.Rivers, Tlie rivers o f Ayrshire, flowing, into the grand eftüarÿ of the Clyde,
, a re f o f inconfiderable fize. - .
Eden, To.themnrth of the eftuary of Forth, odeurs the Eden,, which, after
watering the; royal park: of Falkland, and Coùpar, tlie county town,
meets. th e .Qcea@^ab©ut two. miles' to the“ north of St. Andrews®
~ To the no rth of T ay are' the Touth Elk,, which paffes by Brechin
' and Montrofe ; and: the North Elk, a lefs'confidetable ftream, but both
impart titles tg, Eayls. ;
B e e , _ In. the county of Kincardine there is no river ■ of confcquence. But
. the Dee is a eonfiderable and placid ftream, iffuing from the mountains
o f Scairfoeh, and purfuing a due eafterly courfe to Aberdeen. The Don
runs aim oft parallel, a-few miles to th e .north, jo in in g the fea about two
miles from Aberdeen,Rafter .pafling Old Aberdeen,- o r rather,, in the ';old
1 .orthography, Aberdou.
A few miles to- the -north of,the Don, the river Ythan falls into the
German ocean, a ftream formerly celebrated for its pearl fi flier iesy of
which feme relics } remain. The Dggie is the Iaft ftream o f any cönfe-
quence in Aberdeenfhire. ,
The following-rivers diredt their, cóürfe to the. north. The Devon
Spey.. jo in s the fea at Bamf. The Spey is a grand and impetuous river, riling
from a finall lake, called Loch Spey, in the vicinity of the high mountain
°f : Gomarok, .near Fort Auguftns,- whence it .rolls,;to the fouth-eaft
amid mountainous wilds,.till it fudderilyiturns to its. fixee|-drif:èi^ion, the
norrh-eaft, being, perhaps, upon the whole,, the m o d eonfiderable Alpine
river in; Scotland-.
The water of io f f ie is- only remarkable, as it wafhes, the venerable
remains of Elgin ; but Findorn, which runs by the Eorrestof Macbeth
and. Shakcfpcare,. is à eonfiderable torrent.
Nefs- The Nefs, ilfuingpTpm. the lake £o called, and the Beul-y, con-fpire to.
form the large eftuary, called Murray Firth ; while that o f .Cromarty is
formed'by the Grady., the Conqn, and other ftreams. -
The eftuary. of Dornoch is. farmed b y a. river which iiTues -from
Loch Slftn, by -the Gâcan, and by! the. intermediate ftream, called Okeh.
. The other ftreams in the the furtheft north of '-Scotland, are unhappily
of fmall. confequence. , The. water, of Thurfo,.and that o f Naver,
are
are th e chief. In the north-weft extremity are the Strathmore, the
Stralhbeg, and the Durnefs, which enters the fea-.t'o the eaft o f the
ftupendous promontory of Cape Wharf, bow modernized Wrath. \
On the weft of Scotland-there is no-river of any m oment; but the
d&feö is compenlatcd by numerous lakes, oft father creeks, of which the
nibft eonfiderable. are Laxford, Oal'va, Ennard,. and that ,‘o f Broome,
which forms a noble, bay,- ftudded with, illands, nearly .parallel with the
bay o f Dornoch. , O h its fhore is- the projected fettlement .©F
¥€apcssÉ,r: véisyf .patriot Snuft wifthftfc^efsl^'1(Next’-, are; -the
J n MtidftltwG.arc’jtluM ofndon, the *KefteTi% after not«
Aigyleftiiie exhibits the Sunart, a long inletj which te’rminjatiés■ lé t
fdxten.dStig 4® Fort jWiTMm" iTfi^Etiftisf
ftt^ k id isb y affragular c%Tafe,^tfttsaentuan^-J®^ltfth^,.4nThe fmalf
inlcfr'ófOfM^h •attraasip-bfesvaftoft^fe'yit'he. promifedkada 11>,^ akjfc t hp lift
isVelq&ftil^IMQeh1 Eyn^«and .Loch .Long; ibr-ming yaft inlefs- from „the
eft dar yip f^lytte'. -
i i^tuftr^fth étftaikes' ® f Bcot-land, thé chief, in kitten t, anüd 1beli)üt<y:' is .that
e f with.fdmahtic; ifl ah ds ^. and- adornêd"with fhmes‘:d£
the 'dïvègfltyè<=iThe'rffefeare füppnfëd ion’form > p a f^ o f 'th e
G^arSpijtd#hMtöyfcwhifeft hgf eftermAmftessbnflfcbe fvfoefti. The depth o f
tlïkbüke MtKT'lonth},' isi'Eot above’ twenty fathomsq'^b'f^tb'el nbrtherd
crelkpnïéar'tbe bottofmcifBen Lomon&yfe faaam .ftthqftis-
At ‘‘th’e.ffimo lof thfefearfchquake i m ftUfbiari jjl HmgliT'be waters iWietiejagr*;
thtêdèiMafft^iguiarJ manrier., *
i - O h fh e lè a ft iéftlLotnorfd -isiadi aflèrnhlage ,©£?■ qirfoüs' lakes, btfre Ket-
1ermpÖ?<CaIheinpth<élCahibfeGhf®itft the Ard, th'è^Achray, or Achvary,'
the Van ach or, the Lu b n a ig ; exhibiting lingular and pifturefqüe fcenes,
called by thé Highlanders the Trofachè;,. a word fignifying rough, or
tmeven■ groupds*. , This denpmmatibn is ftridfly applicable to the fur-,
rou-nding hills, and rocks, of diftortedjfoxmsy as if fóme cOnvulfibn had
taken place; but often covered with sheath, an d . ornaiftented,- even to
•the fummits, with the weeping 'birch. The hills, are of argillaceous
* Locli Bröóme extcSds about _p S the country, and is furrounded’M’ith mountains'
o f marble anAlimvUt'onfe. iCn ox j- i i. i f ö j . .
5 GariiR.i?!EJs. Tu iw; ii. ' 1 7.3 .
’ Riv er s .
Weftern J a i
lets.
Lake*. -
Lomond.
K e t te r in ,& c ,
A A 2 fchiftus,