Gazetteer of Scotland

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moted the erection of a village. Ac-
cordingly, he built his elegant manfion
of Cally, and invited inhabitants to
fettle and form a village, about a mile
diftant, by offering very advantageous
terms of feu. It. is built on a regular
plan, confifting of 3 ftreets, running
parallel to the river Fleet ; over which
there is a handfome bridge, commu-
nicating with a fuburb on the weftern
fide of the river. In a fhort time the
village rofe to confiderable fize, is
flow more uniformly handfome in its
buildings, and more pleafant in its
fituation, than any other town in
Galloway. Soon it became a place
of confiderable trade, having a tan-
nery, feveral cotton works, and 8 or
30 velTels belonging to the port. In
1795, it was erected into a burgh of
barony, under the fupericrity of Mr.
Murray, with power to hold a weekly
market, and feveral fairs. It has a
public library, eitaMifhed on a liberal
plan, to which mofl of the inhabitants
are contributors. In 1795, it contain-
ed nearly 1200 inhabitants.
Gauir ; a river in Perthfhire, which
ifl'ues from Loch Rannoch, and, unit-
ing with the Erricht, acquires the name
of the Tummel, which afterwards falls
into the Tay at Logierait.
George (Fort) ; a Itrong and re-
gular fortrefs, in the parifli of Arder-
fier in Intrernefs, fituated on a penin-
fula running into the Moray Frith,
and completely commanding the en-
trance of the harbour of Invernefs,
which is 10 miles diftant. It has a
governor, lieutenant-governor, and o-
ther inferier officers ; and, befides two
invalid companies," it is generally gar-
lifoned with either one or two march-
ing regiments. It has been lately oc-
cupied as a Mate prifon ; feveral of
the leaders of the Late Iriih rebellion
being there in confinement.
GIGHA ; one of the Hebrides, an-
nexed to ArgyUfhire, and to that dif-
trict of it named Kintyre, from which
it is feparated by a channel 3% miles
broad. It is of a pretty regular ob-
long figure, being 7 miles in length,
and i\ in breadth. The coaft on the
W. fide is rocky and bold, except at
each end, where the rocks gradually
extend about half a mile out to fea :
on the E. fide there are feveral points
jutting out, and a few funk rocks,
which renders the navigation danger-
ous to flrangers: between thefe points
are feveral bays or creeks, where final!
veiFels can be fafely moored. One of
the bays, called Airdmeanifh, near the
church, has good anchorage in 6 or 7
fathom water. The fmall ifland of
Car a lies at 1^ miles diftance on the
S. and in the middle of the found, be-
twixt them, is the final! uninhabited
ifland of Gigultcm, near which is good
anchoring ground for the largeft vef-
fels. The general appearance of Gi-
gha is low and fiat, except towards
the W. fide, -where the ground rifes
into mountains of confiderable eleva-
tion : except in this quarter, the whole
ifland is arable, and the foil is a light
loam, with a mixture in fome places
of fand, mofs, or clay. There are fe-
veral caves in the rocks, which are
very great curiofities. There are fe-
veral cairns, particularly the Carn-na-
faire, and the Cam Ban, which are
faid to point out the fcenes of the ex-
ploits of Fingal's heroes, in their con-
tefts with the fons of the King of
Lochlin. There are no trees at pre-
fect on the ifland, but many large
roots of oak are found in the moffes,
indicative of the former exiftence of
woods. The ifland is well fupplied
with fprings, which afford water fuffi-
cient to turn two corn mills. The
fand banks abound with excellent fdh.
Much fea weed is thrown afhore,
which is employed as a manure, and
partly burned into kelp. The pro-
perty of the ifland belongs to Mr.
M'Neill of Gigha, Mr. M'Neill of
Gallafhoillie, and Mr. Stevenfon of
Airdglamie ; but the whole is a ba-
rony, held in feu from the Duke of
Argyll. Gigha and Cara form one
parochial diitrid, of which the Buke
of Argyll, and Mr. M'Niell of Gigha,
are vice patrons. The number of in-
habitants are about 600 ; and the va-
lued rent of the ifland is 1271. 5 s. id.
fterling.
GlLLICRA.NKIF,OrKlLLlCRANKIE^
a noted pafs in the Highlands of A-
thol. Vide Killicrankie.
Gilt (Loch) ; a final! arm of the
fea in Argyllshire, running off from
Loch Fyne in a N. W. direction. It is
only remarkable as being the point,
from which the long projected Crhian
Canal is intended to go off, to join
the Atlantic ocean at the bay of Q •'•-
van.