The extracts made from the surveys and soundings
by Mr. Kyle, of Glasgow, which I have copied into
the accompanying book, are highly interesting. I
have already observed that that gentleman proved,
by his levellings in 1 824, that the tide rises in the
Clyde to the same level throughout its whole course
between Port Glasgow and Glasgow, a distance of
18^ miles ; and his lines of soundings, taken at every
quarter of a mile in that space, prove that no bar
has been deposited by the alterations which have
been effected.
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About the period of the survey by Mr. Kyle, a
communication was made to Mr. Whitbey, of Ply-
mouth, (viz. on the Ist Sept. 1824,) requesting his
opinion as to the best means of still further improv-
ing the navigation, to which, after visiting the works,
a formal Report was sent in reply, " recommending
the Trustees to remove all the works they had exe-
cuted, and to endeavour to restore the river to its
ancient state." I have copied the application to Mr.
Whitbey and his reply in fiiU, in which the latter
gentleman has evidently been more intent upon pre-
serving the salmon fishery of the Clyde, and adapting
it for its convenience, than for the great commercial
interests of the important city of Glasgow. Mr.
