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Excerpt from A Geographical and Statistical Description of Scotland, Vol. 2: Containing a General Survey of That Kingdom, Its Climate, Mountains, Lakes, Rivers, Products, Population, Manufactures, Commerce, Religion, Literature, Government, Revenue, History, &C Mineralsa - Lime is found in almost every part of the county. In Lismore, the lime is a durable cement under water. In Easdale and Bailichelish are quarries of excel lent blue slate. Veins of lead are frequent in the limestone and other strata; mines of this metal are wrought at Stron tian and in Islay; and i is also wrought. 'there at Oban, Dunstafl'nage. 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.
