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and Portmoak, Iying to the ſouth of it, have ſor the moſtpart a northern expoſure.

The next river to Gairny is South Queich, which takes.its riſe among the Ochils, a range of hills produdtive of many rivulets and ſprings, yielding to few in Britain for the purity of their water. The Queich, aſter running'through a'part of Foſlaway pariſh, paſſes into the pariſh of Kinroſs, which it di- vides, not very unequally, in its courſe to the ſoutheaſt; and paſſing near Kinroſs, at the ſouth end of the town, enters Lochleven.

North Queich, another principal river, or water, in this county, has likewiſe its riſe among the Ochil hills. The ori- ginal ſprings form themſelves into two branches, which, after a meandering courſe, are unitedinto.one ſtream, that becomes the boundary between the pariſhes of Orwell and Kinroſs, till its waters are loſt in Lochleven, at the northweſt corner of the loch.

The water of both the Queichs is very pure and tranſpa- rent; running on a gravelly channel, almoſt the whole of the courſe.“ It ſometimes, from the open nature. of the under ground, in particular places, and in the dry months of ſum- mer, diſappears, taking its courſe under the ſurface.

The farms adjoining to South Queich, and thoſe on the ſouth of North Queich, are generally level ground.'Phoſe on the north fßde of the latter have a ſouthern aſpe&,: but are billy, eſpecially in the weſtern quarter of the country through

which it run,-

"Che ſmaller ſtreams, which are to be met with every where in this county, are not ſo remarkable as to merit a particular enumeration, though it is not improbable, but, that at ſome future period, they may deſerve more attention, when their value for watering lands comes to be underſtood.

Hills.=-“The principal hills in this county are the Cleiſh hills,