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8. Watch and Clock Making —Watch-making in Scotland con-sists chiefly in fitting up this useful machine ; the different partsof which are of English manufacture. This class are thereforeprincipally employed in repairing watches, and they are also ingeneral clock-makers. Clocks are made in Scotland from therude materials, with the exception of the spring and some otherparts, which are brought from England. Whc-n it is considered,that almost in every cottage, as well as in the houses of the opu-lent, a clock is to be found, it will not appear surprising that thisclass should be very numerous, and that watch and clock-makersare established in almost every town, and in many villages.
8. Jewellers, or Gold and Silver-smiths —Jewellery articles arefor the most part of English manufacture. A few workmen,however, are employed in Edinburgh, Glasgow , and others ofthe large towns. A good many small articles are made in Scot-land , both for home consumption and exportation ; but the classof gold and silver-smiths is not numerous, in consequence of thegreat influx of these articles from England.
9. Gilders and Platers _The art of Gilding is not carried to
much extent in Scotland , and there are but few workmen. Theframes of pictures and mirrors are the chief articles finished bythis class, who are almost entirely confined to the cities of Edin-burgh, Glasgow , and Aberdeen.
7. The Manufacture of those Articles in whichTimber, is chiefly employed.
1. Joinery and Cabinet-making, or Articles of Household-Fut-iiiture. —Joiners, called also Wrights or House-Carpenters, arethe most numerous class of workmen in wood, and are found uevery town and village in Scotland .
Cabinet-makers are also a numerous class in all the largetowns. Nine-tenths of the timber used by them, consist of fitimported from America, and the north of Europe . The finerkinds of the articles they deal in, were formerly brought fromLondon ; but the greater part of the masters having practisesthe trade in that city, cabinet-making is now well understood n>Scotland , where the working of mahogany and hard-wood hasbeen brought to as much perfection as in England. Besides tiredemand for articles of this nature at home, considerable quantities are exported to Ireland and the West Indies.
2. Machinery, and Utensils of Husbandry. —Since the intro -duction of cotton and flax mills, thrashing mills, and other iot-chinery, by which of late years labour has been so much fa clll ‘tated, artisans in this department are in great request. S orr ' eidea may be formed of the number of workmen employed, anthe value of the articles they make, when it is known that 19Scotland there are about 3600 water-mills, 5000 thrashing-® 1 *above 100 wind-mills, and from 350 to 400 steam-engines, e®'
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