. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. dto have been built by Sir Alexander Guthrie, whowas slain at Flodden, is a massive building, with wallsabout 60 feet high, and 10 feet thick, and is still en-tire. The hamlet in which the church and manse aresituated, is the largest in the parish, and contains 9families. The parish, though well-provided withfacilities of communication, is not touched by anygreat line of road. Population, in 1801, 501; in 1831,528. Houses 101. Assessed property, in 1815, £1,826.—Guthrie is in the presbytery of Arbroath, and synodof Angus a
. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. dto have been built by Sir Alexander Guthrie, whowas slain at Flodden, is a massive building, with wallsabout 60 feet high, and 10 feet thick, and is still en-tire. The hamlet in which the church and manse aresituated, is the largest in the parish, and contains 9families. The parish, though well-provided withfacilities of communication, is not touched by anygreat line of road. Population, in 1801, 501; in 1831,528. Houses 101. Assessed property, in 1815, £1,826.—Guthrie is in the presbytery of Arbroath, and synodof Angus and Mearns. Patron, Guthrie of £158 7s. 6d.; glebe £9, with 3 acres of teinds £88 18s. 8d. According to anecclesiastical survey in 1836, the population then was533; of whom 514 belonged to the Establishment, 18were dissenters, and 1 was not known to make anyprofession of religion. The parish-church was builtin1826. Sittings 306. Parochial schoolmasters salary2 chalders of grain. A non-parochial school is situated in Inch Galbraith in Loch-Lomond. HAA 721 HAD H HAA, a small island of Suiherlandshire, 3i mileseast of the promontory of Far-out-head. HAAR-MOOR, or Hard-moor. See Dyke andMot. HAAY. a small island of the Hebrides, in thesound of Harris. HABBIES HOW, a sequestered spot on Glen-cross-burn, about 10 or 12 miles from Edinburgh,which popular opinion Las very generally—thoughsomewhat hastily—identified with the scene of AllanRamsays Gentle Shepherd, and which has, inconsequence, been, for many years, a favourite re-sort of the citizens of the metropolis. Towardsthe upper part of a glen, a small stream falls, frombetween two stunted birches, over a precipitousrock, 20 feet in height, and inaccessible on each sideof the linn;. and beneath, the water spreads into asmall basin or pool. So far the scenery exactly cor-responds with the description in the pastoral:— Between twa birks, out oer a little lini),The water fas,
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