Descriptive account of the principal towns in Scotland

PORTOBELLO.
Portobello is a considerable village, in the pa-
rish of Duddingston, three miles east of Edinburgh,
on the coast of the Frith of Forth.
It derives its name trom a Cottage still standing,
so denominated in commemoration of the taking of
Portobello on the Spanish Main, by Admiral Vernon
in 1/39. For many years, it could boast of only a
few scattered houses, erected chiefly for the workmen
employed in the manufacturing of Brick and Tyle, for
which there is abundance of fine clay adjoining the
village on the west.
This village is situated in a beautiful surrounding
country, sheltered from the west by Arthur's Seat
and Salisbury Craigs, which have a gradual slope to
the sea. The agreeable softness of the sandy beach,
the purity of the air, the convenient distance from
Edinburgh, the advantage of a post three times a-day,
and the facility of communication by means of the nu-
merous coaches constantly passing and re-passing,
have rendered it one of the most desirable places of