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EDINBURGH: PRINTED FOR J. SIBBALD:-And SOLD by J. MURRAY,
LONDON,
1789.
*Culrofs Abbey, in the County of Perth, is the feat of the ancient family of
Dundonald, and ftands upon an eminence in the neighbourhood of the Royal Burgh
of Culross, from which it takes its name. Here the Earl of Dundonald has coal
works, extending under almoft the whole ground upon which the town and palace
ftand. Thefe, of confequence, are entirely fupported by pillars of coal left for
that purpose, and a confiderable portion of the fea oppofite to the town is in the
fame fituation. The Earl of Dundonald made the first trial of his method of ex-
tracting tar from coals at this place, for which his Lordfhip procured a patent
from Government, and which it is hoped will raife his family to be as refpectable
for its wealth as it is already for its antiquity.
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Vol. IX. No 50.