Gazetteer of Scotland

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they are delightfully variegated with
hills and valleys, meadows, and corn
iidds, wood and watei", and have fe-
vcral valuable falmon fifhings, parti-
cularly at the village of Buna-ive, where
the lake Awe discharges itfelf into it.
The extremity of Loch Etive bends
its courfe in a north-eafterly direction,
till it terminates in a point, where it
receives the waters of the Etie river,
pouring through Glen Etie, a valley
famous for the residence of Ufnath,
the father of Nathos, Althos, and
Ardan, feveral of Offian's heroes- In
Lock Etive is a fmall ifland, and the
ruins of a houfe, ftill termed Ealan
Ufnich, " the ifland of Ufnath." A-
bout 7 miles from the entry of the
lake, it contrails into a narrow chan-
nel, about a mufket-fhot over : this
place is called Connel, which fignifies
rage or fury, very defcriptive of it.
A ridge of uneven and rugged rocks
here run acrofs two-thirds of the chan-
nel, and occafion, at particular times
of the tide, a current flowing with
dreadful rapidity ; and, when fwelled
unufually by a fpring-tide, and the
waters of the Awe, as foon as the
ebb begins, it difcharges itfelf with a
violence and noife unequalled by the
loudeft cataract, and which may be
heard at the diftance of many miles.
This celebrated current feems to be
alluded to by Offian, when he fays,
" Thefe are not thy mountains, O
Nathos ! nor is that the roar of thy
climbing waves." There is a ferry
at this place, which is fafe at parti-
cular times of the tide. About % miles
below, on a promontory almoft in-
fulated., is the ancient regal refidence
of Dunftaffnage ; (vide Dunstaff-
nage.) The mores of Loch Etive are
* covered with porphyric and granitic
water-worn pebbles, intermixed with
great quantities of fhell fand.
ETTERICK ; a parifh in the county
of Selkirk, is very extenfive, the ex-
treme points being diftant 10 miles in
almoft every direction. The general
appearance is hilly and mountainous,
the river Etterick winding through it.
The foil in the haughs and valleys is
exceedingly deep and fertile, in a great
meafure formed by the rich particles
of earth brought down from the hills,
and depofited from the waters : not-
withftanding this fertility, very few
good crops are raifed, owing to the
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great elevation of the country, and
the frequency of the rains which pre-
vent the crops from coming to ma-
turity. The foil on the hills is moffy,
and fit only for pafturage. There arj
two lochs adjoining to one another,
partly in this parifh, and partly in
Yarrow, called the loch of the Laaus,
and 5/. Mary's loch, abounding with
pike and perch. Numerous flocks of
fheepare reared in the hills, the higheft
of which are Ward Law and Etterick
Penn; the former rifing 1,920 feet a-
bove the level of the fea, and the latter
about 2, 2 co. Population in 1 791, 470.
Etterick Forest comprehends a
great part of the county of Selkirk ;
it appears in former times to have
been covered with trees ; but of thefe
few veftiges now remain. The pro-
perty belongs to the crown, who ap-
points a chamberlain or keeper of the
foreft to receive the rents.
Etterick River, takes its rife in
the parifh of the fame name, and,
after a winding courfe of 30 miles,
through fcenes rendered familiar by
paftoral defcription, receiving the
ftream of Yarrow near Philip-haugh,
is abforbed into the Tweed fome miles
above Melrofe.
Euchar ; a rivulet in Argyllfhire.
It takes its rife from Loch Seamyna*
dale, in the parifh of Kilninver, and
after a rapid and difturbed courfe
N. W. falls into the ocean at the
Sound of Mull.
Evelicks; a river in the county of
Sutherland, which falls into the Frith
of Dornoch. It abounds with trout and
falmon ; and a fmall fiihing village of
the fame name is fituated at its mouth.
EVIE and REND ALL ; an united
parifh in the mainland of Orkney.
Vide Pomona.
EWES ; a parifh in the diflrid of
Efkdale, Dumfriesfhire. It is about
8 miles in length from N. to S. and
its medium breadth is nearly 54 ; it is
watered by the river Ewes, a tribu-
tary ftream of the EJk, which it joins
near Langholm, about 10 miles from
its fource. The furface is hilly, moftly
covered with verdure, and fringed
with thriving plantations, exhibiting
much picturefque and ftriking fcenery.
Only a fmall- part is under cultivation,
the great attention of the farmer being
the rearing and feeding of fheep. Po-
pulation in 1791, 320.
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