is too narrow to sail (ohiticularly against the
wind) except for about one mile. I will therefore
propose that the Ships may be tracked all the way
through, it, ..as the taking' off and putting' to the •
horses, together with the time that would be lost
" in setting and furling would rather impede
than for ward the passage.
And' I woul.l further jpropOse that a.TraCkitig
Road should he Made on the.soith side OfilieLcielt,
as the most-onvenient' for that purpose.
We shall" next proceed' to Loch Lochy;
,which is
computed ,to be from to to me miles in length,
and from 11 to z mles in breadth, which I soueded
agreeable to Mr. Telford's diredions, beginni,:g at
Later Finlay Point, at which I found good shelter
tran the west wind, and safe anchorage, in 'from 7
to t z fathoms ; rowed out to the middle, of the
Loch, and found it gradually deepening to 6g fa.
thunas ;, steered .;way to the eastward, direhly in
the middle, sounding at. every half mile; and fountl
it, at the first half.onile, 42; at the second, 3+; at
the third; 26; fourth, zz; fifth, .zo; and in that
proportion, to the narrow neat or entrance to rhz
most connootli,,o3 and' safe" harbour- in the inland
navigation-at the cast end of the Loch, where I
found Iron 4 ioro fathoms, and sufficient room to
hold frbm 30: to 40 ships, completely la'ild,locked
from every point of the compass. From what I.
could judge of what I saw of the rest of this
j Loch, I have nut a doubt hot that it may be easily
navigated ; it has fine lit:d.l shores and-beaches, on
which- I think a Tracking Road may be easily
/made : I would eropose, that there should he ay.
mooring buoy at each end of this Loch, and three
others, one of. which to be at Letter, F:nlay -Point;
A good going ship-will run it from one end to the'l
other in less than twohours, if Moderate, before the
wind, and will work it to windward in from To to
to !lours; and a heavy ,sailer in three hoots b:lore•
the wind, and iron) t 5.19 18 hours against it. The.
samr, winds prevail )iere as in Loch Ness ; and I
would suppose, from the hills on each side running
straight along, without glens or gullies to any ex.
tent, that ~qtialls fromthe north or south would be
' less frequent than on Loch Ness.
With regard to your query,;7 respelling the
pradi;ability and utility of the proposed inland
Navigation,-,1 have not a doubt of either ;
_lpeing well
assurcd that the carrying it into ;fled, as soon as
it -possibly can be done, will he the means of pro-
moting:lndustry, Commerce, and Population) and
enriching . the country in particular through which
it pisses, and the i..l"nited Kingdoms of Great Bri.
taro and Ireland in, generpl; and on the eonirary„:
tiiitt, if it does not, it .will prove, the ruin of' the
. Highlands of Scotland, especially :1t this time, when
- the spirit of Emigration seen; to ;lave pervaded all
ranks, and More especially the p 0: ref 'Who,
though naturally strongly at:ached to their native
country,. must leave it for want of the means of
subsistence, unless' Government furnishes' it, whicK
the employment in making the Central Roads and
Bridges, Inland Nay igation, &c. would effedual.
cyrio.
When 1 -lift.Fiht 4,uguquis On the 3.oth May,
a Skip wits m.S to .have sailed fro a-B,y 'near Fir t
William with zeo'Emigranti,,: chiefly from: lir.
quhart and Strathglass, for PiCionj in Nova-Scenia;
1." saw them pass through' the place, as also Mt.
Maclean the Supercargo ;j who informed Me, that
on '.the toth of June another Ship` I,ens to sail
:far the same plaee,, both chartered by Major Haler,
of Pidon; and that, in the course. of two or three,
weeks, threeor lout more weteexpected to for',
Quebec, with Emigrants for Upper Canada. Many
of those poor people hail been induced to suspend
their deteimination.ofgoing, in,ckpettation the.
atia4
,Roads, and Bridges going nn •;, anti, know_
~ that I had been in correspondence w i tit 11 r.
Telford on the subjed. of sounding the Lochs,
.came in great numbers to me fur information, winch
, I always gave, with encouragement tri Wait a little
longer, as the business was of such- importance that
it could not be gone through so 'rapidly with
' which they remained satisfied ; and
spirits were cheered beyond description when. 1
communicated to them (which I lost iv/ time 411 do..
ing), that I had received your somirtiots to attend
j the Select-Committee sitting on the NOithern Sue_
vey, by which they were then assured; berofid a
I doubt, that Government were- serious in the busi-
; ness.

With regard to your query reiteEting my opinion
as to the depth of water.tliat 'there should be' in the.
Canal, and whether I think that one of to or
feet 'might answer the purpose,- and save a great
expence thereby ? I am. decidedly of•opinion,agAnst
a Canal of such description, As it would be doing
nothing at all to have only one that would admit
small coasting vessels ; for it must, be considered,
though not gcnerdly known, that a proportion of
about one foot in ten must be taken off from be
IV ;tier that the Nre:iel will draw, for: this rea4on;
that though she may float in very little more than
her.draught, yet she will not he easilysdraw is along,
if close or very near ti
to the. gron4 ; 0,41
case, a Canal Of ten feet would only receive a Nita.
gel drawing nine feet, which would only catty about
70I"wtoultilors.
tlhitefore propose,-. that the Caledonian
CoriJl should be upon a scale of greaier extenr,
pahle admitting rrading Snips uf: the gtar-est
_burthen ; and in order, to do dim, it should ii:e ac
the least twenty feet of water, which would re.