Item Description: | Dated at foot of the text: February, 1779. - English Short Title Catalog, T173785. - Reproduction of original from National Library of Scotland. - The opening words of the text are: "The navigation round Great Britain is, during the winter months, dangerous by the Channel, and impracticable by the Orkneys from the east side; .. An act of parliament passed in 1768, for making a navigation across the island, to join the east and west seas, between the heads of the friths of Forth and Clyde. - Title from dated docket title |