RIVERS.

The principal rivers are the Forth, Carron, Enrick, Blane, Kelvin and Bannockburn.--The Forth, taking its riſe from ſprings colle&ed among the Grampian mountains, meanders in the moſt fanciful windings through ſeveral fertile vallies, and, having ſwelled into a large river, is loſt in the frith of Forth, through which it pours its contents into the German ocean. This river is navigable up to the town of Stirling, for veſſels of 70 tons burden. The ſerpentine windings (inks) of its courſe render the navigation extremely tedi- ous, and conſequently expenſive. The tra& by water from Stirling to Alloa,- near which the weſtern extremity of the frith commences, meaſures no leſs than 19 miles, whilſt the diſtance in a dire& line 1s only 6 miles.--The river Carron which derives its fource from Fintry runs eaſtward through ſeveral pariſhes, and at length diſcharges itſelf into the frith about three miles from Falkirk. It is navigable to the village of Carronſhore, for veſſels of 200 tons burden.=-- The Enrick, to which alſo the pariſh of Fintry glves orl« gin, takes its courſe weſtward, and, at a ſmall diſtance from Buchanan Houſe, the„ſeat of H1s GRACE THE Dyvkt or MoxyTR0SE, enters Lochlomond, of which it is by far the moſt copious feeder. Before, however, it enters the loch, it 18 joined in the pariſh of Killearn by the Blane, a[mall ri- ver which gives name to Strathblane, a beautiful ftrath or nar- row valley through which it runs. Kelvin takes its riſe in Kilſyth, receives the Glazart.a little below Inchbelly-bridge, and, having run a winding courſe, enters the Clyde at Par-

tick, two miles weſt from Glaſgow.--The hiſtory of the wars of the Scottiſfh nation has rendered famous the name of Bannockburn, a ſmall rivnlet or burn originating in the Pariſh of St Ninian's, and joining the Forth a few miles be- 1ow Stirling. Additional to theſe are many burns and ſtreams, which pour down from the higher grounds, and in- terſe& the country in all diredions. They bave generally

hollowed