Many were skilled in the tailoring, furniture, and fur trades and congregated in the working class districts of Lowland urban centres, like the Gorbals in Glasgow. The largest community in Glasgow had perhaps reached 5,000 by the end of the century.
The text describes a large group of people who were skilled in specific trades (tailoring, furniture making, and fur trade) and lived in working-class areas within Lowland urban centers like Glasgow's Gorbals. The community size reached 5,000 by the end of the century.