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THE BRITISH ISLES. 



is traversed by the Nurtherii and Southern Devon rivers. The foriiier of these rivers, 

 not far from the Humbling- Bridg-c, forms the falls of " Caldron Linn." It is 

 rich in coal and iron, and its inhabitants arc employed in miiiino-, in the 

 manufacture of woollen stulfs, and in otlier branches of industry. Alloa, its 

 largest town, lies near the head of the Firth. Its manufactures are of importance. 

 They include plaids and shawls, steam-engines, ships, snuff, whiskey, and ale. 



Fig. 161. — The Narrows of Qdeensferry. 

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Dollar, with Castle Campbell, the old stronghold of the Argylls ; Tillicoultry ; and 

 Alva (the latter in an outlying part of Stirlingshire), with disused silver 

 mines, are small manufacturing towns in the valley of the Northern Devon, and 

 at the foot of the Ochills. Clackmannan, the county town, is a mere village on 

 the Southern Devon. 



Kinross is a small inland county, shut in between the Ochill Hills and the 

 basaltic Lomond Hills (1,713 feet), with its centre occupied by a beautiful sheet 



