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nets were famed all over the kingdom; and the
corporation still remains as one of the nine incorpo-
rated trades, though there is not a bonnet mad,e in
the place. The hats entirely put them down, and
the trade found refuge in Kilmarnock. Since the
heroic deeds of the Bonnet at several places, and
above all at the battle of Waterloo, and the conse-
quent general introduction of the use of them into
England and their revival in Scotland, the manu-
facture has greatly increased in that place; and
from that quarter Dundee is now supplied.
At no very distant period, the manufacture of
tanning leather was carried on in the town to a very
great extent. The situation of not fewer than nine
tan-yards can still be pointed out. ,
The 1st and oldest tan-yard was on the south-side of the
Cowgate, near the place where the Port of the Murray-
gate stood. On its site, towards the street, some very
neat and commodious houses have been erected with
convenient shops on the ground story. Behind these is
the building, as formerly mentioned, fitted up for cal-
endering, pressing by force of water, and packing linen
goods of every description, either for home consumption
or for foreign markets.
II. A tan-yard, once well employed, stood on the
west-side of the Wellgate, where Baltic-street is now
opened to give communication to the Meadows. Upon
the site of it many convenient dwelling-houses, an ex-
tensive school-room, and a number of large warehouses,
are erected.
III. An additional tan-yard was soon built a little to.
the west of the last mentioned, and by the same pro-
prietor. The situation on which it was reared, before
that time was a complete bog; and of course the tan-
ard was well supplied with springs of water. The pre-