the county, and joins the Nith before it reaches Dumfries; below which the river, becoming navigable, widens considerably as it approaches the Solway Firth. The ANNAN rises above Queensberryhill, westward of Moffatt; it is a clear and rapid river, and pursues a south-easterly direction, receiving many auxiliary streams in a course of thirty miles, through a wild district to the town of Annan, where it is crossed by a handsome bridge, just before it falls into the Firth of Solway. The Eske rises in Eskedale Moor, in the midst of wild mountains, and flowing to the south-east, after a course of about twenty miles, meets the Ewes from the north at Langholm; it is then joined by the Liddel, of Roxburghshire, from the north-east, after which it approaches the English boundary, passing through a corner of Cumberland: turning to the south-west until joined by the Lyne, it contributes with the Eden to form the Solway Firth. The SARKE is a small river, and is the proper boundary here between England and Scotland, and runs near GRETNA, a place better known by the name of Gretna Green, the resort of many young ladies and gentlemen from England, who have the misfortune to differ from their Parents and Guardians on the subject of Matrimony.

These rivers, and their component streams that run into them, all produce very fine Trout; the Angler will in the Annan, in particular, find excellent diversion with Salmon Trout and other fish.

Edinburghshire, or Mid Lothian.

THE WATER OF LEITH, a small river, rises some considerable distance above Edinburgh, in the Western extremity of the County. In a course of fourteen miles, it drives no less than eighty mills of different kinds, and some of them rent so high as twenty pounds per foot of waterfall. It runs very rapidly after rains, has a winding course, in which it passes by Edinburgh castle, and joins the Firth at Leith. The ALMOND runs in the north-west angle of the county, and joins the Forth near the village of Cramond. From a wild waste, south of the Pentland hills, descend those smaller streams, which, when joined, form the river ESK, which passes the town and magnificent palace of Dalkeith; a little below which the north and south Esk unite, and flowing to Inveresk and Musselburgh, loses itself in the sea. There is good Angling in all the waters of this county: and the Almond is celebrated for a particular species of fine White Trout.

Elginshire, or Moray.

THE SPEY, which, next to the TAY, is accounted the most considerable river in the North of Scotland, and the most rapid of all in the kingdom, has been already noticed. The FINDHORN has its spring in the highland mountains of Inverness-shire, and pursues a course nearly parallel with the Spey; is less than that river, but imitates it in rapidity, hav

ing a peculiar transparency in its waters, which reflect their pebbly beds so strongly as to dazzle the stranger when he fords it. The Findhorn forms a large basin as it admits the tide below Fores; from whence it opens into the sea through a narrow strait; on the eastern shore of which the Village and Port bearing its name are situated. The LoSSIE springs near the last river, and in its course almost surrounds the town of Elgin, abounding in Salmon from its very head to the port of Cullen, where it reaches the sea. The first two of these rivers have excellent Salmon fisheries, where the numbers taken are almost incredible; they likewise present to the Angler a profusion of Trout, and other good fish. The LoSSIE is remarkable for an excellent red Spotted Trout, which arrive at four pounds weight.

Fifeshire.

THE LEVEN and the EDEN are the only streams of note, and the course of each is short. The Leven flowing eastward from Loch Leven, after being joined by the united small streams of the Orr and the Lochty, falls into the Firth of Forth at Largo Bay. The EDEN, rising in the central parts of Fifeshire, and watering its fertile plains, passes beneath the handsome town of Cupar, and discharges itself into the sea somewhat northward of St. Andrews. In this county, west from the village of Abbot-Hall, are several small Lakes, the chief of which is Loch Gellie, which gives name to a village on its banks. The Salmon in the Leven are esteemed the best in

this part of Scotland, and in the Loch are Trout from four to fourteen pounds weight: the Eden is also famous for its fish.

Forfarshire, or Angus.

THE NORTH and SOUTH ЕSK are the rivers of Angus. Both rise in the Grampian mountains, which extend along the northern part of this shire; the hills which terminate this vast ridge are called the Braes of Angus, from whence these streams descend; they are both rapid, though short in their course. The South Esk, traversing nearly the whole breadth of the county, flows eastward beneath the eminence where Brechin is situated, and at last expands into a large basin in front of the well-built town of Montrose, before it reaches the sea. The North Esk runs through a wilder district as it divides the counties of Angus and Kincardine, and inclining to the south-east, empties itself into the German Ocean, four miles north of Montrose. The TAY enters this shire a little above Dundee*, from whence Tay Salmon is taken to London in packages of Ice, and the fishery lets at 3000l. per Annum. A few miles below Dundee this river falls into the Firth of Tay. These rivers abound with Trout and

The Salmon Fishings, belonging to the Town of Dundee, were formerly let at £80 per Annum, and last Year, for the next Twelve months, at £100. On the 21st August 1806, the Town Council met to decide on the written Offers that had been received, when the Fishings were let at Six hundred. Pounds per Annum, on a Lease for seven Years.

Salmon, and in the North Esk is great plenty of Whitlings; these fish are in high estimation, and afford great diversion to the Angler. In the winter they are found in this river where the Tide flows; and in the spring and summer high up the river, and in the most rapid Streams.

Haddingtonshire, or East Lothian.

THE TYNE rises in the hills near Yester, and, after watering a pleasant vale, runs through the town of Haddington, terminating at the rock of the Bass Isle, and marking the mouth of the great Firth of Forth. Haddington has suffered frequently from the `inundations of this river; in 1775 its waters rose seventeen feet perpendicular, continued in this state several hours, and then gradually subsided. The Tyne produces good Trout, and other fish, but in no great abundance.

Inverness.

THE NESS rises in LOCH OICH, which is a narrow Lake, extending about four miles from east to west, in the midst of the central mountains of this county, and whose waters flow through Loch Ness into the eastern sea. The early course of the Ness is uncommonly wild, Loch Oich being surrounded by mountains generally capped with snow, and the heights of Ben-nevis (the Atlas of North Britain) appearing at a distance in the west; while those of Coryuragan and Coriaraich (in which the Spey