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EUCHAN WATER, a rivulet in the northern
part of Nithsdale, Dumfries-shire. It rises in Black
Larg-hill, on the boundary-line between Dumfries-
shire and Ayrshire ; flows 3 miles north-eastward,
and then 5^ eastward; having its whole course in
Sanquhar parish, amid mountain-scenery, and falling
into the Nith opposite the old castle of Sanquhar.
EUCHAR (The), a rivulet in Argyleshire. It
takes its rise from Loch Scammodale, in the district
of Kilninver, and, after a rapid course to the north-
west, falls into the sound of Mull.
EVAN WATER, a rivulet of Lanarkshire and
Annandale, forming a sister-exception with the Nith,
to the entire separation of waters by the extended
mountain-range which constitutes the northern boun-
dary-line of Dumfries-shire. The Evan rises in the
parish of Crawford, at Clydes-law, so near the
source of what is popularly reckoned the parent-
stream of the Clyde, as now to receive the waters
of a rill which formerly was a tributary of that noble
river. It first flows about 2 miles westward ; then
suddenly debouches, and flows 3-J- miles south-east-
ward ; and now assumes a southerly direction, passing
li mile to the boundary of the two counties, and there
entering the parish of Moffat, to intersect it over a dis-
tance of 2* miles. It now receives Cloffin burn, and
enters the parish of Kirkpatrick-Juxta, taking a di-
rection to the east of south on entering it; and, after
traversing that parish over a distance of 4} miles,
and receiving in its progress the tribute of Garlpool
burn, it forms a confluence with the river Annan, at
the point where that river receives on its opposite
bank the tribute of Moffat water, 2 miles south of
the town of Moffat. Its entire course is about 14
miles; one half in Lanarkshire, and the other in
Dumfries-shire. The rivulet is chiefly remarkable
for its cutting a channel through a high and precipi-
tous part of the Southern Highland mountains, for
the safe and easy line of mail-coach road, well-known,
as the Evandale road, between Glasgow and Carlisle.
Its upper course is over rugged rocks, among hills
and mountains generally acclivitous, and, in some
instances, nearly perpendicular. As it rises, and for
some distance flows, at an elevation nearly 1,000 feet
above the level of the sea, it has in many places the
impetuous motion of a torrent. In its lower course,
as it approaches the Annan, it flows between two
hilly ridges, and has become comparatively tranquil.
EVAN TOWN. See Kiltearn.
1 EVELICKS (The), a river in the county of
Sutherland, which falls into the frith of Dornoch.
It abounds with trout and salmon ; and a small fish-
ing-village of the same name is situated at its mouth.
EVIE and REND ALL, a united parish in the
mainland of Orkney; extending about 12 miles in
length, by about 5' in greatest breadth. It includes
the isle of Gairsay, which is separated from Rendall
by a very narrow sound, and contains about 60 inha-
bitants : see Gatrsay. Population, in 1801, 1,415;
in 18.31, 1,450. Houses 322. Assessed property,
in 1815, ±'375 This parish is in the presbytery of
Kirkwall, and synod of Orkney. Patron, the Earl
of Zetland. The parish-church is in Evie; sittings
498. Stipend £154 6s. 10d.; glebe £'50 There
is an Independent congregation in Rendall — School-
master's salary ±'30. There were 5 private schools
here in 1834.
EVORT (Loch), a safe harbour on the east
coast of North Uist.
EWE (Loch) or En, an arm of the sea, on the
western coast of Ross-shire, into which a broad and
rapid river called the Ewe, issuing from Loch Maree,
empties itself at Pol-Ewe, after a course of only a
mile in length. This loch, and Loch Maree, appear
to have originally formed one loch, under the name
of Loch Ewe, as the village at the head of Loch
Maree is named Cean-Loch-Ewe ; that is, ' the
Head of Loch Ewe.' See article Loch Maree.
The river Ewe is praised by Sir Humphrey Davy
for its finely-stocked pools, from which, at certain
times, a couple of skilful anglers might load a horse
with grilse and sea-trout.
EWES or Ewesdale, a parish in the district of
Eskdale, Dumfries-shire. It is bounded on the north
and east by Roxburghshire ; on the south by Canon-
bie and Langholm ; and on the west by Westerkirk.
Its figure is a broad oval, with indentations on the
north-east and south. It is 8 miles in length from
north to south, and 5| miles in average breadth;
and contains 17,563 Scotch acres, or 34i square
miles. In some ancient writings it is regarded as a
separate and independent district of Dumfries-shire.
" Beyond the Tweed," says Boethius, "to the mid-
dle march under the Cheviot hills, lieth Tevidale,
that is to say, the vale of Tiffe. Beyond it is Eske-
dale, or the vale of Eske, of a river so called that
runneth through the same. Over against Eskedale,
on the other side, lieth Eusdale, so named of the
river Eus, that passeth thereby, and falleth into the
water of Annand." The whole parish is a double
basin, surrounded on three sides by mountains which
form a water-line; and it discharges all its aggre-
gated waters, in the two streams Ewes and Tarras,
through openings on the south. The Tarras rises
at Hartsgarth Fell, and intersects the eastern divi-
sion for 4J miles, and then, for \h mile, forms the
boundary-line between it and Langholm. The Ewes
rises at Mosspaul, in the extreme north. After
a progress southward of 2J miles, it receives on
its left bank Blackhill burn, which had flowed 3^
miles from Tudhope hill. Passing onwards, it
receives the waters of Unthank burn, Mosspeeble
burn, Muckledale burn, and numerous tiny streams;
and after a course, from its origin, of wind-
ingly SH miles, it enters the parish of Langholm,
and, li- mile farther on, closes in, with the river
Esk and Wauchope water, to decorate the brilliant
scenery in which the town of Langholm lies embo-
somed. Ewesdale, along the banks of this stream,
is one of the most beautiful districts in the Southern
Highlands. The hills on both sides are mostly
covered with verdure, and fringed with thriving
plantations, belted or spotted at intervals with
heath; and they exhibit many groupings and phases
of lively and picturesque landscape. Haughs and
stripes of valley stretch along the margins of the
river, and, in favourable seasons, luxuriate under
culture. The parish is traversed in its whole length,
down the vale of the Ewes, by the great mail-road
between Edinburgh and Carlisle. Population, in
1801, 358; in 1831, 335. Houses 53. Assessed
property, in 1815, ±5,001 Ewes is in the presby-
tery of Langholm, and synod of Dumfries. Patron,
the Duke of Buccleuch. Stipend £220 13s. 7d.
Unappropriated teinds £657 6s. lid. The parish-
church contains about 200 sittings. Before the Re-
formation there were two churches and two chapels.
The principal church was dedicated to St. Cuthbert,
and stood on the west side of the Ewes, at a hamlet
which was called Kirk-town of Nether Ewes. The
other church was situated in the upper part of the
vale, at a place now uninhabited except by a soli-
tary shepherd, and called Ewes-duris, or the pass of
Ewes, where a pass leads into Teviotdale. Of the
two chapels vestiges still exist, respectively at Un-
thank and at Mosspaul. Schoolmaster's salary £34
4s. 4|d., with £9 other emoluments.
EYE (Loch), a small lake in the parish of Fearn,
in Ross-shire, about 2 miles long, and half-a-mile
broad. From it proceeds the small river Eye,