Gazetteer of Scotland

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on. The harbour is safe and commo-
dious, allowing vessels of 200 tons to
unload at the quay, and vessels of
500 tons can ride at safety in the
Frith, within a mile of the tewn. The
ships which belong to Inverness are
employed chiefly in carrying toLondon
the produceof the salmon fishery of the
Ness, and the skins of otters, roes, &c.
caught in that neighbourhood. These
vessels bring back, in return, materials
for use and luxury ; particularly hard-
ware and haberdashery, to supply that
extensive district of which Inverness
is the capital, the communication with
whi^h is facilitated by the excellent
military roads which go in every di-
rection from this point. Inverness
has a great air of elegance, and has
more trade and money than could be
expected in so remote a part of the
island. It has several good schools ;
and the academy, before mentioned,
established on the most liberal plan,
resembles an university in every thing
but the name. In 1798, the popula-
tion was estimated at not less than
8000. The parish of Inverness is 10
miles in length, and 2| in breadth.
The general appearance is varied,
part being flat, and part hilly, rocky,
and mountainous. It is unequally di-
vided into two parts by the lake and
river Ness. There is no natural wood
but there are several extensive planta-
tions : one proprietor had planted in
1793, 15,000 forest trees of different
kinds, and 4,000,000 of firs. Many
acres have been lately improved, and
the greater part of the arable land is
of a light loam, exceedingly fertile.
Near the town on the W. side is Tom-
na-heurich," the hill of fairies," a beau-
tiful insulated hill covered with trees.
It is of a singular shape, nearly resem-
bling a ship with her keel uppermost.
Its base is a parallelogram, the length
of which is 1984, and the breadth 176
feet, from which it rises to the height
of 250 feet above the level of the ri-
ver. Near this mount is the hill of
Craig-phatric, celebrated for the re-
mains of a vitrified fort.' {Vide Craig-
phatric.) Besides that remnant of
antiquity, there are 6ome cairns, and
a druidical temple, A few years ago,
on the western extremity of a hill o-
verlooking the town, were the ruins
of one of Oliver Cromwell's forts, and
uf spastic supposed to have been built
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by Malcolm Canmore ; but these have
been razed to the foundations, and
the ground cultivated. Of the castled
of Macbeth, and of the Cummings,
which stood in this district, nothing
but rubbish now remains. Culloden
moor, so fatal to the hopes and pro-
jects of the Stuart family, lies a few
miles S. E. of Inverness ; and near it
is Culloden House, the seat of the For-
beses of Culloden, where Charles lodg-
ed the evening before the engagement.
For an account of the principal lake
and river, vide Ness (Loch and Ri-
ver.) Population of the town and
parish in 1801, 8732.
INVERNETHIE ; a snail harbour
of Aberdeenshire, near Peterhead.
INVERNOCHTIE. Fide Strath-
DON.
INVERSNAID; a place in the
parish of Buchannan, in Stirlingshire.,
where barracks were erected and sol-
diers stationed about the beginning of
the 1 7th century, to repress the de-
predations of those freebooters, par-
ticularly the clan of Macgregor, who,
at that time, infested the country.
The barracks are still in repair, and
a guard is regularly mounted by a
detached party of soldiers from Dum-
barton Castle.
INVERUGIE ; a small village in
the parish of St. Fergus, Aberdeen-
shire, seated on the Ugie, where that
river discharges itself into the ocean.
There is a considerable bleachfield for
thread ; and a porter and beer brewery
has been for some time carried on to a
great extent. Near it are the ruins of
Inverugie Castle, where the celebrated
Field-Marshal Keith was born.
I N V E R U R Y ; an ancient royal
borough in Aberdeenshire, seated on
the point of land formed by the con-
fluence of the Don and Ury. It is a
small town, and its increase and im-
provement have been much retarded
by its situation, being inaccessible on
all sides but one, except with boats,
and even that mode was often im-
practicable, from land floods. This
obstacle is now, however, in a great
measure removed. By the spirited
exertions of the Earl of Kintore and
Provost Thorn, subscriptions have
been promoted for a bridge upon the
Don, and an elegant one was finished
in 17.91, at the expence of 20001. A
bridge over the Ury would contribute