The Scottish fleet, which is not included for 1701 and 1793, was much smaller, alike in the size of units and aggregate tonnage.

[12] Holmes's "Ancient and Modern Ships," page 130.

[13] Weir's "History of Greenock."

[14] Brown's "Early Annals of Greenock," page 138.

[15] Murray's "Shipbuilding in Iron and Wood," page 60.

[16] Lindsay's "Merchant Shipping," vol. iii, page 294.

[17] Woodcroft's "Steam Navigation," page 20, etc.

[18] Woodcroft's "Steam Navigation," page 54.

[19] Deas' "Treatise on the Improvements and Progress of Trade on the River Clyde" (1873), page 24.

[20] Muirhead's "Life of Watt," pages 428 and 429.