. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 4-aCU^^^ ^^. •2 Miles. of the county, engages in the herring fishery. The coast to the north of it isexceedingly wild. Two of its promontories are occupied by the lighthouse ofSt. Abbs Head, and by Fast Castle, described as Wolfs Crag in the Brideof Lammermuir. The ravine of the Pease, or Peaths, descending to the coast,is spanned by a singular bridge. The three counties which lie along the southern coast of the Firth of Forthhave been carved out of the ancient district of Lothian, and are hence stillfrequently described as East, Mid, and West Lothian. EDIN


. The earth and its inhabitants .. . 4-aCU^^^ ^^. •2 Miles. of the county, engages in the herring fishery. The coast to the north of it isexceedingly wild. Two of its promontories are occupied by the lighthouse ofSt. Abbs Head, and by Fast Castle, described as Wolfs Crag in the Brideof Lammermuir. The ravine of the Pease, or Peaths, descending to the coast,is spanned by a singular bridge. The three counties which lie along the southern coast of the Firth of Forthhave been carved out of the ancient district of Lothian, and are hence stillfrequently described as East, Mid, and West Lothian. EDINBURGH AND THE FIRTH OF FORTH


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