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«« begin betwixt Borrowſtounneſs and the mouth of the water “ of Carron.;

« Sir, this account which I give you of the Lakies, I have & ſome of it from my own obſervation, and the reſt from « ſcamen and fiſhermen which live upon the river of Forth,

« and by their long experience affirm what I have written

« is of a truth: and is attefted by| “ ALEXANDER WRIGHT, Miniſter at Alloa."

There is, in this diſtri&, another river, called the Water of Dovan 3; and though not navigable, is worth mentioning, on. account.of its uncommon courſe. It riſes in the pariſh of Blackford, in the county of Perth, about 35 miles north- eaſt from the ſmall village of Menttry, in the pariſh of Lo- gie. The head of it is ſituated in 56% 13/ north lat. and 38' weſt of the meridian of Edinburgh. It runs caſtward, through the Ochills, for about 11 miles, and then makes a very acute turn towards the weſt; and waters the ſmall, but pleaſant vale of Dovan, almoſt in a parallel line, with its courſe among the hills. It falls into the Forth at the village of Cambus; which is ſituated about 56% 8' north lat. and 392' weſt of the meridian of Edinburgh. So that this river, whoſe ſource is not diſtant above 6 miles, in a ſtraight line, from its mouth, runs a courſe of 26 miles, without attempt ing to reckon the almoſt innumerable windings it makes in

its progreſs.

Flills.--Fhe Ochills are the only hills(or more properly mountains) in the diſtri&t. They riſe, in general, very abruptly from the vale; and form a ſine defence to the cultivated grounds below, from the north winds.

The ſouth ſide of them, from Pathfoot to Alva, is very Aeep, and in ſome places almoſt perpendicular; ſcarcely any thing appearing but rocks of diffcrent kinds, with now and then a ſmall patch of graſs, and ſometimes one of corn.

The face of the hills, eaſtward of Alva, is in general

green; ſpots of moorland or moſs appearing only towards the