Descriptive account of the principal towns in Scotland

INVERNESS.
Inverness is a Royal Burgh, in the parish of that
name ; and is the County Town of Inverness-shire.
It is 19 miles S. S. W. of Cromarty, 38 miles west of
Elgin, 115 west-north-west of Aberdeen, and 156miles
north of Edinburgh. Longitude 4° 5' west, Latitude
5J° 30' north.
Inverness is pleasantly situated on both sides of
the river Ness, where it discharges its waters into
the Moray Frith. It is a large and well built Town y
having many elegant houses, and consists of four prin-
cipal streets, namely, Church Street, East Street,
Castle Street, and Bridge Street, with many smaller
streets and lanes branching off from the main streets.
The principal streets are spacious, well paved and
lighted, and kept remarkably clean. It is the Capital
of the North Highlands of Scotland, and derives much
importance from being the County Town, and the
seat of the Courts of Justice, as well as the seat of a
Presbytery ; and when to these we add, the elegance
of its appearance as a Town, and the great respecta-
bility of its inhabitants, it may justly claim the dis-
tinction of a Capital.
Nearly in the centre of the Town stands the Court
House, a large modern building ; connected with this