Gazetteer of Scotland

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of the hills are covered with forefts of
natural wood. There are many lakes
and rivers, which abound with falrnon
and other fifth. Many black cattle,
horfes, and fheep, are reared on the
hills, which alfo afford plenty of game
to the fportfman. Shell and rock
marl, and limefcone of good quality,
abound. The Rafay is the principal
river in the parifh. Population in
1792, 2500.
Coquet Rivkr takes its rife in the
county of Roxburgh, fromthofe moun-
tains which feparate England from
Scotland, and after receiving a vaft
number of ftreams from the fides of
the mountains, which increafe it to a
confiderable fize, it enters England,
and taking an eafterly direction, falls
into the ocean betwixt Alnwick and
Coquet ifle.
Correfn ; a hill in the parifh of
Forbes, Aberdeenfhir-e, the height of
which is nearly 2000 feet above the
level of the lea. It contains excellent
limeftone.
Corrie ; a fmall river in Dumfries-
mire. It has its fource in a glen of
the fame name, in the united parifhes
of Hutton and Corrie, and after a ra-
pid courfe of about 6 miles, falls into
the Milk at Balftaek.
CORSTORPHINE ; a parifh in
the county of Mid-Lothian, not more
than 2 or 3 miles from Edinburgh ;
extends about 4 miles at its' greateft
length,, and on average a\ miles in
breadth. The furface is in general
level, rifing to few eminences, and
thefe inconfiderable ; over a great part
of its extent it fpreads into a fine .h
plain. The grounds of higheft eleva-
tion, are thole which are called Cor-
ftorphine hills; an appellation they
could hardly have gained, were it not
for their fituation, being in a manner
infulated in themidft of rich valleys,
where they form a diyerfity highly
conducive to the beauty of the coun-
try : on the S. and W. fides they rife
from the plain, by an ealy gradual af-
cent, to the height of 470 feet above
the level of the lea : on the N. and E.
they are more rocky and precipitate :
the appearance on the S. fide is re-
markable for its beauty ; decorated
with the beautiful feats of Belmont
and Eeachwood, and having the whole
Lands cultivated and neatly enclofed,
it forms a pleafant rural Iandfcape.
The foil is generally a rich loam, diver-
fified with clay and land. A great
part of the meadow ground is eom-
pofed of decayed vegetables. Agri-
culture, in its different departments,
is conducted according to the moft
improved modes adapted in Scotland
and the b6rdering counties of Eng-
land ; fummer fallow, and a due rota-
tion of green and meliorating crops
are pbferveci, and the farmer takes ad-
vantage of his local fituation to pror
cure dung from Edinburgh, by which
he is enabled to raife crops in fuccef-
lion, which others without this advan-
tage are unable to do. A general opi r
nion prevails here, that lime ufed as a
manure would be unproductive, and
even deleterious, after ufirig the ftreet
dung of the metropolis : this idea
leems to be ill founded ; and, it is pro-
bable the practice would be attended
with the contrary effect : lime is ufed
principallyas aftinvulant, and as means
of accelerating the eifiolution of ve-
getable matter, and its change into
the principles which are the food of
plants, which the ftreet dung affordjj
in great abundance. Corftorphme is
watered at .one corner by the water of
Leith, and by a fmall rivulet called
Gogar burn. There is but little wood
in the whole diftrict, the ground being
all arable, and too valuable to be laid
out in that unprofitable manner. The
village of Corftorphine lies low, and
is faid to have a damp and unhealthy
atmofphere ; but there are no eviden-
ces of this circumftance ; epidemic dis-
orders are not more prevalent than in
the neighbourhood. The population
has very much decreafed within this
century; one caufe, of bringing people
to the place on a tranfient vifit has
fome years ago been removed. The
hepatic mineral fprihg, which was ■
much reforted to, has fallen into total
difrepute for a number of yearn ;
owing, it is faid, to a drain pa fling
near the place, by which its virtues
have been impaired. Before that pe-
riod, Corftorphine was the place of
fafhionable refort from Edinburgh,
and had its balls, and other amufe-
naents of watering-places. Except
fandftone, whinftone, and a fpecies of
ftone compofed of fch'ijlus and fand-
ftone, intei mixed with micaceous frag-
ments, no mineral of note has been
difcovered. Population in 1791, 1037,