INTRODUCTION. 



the political boundary between the North and West Riding8 ; 

 that boundary being deflected westward so as to pass over 

 Whernside to the south-eastern angle of Westmoreland. 

 Cheviotland is cut off from the more southern part of North- 

 umberland by the river Coquet, and a line continued to Carter 

 Fell from the Linn Bridge. That northerly part of Durham 

 which is situate between Holy Island and the Tweed, is deemed 

 a portion of Cheviotland ; having only a nominal connection 

 with Durham proper, not a geographical one. 



" In Scotland, the large county of Perth is divided into three 

 vice-counties. East Perth is cut off from Mid Perth by the 

 rivers Garry and Tay. Mid Perth is separated from West Perth 

 by a line traced over the high ground or water-shed so as to 

 divide the tributaries of the Tay from those of the Forth ; the 

 little county of Clackmannan and a small detached portion 

 of Stirling being taken as parts of West Perth. South and 

 North Aberdeen are separated by lines traced along the water- 

 sheds eastward and westward of Inverury. The great county 

 of Inverness is first divided by the line of water-shed between 

 the eastern and western sides of Scotland, continued along Loch 

 Erricht to the border of Perthshire. The easterly portion, with 

 the addition of Nairnshire forms the large vice-county of Easter- 

 ness. That portion of Inverness which cuts Elginshire into two 

 disjoined parts, is deemed to be a portion of this latter county. 

 The remainder of Inverness, the waters of which drain to the 

 western coast, along with the detached portion of Argyle which 

 is situate to the north-west of Loch Linhe, makes up the vice- 

 county of Westerness. Main- Argyle and Cantire are separated by 

 the Crinan Canal. The Clyde Isles include Bute and Arran, 

 with Cumbrae and other islets adjacent, between Cantire and 

 Ayr. The Ebudes are islands belonging by political geography 

 to Argyle and Inverness. Here it is convenient to take them as 

 a group apart, subdivisible into three vice-counties. South 

 Ebudes include Isla and Jura, with adjacent islets. Mid Ebudes 

 consist of Mull and Coll, with then- adjacent islets. Forth 



