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GARRY.
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the bead of Banff — Population in 1821, in-
cluding that of Macduff, 3716.
GARAN, an islet lying three and a half
miles north-east of Cape Wrath, county of
Sutherland.
GARANHILL, a small village in the pa-
rish of Muirkirk, in the upper parts of Kyle,
Ayrshire.
GARDENSTON, a small sea- port village
in the parish of Gamrie, district of Buchan,
county of Banff, lying fourteen miles west of
Fraserburgh, and eight east of Banff.
GARELOCH see G airlock.
GARGUNNOCK, a parish in Stirling-
shire, extending six miles in length by three
and a half in breadth, bounded on the east and
south by St. Ninians, and on the other sides by
Kippen, Balfron, and Fintry. It consists of
two districts, one of which, on the south, is
hilly and pastoral, and the other belongs to that
flat carse land which spreads from the town
of Stirling in a south-westerly direction to-
wards Dumbartonshire. Till lately, there was
a great proportion of moor, but the improve-
ments instituted in this quarter are rapidly
beautifying and fertilizing the country. The
village of Gargunnock is considerable, and lies
about six miles west of Stirling, on the side
of a hill on the south edge of the Carse, on the
road to Kippen. It is inhabited chiefly by
weavers. — Population in 1821, 862.
GARIOCH, an inland district of Aber-
deenshire, composed chiefly of a rich fertile
vale, bounded on every side by a range of hills
of moderate height, beginning near Old Mel-
drum, and extending westward about twenty
miles.
GARLETON HILLS, a ridge of
hills of moderate height in Haddingtonshire,
rising about a mile to the north of Hadding-
ton. They shut out the view of the rich vale
of East Lothian in looking from Edinburgh,
and are rendered more conspicuous by a monu-
ment which has been erected on one of their
principal heights, to the memory of John, Earl
of Hopetoun.
GARLIESTON, a sea-port village in the
parish of Sorie, Wigtonshire, lying at the head
of Garlieston Bay, a small bay on the west
side of Wigton Bay, opposite Fleet Bay. It
is built in the form of a semicircle facing the
sea, with a commodious and safe harbour.
The small streams called the Broughton and
Poutenburn, are here emptied into the bay,
and are crossed by several bridges. Gallow ay
House, the splendid seat of the Earl of Gal-
loway, is adjacent on the south, surrounded by
beautiful plantations and pleasure grounds.
There is a meeting-house of Independents in
the village. The church of Sorbie is inland. —
Population of the village in 1821, 600.
GARMOUTH, a village in Morayshire,
at the mouth of the Spey on its left bank,
about four miles north of Fochabers, and a
burgh of barony under the Duke of Gordon.
It is chiefly of modern growth, and its houses
are neatly disposed in streets. Garmouth has
become a place of trade in the exporting of
timber, which is floated thither down the Spey,
and of salmon, which is here caught in great
quantities, and sent principally to the London
market. The port has a good harbour formed
by the mouth of the Spey, and here a number
of vessels have been built entirely of native
wood. The population in 1821 amounted to
about 600.
GARNOCK, a small river in the district
of Cunningham, Ayrshire, which rises from
the foot of a very high hill in the muir called
the Misty Law, on the northern boundary of
the county, parish of Largs, and runs shallow,
clear, and beautiful down the hill towards the
south. It holds on its course through the pa-
rishes of Dairy and Kilwinning, enlarged, as
it flows, by the addition of the Caaf and the
Rye, till it falls into the sea at the harbour of
Irvine. It forms a beautiful cataract in its
course, above Kilbirny. Near its summit
level, it is said that it could be easily directed
into the Black Cart, and so be poured down
the vales of Renfrewshire.
GARROCHBURN, a streamlet in the
upper part of Dumfries-shire, a tributary of
the Ae.
GARROCH HEAD, a headland on the
south point of Bute-
GARRY, (LOCH) a lake in Athole, in
the north-western part of Perthshire, of about
two miles in length. It is fed by rivulets
from Ben- Vollich, and its waters are emitted at
the opposite extremity by the river Garry.
This Highland stream pursues a south-easterly
course, receiving accessions on either side by
the Edendon above Dalnacardoch, the Ender
at Dalmean, the Feachory at Struan, the Bruar
at Pittagowan, the Tilt near the Castle of Blair
Athole, and other small brooks. It finally
'oins the Tummel near the pass of Killicran-
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