sect. III. THE COUNTY OF FIFE* 4! 



ward through a beautiful strath, by Leslie, Bal- 

 gonie, and Balfour, and empties itself into the 

 Frith of Forth at the town of Leven. In iti 

 course it is joined by the water of Lothrie a 

 little below the village of Leslie ; by the Orr^ 

 as was said,- half a mile above Cameron bridge; 

 and a little farther down, by a burn or brook, 

 which descends from the Lomond-hills, and runs 

 through a valley in Markinch, a little towards 

 the north. From its rise to the sea, it has a 

 course of eleven or twelve miles. It is a clear, 

 constant, and weighty stream, and, from the de- 

 clivity of its channel, is, in many places, rapid; of 

 quantity and force sufficient to drive machinery 

 of almost any magnitude. There are, upon this 

 water, seven bleachfields, two large cotton-mills, 

 three mills for spinning flax, twelve corn-mills, 

 three fulling-mills, seven lint-mills, two flour- 

 mills, four barley-mills, one mill for manufac- 

 turing lintseed oil, and three coal-engines. Be- 

 sides the stations already occupied, there are 

 many others equally convenient for erections of 

 the same kind, and where a constant and plen- 

 tiful supply of water can be had at all seasons 

 of the year. This water abounds with excellent 

 salmon and trout, and some pikes and eel& 

 Where it falls into the sea, there is a consider- 

 able salmon-fishery, the property of which be- 

 longs to Mr Christie of Durie* 



4/j&, The water of Eden, which is formed by 

 the confluence of several small streams in the 

 parish of Strathmiglo, winds its way slowly^ 

 through a level valley, passes the town of Cu- 

 par, and loses itself in the German Ocean a 

 little below the Guard-bridge. This water \9 



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