A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . rmer quoad sacraparish of Waternish, county of Inverness ; contain-ing 90 inhabitants. This isle, also called Eilean ha, or Island of Jesus, is the largest of several isles lyingbetween Loch Bay and Loch Dunvegan, two consider-able north-western inlets of the Isle of Skye. It isabout three miles in circumference
A topographical dictionary of Scotland, comprising the several counties, islands, cities, burgh and market towns, parishes, and principal villages, with historical and statistical descriptions: embellished with engravings of the seals and arms of the different burghs and universities . rmer quoad sacraparish of Waternish, county of Inverness ; contain-ing 90 inhabitants. This isle, also called Eilean ha, or Island of Jesus, is the largest of several isles lyingbetween Loch Bay and Loch Dunvegan, two consider-able north-western inlets of the Isle of Skye. It isabout three miles in circumference ; and the soil, beinggenerally fertile, atfords comfortable support to aboutfifteen famdies. JAMESTOWN, or Damhead, a village, in the pa-rish of BoNHiLL, county of Dumbarton; containing314 inhabitants. This place, heretofore a small,hamlet,has latterly increased in population and extent, owingto the numerous and flourishing calico-printing andbleaching establishments which have sprung up in theparish, and in which the population here are chieflyemployed. JAMESTOWN, a village, in the parish of Contin,county of Ross and Cromarty ; containing 115 inha-bitants. JANETOWN, a village, in the parish of Lochcar-RON, county of Ross and Cromarty, 1 mile (S.) from 4 H 2 JED B J ED B r>. BuT^h Seal. Lochcarron ; containing 513 inhabitants. It is situatedon the eastern shore of the Carron loch, an arm of thesea, into which the Carron water falls about two milesnorthward of the village. From a very small hamletconsisting of only three families, it has risen latterlyinto comparative importance, in consequence, princi-pally, of the division of land into lots. The high roadleading from Dingwall to the western coast passesthrough ; and there is a post-office, where the mailsarrive three times a week. On the Carron is a goodsalmon-fishery. JEDBURGH, a burgh,market-town, and parish, inthe district of Jedburgh,county of Roxburgh, ofwhich it is the capital, IImiles (S. VV. by S.) fromKelso, and 4
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