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and the Book Trade is extensive. — Book- binding-,
Book-selling and Stationary, are principal articles of
trade.
The Exports of Glasgow consists of every descrip-
tion of Cotton Goods, Shawls of Silk and Cotton, and
of Cotton only ; Silks, Glass, Whisky, Soap, Sad-
dlery, and the various Manufactures of this City, and
Paisley. The principle Imports, are Sugars, Rum,
Cotton, Coffee, &c. the produce of the West India
Islands, Wine, Brandy, Fruits, &c. Tallow, Hemp,
Iron, Timber, &c. from the Continent of Europe, and
all the various productions of the United States of A-
merica, the British settlements of Canada, and Nova
Scotia, the Continent of South America, and the East
Indies.
The City of Glasgow is chiefly built upon the
North Bank of the Clyde, on an aclivity rising gently
to the north, the River skirts the south side of the Ci-
ty. The Suburbs are very extensive, of these, the
Barony Parish, extending a considerable distance a-
round the City, except on the south, where it is
bounded by the River, is the most populous. The
Suburbs on the south side of the River, forming the
Parish of Gorbals is also extensive ; these Suburbs
contain nearly one half of the population of the City,
and a large portion of the Manufacturing Establish-
ments and public works. The communication with
the southern Suburb is by two elegant Stone Bridges,
and a wooden one ; the most ancient of these Stone
Bridges has eight, and the other seven Arches ; the
Wooden Bridge supplies the place of a Stone one,
which was destroyed in the great storm of 1792.
To describe the City of Glasgow cannot be at-