Gazetteer of Scotland

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*ng a great extent of prospect. Adjoining
to it is a princely hall, built by Thomas
Randolph, regent of Scotland. Population
1427.
DYSART, a parish in Fifeshire, 4 miles
in length, and nearly 3 in .breadth. The
ground rises gradually from the sea, above
a mile northward, and then slopes down to
the river Orr, which forms the boundary
on the N. E. The soil is generally light,
find near the coast, fertile and well culti-
vated ; but in the N. W. a tract of land ex-
tends of wet cold soil, encumbered with
large stones. Besides the burgh of Dysart,
the parish contains 4 villages. Path-head,
St. Clairtown, Galatown, and Borland. Its
chief mines are coal and ironstone. Dysart
coul was amongst the first wrought in Scot-
: land: upwards of 300 years ago, the pit is
! recorded to have been on fire. The iron"-
j stone is very rich, yielding about 12cwt. of
| metal per ton of ore. Population 6506. —
| The EURGH of DYSART lies 1 mile R.
N. E. from Kirkaldy, on a gentle declivity
towards the sea. It consists of three nar-
row streets, with a kind of square in the
I centre. The Earl of Rosslyn has bis seat
j here. Dysart was made a royal burgh in
the beginning of the 16th century. It is
! governed by two bailies, a treasurer, ami
j '11 councillors, and joins with Kirkcaldy,
Kinghorn, and Burntisland, in sending a
member to Parliament. The revenue isa-
| bout L.200 a year.— Population 157S.
E A L
F. A S
Tj'ACHAIG, a small river in Argyleshire,
-which has its rise from Loch Eck, and
runs into the Frith of Clyde.
EAGERNESS, a promontory of Wigton-
ihire, on the Frith of Cree.
EAGLESHAM, a parishin Renfrewshire,
about 6 miles long, and 5 broad. From
the banks of the Cart, which are loamy and
fertile, the ground rises gradually towards
the western border, which is moory, and
covered with heath. Several rivulets in-
tersect the parish, in their course from the
high inoory ground to the Cart. The hills
of Dun war and Balagk-h are nearly 3000
feet in height. It possesses several chaly-
beate wells, and at Balagich-hill, are found
many pieces of Barytes, or ponderous spar.
On the Cart, a few miles from its source,
there is still standing a part of the old cas-
tle of Dunoon, built in 1388. Population
1424.— The VILLAGE of EAGLESHAM
lies 9 miles S, from Glasgow. It is situat-
ed on a plain, having a fine clear rivulet
■running through the middle. Popul. 460.
EALAN-A-GHARIN, and EALAN-
AN-DU, two small islands on the VV. N.
W. coast of Sutherlar.dshire,
EALAN-NAN-ROANS, an island on
the north coast of Sutherlandshire, about
2 miles in circumference, and inhabited by
four or five families. About the year 17S3,
the centre of the land sunk considerably,
leaving a pool of water where there was
arable land before.
EALLANGHEIRRIG, a small island in
Argyleihire, situated at the mouth of Loch
Ridden. It was here that the unfortunate-
Earl of Argyle, in 1685, deposited his arms
and ammunition, and rendezvoused his ar-
my, which soon after were forced to sur-
render.
EARLSFERRY, an ancient town in the
parish of Kilconquhar, Fifeshire, 6 mileB
E. from Largo. It was at one period a roy-
al burgh, having parliamentary representa-
tion which it lost through inability to pay
the expense of a commissioner. Tempm-a
mutantur. It is governed by 3 bailies, 15
councillors, and a treasurer. It Ires on the
W. side of Ely bay. Population 374.
EARLSTOUN, a parish in that district
of Berwickshire, called Lauderdale. It is
6 miles in length, and from 3 to 4 in
breadth; washed on the E. border by the
Eden, and on the TV. by the Leader. To.
wards the banks of the Eden, the Surface is
level, and the Soil light and dry ; on the
western border it is more uneven, and the
soil inclines to a strong tough clay. There
are several villages, of which Earlstoun and
Mellerstain are the larpest. Population
1528.— The VILLAGE of EARLSTOUN
lies 7 miles S. from Lauder. It is famous
as the birth-place of Sir Thomas Learmont,
commonly called Thomas the Rhymer, part
of whose house is still standing, called Rhy-
mer's Tower.
EARLSTOWN, a village in Clackman-
nanshire. Population 220.
EARSAY, a considerable lake in the is-
land of Arran.
EASDALE, a imall illand of the He-