The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland . t runsprevailingly toward the south-east; and, over 2Jmiles, above its embouchure, it runs nearly duesouth. It achieves, from its source to the sea, adistance of about 31 miles; and receives in its pro-gress, besides many smaller tributaries, eight or nineaffluents of each more than 5 miles length of has a smooth and slow current; and, owing tothe general construction of drains in the lands whichform its basin, it rises more rapidly in freshets thanformerly, and occasionally flows far over its of the co
The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland . t runsprevailingly toward the south-east; and, over 2Jmiles, above its embouchure, it runs nearly duesouth. It achieves, from its source to the sea, adistance of about 31 miles; and receives in its pro-gress, besides many smaller tributaries, eight or nineaffluents of each more than 5 miles length of has a smooth and slow current; and, owing tothe general construction of drains in the lands whichform its basin, it rises more rapidly in freshets thanformerly, and occasionally flows far over its of the country which it immediately traversesis low and alluvial; and, previous to recent im-provements for its protection, was, in a great mea-sure, desolated by the rivers floods. The streamhas two good salmon-fishings,—the one at its mouth,and the other at Ellon, 6 miles up; and it has somecelebrity for having at one time produced valuablepearls: see Slains. It is navigable for river-craftto Ellon, and for vessels of 150 tons to the distanceof about a mile from the APPENDIX APPENDIX. *#* The Pvblishers of the Historical, Topographical, and Statistical, Gazetteer op Scot-land, regret that it is not in their power to append to the present edition the full details of theParliamentary Census of 1841, as these have not yet been published. The following Tables,however, exhibit the general results of the Census as regards Counties, Cities, Burghs, andParliamentary Districts. I—POPULATION OF COUNTIES IN 1841.[See Introduction, page xxxvii.] II.—COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF HOUSES INHABITED, UNINHABITED, AND BUILDING, 1831 AND 1841. 1831. 1841. Counties. 1Inhabited Uninhabited iInhabited Uninhabited i Houses. Houses. Building. Houses. Houses. Building. Aberdeen .... 29,502 707 170 32,193 1,095 288 Argyle . 17,146 510 200 18,514 917 75 Ayr . . 19,001 439 105 30,247 1,297 69 Banff 9,814 266 126 11,228 478 83 Berwick 6,159 267 13 7,405 382 28 Bute 2,134 38 6 3,067 93 15 Caithness 6,036 9
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