. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. ke their appearance in the Cree only during afew days in March, at which time they are oftencaught in great quantities. They taste and smellstrongly of rushes; but this flavour is to most peopleagreeable. CREETOWN, or Ferrttown of Cree, a vil-lage in the parish of Kirkmabreck, stewartry ofKirkcudbright; 7J miles south-east of Newton-Stewart, and II west of Gatehouse It is beauti-fully situated near the mouth of the Cree, on theeast side of its estuary. It has a good anchorage,and is chiefly supported by its coasting-trade;
. The topographical, statistical, and historical gazetteer of Scotland. ke their appearance in the Cree only during afew days in March, at which time they are oftencaught in great quantities. They taste and smellstrongly of rushes; but this flavour is to most peopleagreeable. CREETOWN, or Ferrttown of Cree, a vil-lage in the parish of Kirkmabreck, stewartry ofKirkcudbright; 7J miles south-east of Newton-Stewart, and II west of Gatehouse It is beauti-fully situated near the mouth of the Cree, on theeast side of its estuary. It has a good anchorage,and is chiefly supported by its coasting-trade; afew vessels belong to the place. Creetown waserected into a burgh-of-barony by the proprietor andsuperior. The parish-church is situated here. Itcontains upwards of 400 inhabitants. CREGGAN-FERRY, a point of transit acrossLoch Fine at Strachur. In the summer of 1829,Mr. D. Napier started a steam-carriage for the con-veyance of passengers from Loch Eck to this ferry,a distance of 5 miles. It had four wheels, havingthe body in front, and two boilers, with two engines. c3 >. ?3 CRE 269 CRI of four herses power each, placed behind. The cis-tern was placed under the boilers, which were double,and so constructed that a vent for the smoke wasleft between them, through which also fuel was sup-plied to the furnace. The driver or engineer hada seat on the top, at the extremity of the carriage,where an index-wheel was placed to steer the forewheels. The body of the carriage had eight seatson each side for passengers, and carried the luggageon the top. It went at the rate of 12 miles an houron a hard road, but was found not to answer on asoft sandy track such as that between Loch Fineand Loch Eck. CRERAN (Loch), an arm of the sea in Argyle-shire, going oif to the south-east from Loch Linnhe,in the district of Appin. The main coast-line ofroad crosses it at Shean ferrv. CRICHTO>~, a parish in the county of Edin-burgh ; bounded on the north by Cranston; on theeast by Fala and Humbie;
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