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ENZIE, quoad sacra parish, comprising parts of Rathven and Bellie, in north-west extremity of Banffshire. It has a post office under Fochabers, Established and Free churches, a new public school for 170 scholars, and an old one for 130. Pop. 2413.

ENZIEHOLM, farm, with vestiges of very ancient strong triangular fortification, in Westerkirk parish, Dumfriesshire.

EOCHAR, place, with post office under Lochmaddy, Outer Hebrides.

EOLAN, small affluent of the Etive, in Ardchattan parish, Argyleshire.

EOLIGARY, seat in Barra Island, Outer Hebrides.

EORODALE, headland, 3 miles south-east of Butt-of-Lewis, Outer Hebrides.

EORSA, small island in LochnaKeal, Mull, Argyleshire.

EOUSMIL, rocky islet frequented by seals, on west side of North Uist, Outer Hebrides.

EOY, small island between North Uist and Barra, Outer Hebrides.

EPORT, long narrow sea-loch, with safe harbour, 3 miles south of Lochmaddy, in North Uist, Outer Hebrides.

ERCHLESS, modernized old castle, with fine hill-girt park, in Strathglass, Inverness-shire.

ERCILDOUN.

EREGIE, seat in Dores parish, Inverness-shire.

ERIBOLL, sea-loch, 10J miles long, and mostly from 1 to 3 miles wide, in Durness parish, Sutherland.

ERICHKIE, mountain rivulet, running about 10 miles eastward to the Garry, at 4 miles west of Blair-Athole, Perthshire.

ERICHT, lake on mutual border of Perthshire and Inverness-shire. It lies at an elevation of 1153 feet above sea-level ; is overhung by lofty, precipitous, desolate mountains ; extends from neighbourhood of Dalwhinnie 16 miles south-south-west-ward, with average breadth of about a mile ; and sends off a stream about 5 miles southward to Loch Eannoch.

ERICHT, river in north-east of Perthshire. It is formed by conflux of the Ardle and the Shee ; runs southward, past Blairgowrie, to the Isla, at 2 miles west of Coupar-Angus ; abounds in romantic scenery ; and, measured from the sources of its head-streams, has a total course of about 23 miles.

ERIDINE, seat in Kilchrenan parish, Argyleshire.

ERIGMORE, seat near Dunkeld, Perthshire.

ERINES, seat in South Knapdale parish, Argyleshire.

ERISKA, island in mouth of Loch Creran, Argyleshire. Pop. 7.

ERISKAY, island, about 3 miles long, near south end of South Uist, Outer Hebrides. It was Prince Charles Edward's landing-place in 1745. Pop. 466.

ERISORT, sea-loch in south-east of Lewis, Outer Hebrides. It opens about 7 miles south of Stornoway, and goes about 10 miles west-south-westward, but is comparatively narrow.

ERIVIST, burn, running about 5J miles south-westward to the Gala, in Stow parish, Edinburghshire.

ERNAN, stream, traversing Tarland parish to the Don, in Aberdeenshire.

ERNCRAGS, small lake in Crossmichael parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.

ERNE.

ERNSHEUCH, precipitous eminence with Caledonian camp in Coldingham parish, Berwickshire.

EROCHD.

ERRALD, island adjacent to south-western extremity of Boss peninsula, Mull, Argyleshire. Pop. 51.

ERROL, village and parish in Carse of Gowrie, Perthshire. The village stands about a mile from railway station of its own name, lOf miles east of Perth ; crowns a slight rising ground with extensive view ; gives the title of Earl to the family of Hay ; and has a post office with all departments designated of Perthshire, a post office of Errol village under Errol, a banking office, a hotel, a large cruciform towered Established church, Free and United Presbyterian churches, and a public school with about 111 scholars. Pop. 876. The parish contains also the villages of Pitrodie, Glendoick, Grange, Leetown, West-town, and Mains of Errol. Its length is 5^ miles ; its breadth 3i miles; its area 9507 acres. Heal property in 1880-81, 23,026. Pop. 2421. The surface is low, and, with exception of some slight rising grounds, all flat ; and the soil is mostly rich alluvium and all arable. Errol House, near Errol village, was formerly the seat of the Earls of Errol. A public school is at Glendoick.

ERSKINE, parish on south side of the Clyde in Renfrewshire. It lies opposite Dumbarton Castle, and contains the post-office villages of Langbank and Bishopton, and the hamlets of Blackstown and Easter Rossland. Its length is 6| miles; its greatest breadth 3 miles ; its area 7535 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 19,602. Pop., quoad civilia, 1655; quoad sacra, 1073. The land adjacent to the Clyde is flat and fertile; the ground behind that makes considerable ascent; and a pleasant hill-ridge occupies most of the western section. Erskine House, the seat of Lord Blantyre, is a beautiful Tudor edifice of 1828, and has, on an eminence within its grounds, a lofty obeliskal monument of the eleventh Lord Blantyre. Other seats are Dargavel, Rossland, and Eastbank. Erskine ferry, on the Clyde, serves for both pedestrians and carnages. The churches are Established, Free, and United Presbyterian. Three schools for 336 scholars are in the parish, and one of them and class-rooms for 167 are


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