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 AGI CULTURAL SURVEY 



OF THE 



COUNTY OF FIFE. 



CHAPTER I. 



Geographical State and Circumstances. 



SECTION I. 

 SITUATION AND EXTEND. 



JL HE county of Fife is situated on the south- 

 east corner of the middle peninsula of Scotland, 

 and lies between 56 3' and 56 25' of N. Lat. and 

 between 2 and 2 56' of W. Long, from Green- 

 wich. It is bounded on the south by the Frith 

 of Forth ; on the east by the German Ocean ; 

 and on the north by the River Tay. On the 

 west, it is deeply indented by the county of Kin- 

 ross, along the north and south borders of which 

 it stretches westward, till it meets with the shire 

 of Perth. In one point it touches Clackmanan- 

 shire. From the unevenness of its western 

 boundary, and from the deep impressions made 

 in many places by the surrounding waters, it as- 

 sumes rather an irregular form. By the exact- 

 est calculation that can be made, its medium 



