Descriptive account of the principal towns in Scotland

DUNDEE.
Dundee is a large and flourishing sea port and a royal
burgh, in the parish of that name, and county of Angus,
seated on the north side of the river Tay, about 12 miles
from the mouth of that river, where it falls into the German
Ocean, Long. 3° 3' west of Greenwich, Lat. 56° 27' 23"
north. It is 22 miles east from Perth, 18 miles south-west
of Arbroath, 14. south of Forfar, and 40 miles north by east
of Edinburgh.
Dundee is a presbytery seat* It is. a large and well
built town, consisting of four principal streets, diverging
from the High Street; or Market place, which is a spacious
square, 360 feet long, and 100 feet in breadth, with several
cross streets and lanes. On the south side of this . square
stands the Town House, an elegant structure, having a
handsome front adorned. with piazzas, and a spire 140 feet
high. This building was finished in 1734, from a plan of
the elder Adams, and contains the Guild Hall, the Court
Room, Town Clerk's Oifice, &C, with vaulted repositories
for the Town's Records. The upper floors are employed