Gazetteer of Scotland

INTRODUCTION. ixxi
their laws in what is named Felc-mote, a term implying a parliament of the
fame kind as that of the early Scots.
MILITARY ESTABLISHMENT.
The military eftablifnmetot of Scotland confifts of a lieutenant general,
three major generals, and the ftafF of North Britain, who are under the
command of the commander in chief of Britain. There are four forts, which,
by the articles of Union, are to be kept conftantly in repair, viz. Edinburgh,
Stirling, Dumbarton, and Blacknefs ; and there are feveral other forts which
are kept in repair, rather as barracks for foldiers, than as objects of military
ftrength. Thefe are, Forts George, Auguftus, William, and Charlotte, &c.
By a late act of parliament the militia eftablifhment has been extended to
Scotland; and, in Table A of the Appendix, the number of men to be fur-
nifhed by each county is fet down.
POLITICAL DIVISION.
Scotland is divided into thirty-one fliires or counties, and two ftewartries,
which fend thirty reprefentatives to parliament, viz. one for each of twenty-
feven counties, and three for the remaining fix ; Bute and Caithnefs, Nairn
and Cromarty, Clackmannan and Kinrofs choofing alternately. For the dif-
ferent counties and their population, vide Appendix, Table A,
ROADS.
Vide Appendix, Table F.
MARKET TOWNS and FAIRS.
Vide Appendix, Table G.
ANTIQUITIES, MILITARY and RELIGIOUS.
Of the military and religious antiquities of Scotland, it would too far ex-
tend our limits to give an exact enumeration. Of the former, the great wall
of Antoninus, part of which is ftill vifible ; the numerous Roman camps * in
* Roman camps are generally difringuiflied from thofe of the Danes or
Saxons, by being rectangular ; whereas, thofe of the other nations are oval,
circular, or following the windings of the Mis on which they are fituated.