Gazetteer of Scotland

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N. by the Frith of Tain. The soil ii in
general good ; but the climate is cold, and
the harvest late. Here are the remains of
several encampments, and many rude stones
and cairns. Population 846.
KDEN, a river in Fifeshire, which takes
its rise about 4 miles W. from Strathmiglo,
and falls into tin German Ocean at the
bay of St Andrews.
EDEN, a small river in Berwickshire,
which has its rise on the confines of the
sounty of Selkirk, and falls into the Tweed
4 miles helow Kelso.
EDENDON, a river in Perthshire, which
takes its rise in Blair-Athole, and falls into
the Garry near Dalnacardoch.
EDEN HAM, a parish in Roxburghshire,
attending 3 miles and a half each way.
Watered by the Eden, and bounded by the
Tweed on the S. and S.E. Its surface is
beautifully varied. The soil is exceedingly
fertile and well cultivated. Thomson,
author of the '"Seas jus," was born at Eden-
h-im manse. Population 553.— The VIL-
LAGE of EDENHAM lies2 miles and a
half N.E. from Kelso, pleasantly situated
on the Eden water. Population 300.
EOENKEILLIE, a" parish in Morayshire,
12 miles long and 10 broad. Its surface is
hilly. On the banks of the Findhorn and
Davie is much old natural wood, and the
most varied and romantic scenery. Besides
the natural woods, there are extensive
plantations, particularly on the estate of
the Earl of Moray. In the upper part of
the parish is the lake of Lochindorb, in
which, on an island stand the ruins of the
castle of the same name. The castles of
D-mphail, and of the Downehill of Relu-
gas, are also celebrated remains of anti-
quity. Population 1215.
EDINBURGHSHIRE, OR MID-LO-
THIAN, is bounded on the N. by the Frith
of Forth and the river Almond, which lat-
ter divides it, at one part, horn Linlith-
gowshire; on the E. by Haddingtonshire,
on the S. by the counties of Lanark, Pee-
bles, Selkirk, and Berwick, and on the VV.
by the county of Linlithgow. It extends
about 30 miles in length, and varies from
10 to 20 in breadth ; and includes the is-
lands of Inchkeith, Cramond, and Inch-
mickery. It contains about 3fi6 square
miles, or 250,400 English acres ; one third
hill, or ground incapable of tillage; the re-
mainder is under tillage, pasture, or wood.
It is divided into 31 parishes, which con-
tain 148. COT inhabitants. Thevaluedrent
is Ll!H,054-3:9d. Scots, and the real
rent L. 151,500 Sterling. The surface of
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thin county is much diversified. The cli-
mate, though extremely variable, is ia
general good ; but the cold fogs, which the
east wind brings from the German ocean,
during spring, are often very prejudicial to
the fruit. Mid-Lothian has no considerable
rivers, but the banks of the several streams
of water here present the most beautiful
scenery, and afford numerous facilities for.
theestablishment of various manufactories.
The Water of Leith takes its rise in the .
Pentland hills, and after a course of 14;
miles, falls into the frith at Leith. It drives
about 100 mills, and suppliesseveral bleach-
fields, distilleries, ski.meries, and other
works. On the Esk, which falls into the
sea at Musselburgh, a considerable number
of paper-mills have been established, be-,
sides bleachfields, &c. There are two lakes
In the immediate neighbourhood of Edin-
burgh, at Duddingston and Lochend. The
former is about 80 feet in depth in some
places, and about a mile and a quarter in
circumference. This county abounds with
coal, lime, freestone, and iron ore. The
hills are objects of great interest : Arthur's
seat, on one side, exhibits a beautiful range
of basaltic pillars, nearly 50 feet in height.
At the bottom of a rock, of lower elevation,
a little to the northward, is a remarkable
echo. Adjoining to this hill, are Salisbury
Crags, forming a kind of amphitheatre.
There is a valley between the hills, which
has much the appearance of a crater, long
ago filled up in part ; the next side, which
forms the crags, having sunk down. In
these crags the great mass of whinstone it
incumbent on girt and clay, which being
thought to be of posterior formation makes
the arrangement be considered singular.
In a wider circle, the hills of Corstorphinc,
Braid, and Craigmillar, surround the capi-
tal; and at about four miles distance the
range of the Pentland hills commences.
From the materials which composes Braid
and Blackford hills, they may be considered
as a continuation of the Pentlands. On the
north part of the summit of the Pentland
range, the face of the rock appears ,of a
pretty lively white. This stone has got the
name of Petunse pentlandica, from its re-
semblance to the materials (clay and sand)
which are employed in China for the ma-
nufacture of porcelain. It is the only ex-
ample of this kind of stone in the island,
and perhaps in Europe. In these hills some
specimens of terra ponderosa, and of zeolite,
have been found. None of the hills are re-
markable for their elevation. The Moor-
foot hills comprehend about 52 square miles,