The principal manufacture carried on here is the cot ton manufacture, the staple of the county. A great num ber of the people are employed in the weaving of muslins, and many at the spinning establishments of New Lanark. Formerly a great quantity of shoes was manufactured, and exported to our to my in America, during the with that country ; but this manufacture has been long on the decline. The manufacture of stockings, cabinet work, the making of cht.dies, and tanning of leather, are also carried on. Here :ire set en fails annually for tue transacting of business, and the buying and selling the produce of the county. They are, in genet al, wi lb fre quented, and often by people from a considerable distance.
The country around Lanark is celebrated fur its beau tiful and picturesque scenery. The chief objects of at tention, and which have long and deservedly been admir ed, arc the Falls of the Clyde—the scenes upon the Mouse, called Cartlane Craigs—zoal the great cotton mannfizctories. There are three remarkable water-fails in this vicinity, viz.' those of Stonebyrcs, Corra, and Bonnington. Stone byres Fall, or Linn, is situated about two miles below La nark, and consists of three successive falls, over which the whole body of the river rushes into a deep chasm below. Its height is 64 feet. The ear-stunning noise, the lofty rocks which arise on every side, the variegated copse-wood which covers their summits, and the effect produced from the union of the whole, renders this ca taract a scene of great beauty and interest.
The Corra Linn is situated about a mile and a half from Lanai k, in a southerly direction, and is reckoned the most picturesque of the falls of the Cl) de. Here the river, forming two separate falls of upwar,is of 80 feet, rushes with impetuous force into a deep abyss, and with an and overpowering noise. On every side, the course of the liver is environed with rocks of a great height, of the most romantic forms, and covered with trees of every diversity of foliage. Upon the summit of one of the highest, and directly above the upper fall, stands the ruinous castle of Corra, formerly the residence of a family of the name of Somerville ; and in its near neighbour hood, the modern house of the same the seat of "Miss Edmonstune. Between these, and situated in a very singular and romantic situation, and immediately upon the verge of the fall, is a picturesque mill, whose feeble wheel, and rugged walk, totter, as it were, with the con cussion of the waters. To describe, however, in adequate language, the beauties•of the scene, er the effect it has upon every spectator of taste, would be a difficult task. 'Fite rushing of the stream—the rapidit, of its motion— the clashing of its waters from tuck to lack—the thunder ing noise occasioned by these concussions—the height of the rocks—the ivy-clad and mouldering castle of Corra and the clouds of mist rising majestically front the abyss below—form altogether a scene tinny...died in the island, and surpassed by few in any ()tiler situation.
From the Corra Linn, a walk conducts to the Fall of Bonnington, at the distance of about half a mile. This
vvalk is beautifully picturesque : Here, it passes through groves of (lees, intermixed with the honeysuckle, the wild rose, and other flowering shrubs ; there, it approaches the brink of some precipice, from which the Clyde is seen deep ingulphud amongst rocks, thundering and boiling through a broken and contracted channel. Proceeding thus, a is at length obtained of the Fall of Bon nington.
fall, or lion, consists of one unbroken sheet of water, precipitating itself over the rock into the enatinel below. Its height is about 30 feet ; and though inferior in this and some other respects to the other two falls of Curra and Stonebyres, yet, with its accompaniments of wood and rock, it presents a scene of much interest and grandeur, and well merits the attention of the stranger.
Returning along the banks, a walk leads to a pavilion, near the house of Bounington, a Seat belonging to Sir Charles Lockhart Ross, Bart. from which, by the position of a mirror, anutner and reflected prospect is obtained of the Corr:. fall pouring downwards, as it were, upon the head of the specta•or, and which, from the singularity of the view, produces a pleasing and striking effect. From the windows of this SUIIIIIICr house -a variegated and romantic prospect is obtained of the scenery clown the liver and the adj.icent country, comprehending the town of Lanark, the village of New Lanark, its extensive cotton works, and many other objects at a greater distance.
To the north-west of Lan-ark, and on the Mouse, there are also many fine scenes deservedly esteemed. The most remarkable in this direction is Cartlane Craigs, at the dis tance of somewhat less than a mile from that town. This place, which extends nearly half a mile on both side., of the river, is a most romantic dell, hounded on either side by lofty jocks, diversified with natural wood and planta tions. The approach from the north, which is the most common point of entry, is particularly striking. A level piece of ground, around which the Mouse makes a sweep, conducts to the mouth of this great chasm, which consists through its whole extent of a succession of grand and pic turesque scenes, enlivened by the water of the river, flow ing over an irregular and broken channel. In the most s sequestered part of this ravine, at some height above the Mouse, and embowered in copses, is a natural chasm in the rock, called Wallace's cave, which tradition and his tory concur in assuring us was often resorted to by that hero.
Nur is this place valuable merely to the admirer of the scenery of nature—the naturalist will also find ample scope for entertaiment, whether by. examining its geological for mation, or its rich botanical trea.,ures, many rare and curious plants presenting themselves on every hand in tra versing its devious windings, An account of the minera logy of the Cartiane Craigs has bean given by Di. Mack night, in the Wernerian Transactions. vol. ii. (D. J.)