Excerpt from The Industries of Scotland: Their Rise, Progress, and Present Condition It is proper to mention that the substance of the follow ing pages originally appeared in a series of articles printed during last year in the weekly issue of the Scotsman news paper. The articles were most favourably received as fair and accurate accounts of the branches of trade to which they related, and it is in accordance With a generally expressed desire that they are now reprinted in a more permanent form. The text has been subjected to careful revision; numerous additions have been made; and where it was considered essential, the latest statistics have been given. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.