ETTRICK, hamlet, parish, and river in Selkirkshire. The hamlet lies on the river, 18J miles south-west of Selkirk, and has a parochial church of 1824, a Free Church station of 1880, a public school with about 35 scholars, and a burying-ground containing a monument to Rev. Thomas Boston, and the grave of the Ettrick Shepherd. The parish measures about 11 miles by 10, and comprises 42,387 acres. Eeal property in 1880-81, 12,199. Pop. 397. The surface is a congeries of mountains and hills, intersected by glens, cleughs, and a narrow vale, and abounds in rich sheep pasture. The seats are Thirlstane Castle, Cacrabank, and Rodono ; and the antiquities are Thirlstane and Tushielaw towers, and vestiges of Buccleuch church. The river rises adjacent to boundary with Dumfriesshire, runs about 23 miles north-eastward to influx of the Yarrow, and proceeds about 5 miles farther in same direction, past Selkirk, to the Tweed, at 1J mile from Abbotsford.
ETTRICK, bay, nearly 2 miles long, on west side of Bute Island, Buteshire.
ETTRICKBANK, seat on Ettrick river, 1J mile north-east of Selkirk.
ETTRICK-BRIDGE, village on Ettrick river, 7 miles south-west of Selkirk. It has a post office under Selkirk, and an inn.
ETTRICK FOREST, popularly Selkirkshire, but anciently including also tracts now in Peeblesshire and Edinburghshire. It once Avas literally a forest, swarming with deer, and used as a hunting-ground by the Scoto-Saxon kings ; but it lost much of its wood in the times of Bruce and Baliol, and was converted into sheep walks in the time of James v.
ETTRICK PEN, mountain, 2269 feet high, at source of Ettrick river, on south-east verge of Selkirkshire.
ETTRIDGE-BRIDGE, place on lower part of Truim rivulet, Inverness-shire.
EUCHAN, rivulet, running about 8J miles north-eastward and eastward to the Nith, at Sanquhar, Dumfriesshire.
EUCHAR, rivulet, issuing from Loch Scammadale, and running about 4 miles, partly along a romantic ravine, to the sea, at Kilninver, Argyleshire.
EVAN, small river, running about 14 miles, chiefly down a deep glen, south-south-eastward to the Annan, at 2 miles south of Moffat, Dumfriesshire.
EVANTON, village, 7 miles north-north-east of Dingwall, Ross-shire. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, designated of Ross-shire, an inn, and a public school with about 54 scholars. Pop. 436.
EVELAW, old peel tower in "VVestruther parish, Berwickshire.
EVELICK, ruined ancient castle and hill, with remains of ancient fortification, in Kilspindie parish, Perthshire.
EVELIX, rivulet, running about 13 miles, chiefly south-eastward, to Dornoch Firth, near Meikle Ferry, on south-east border of Sutherland.
EVIE AND RENDALL, conjoint parish in Orkney. It comprises the north-eastern part of Pomona and the island of Gairsay ; and it has a post office of Evie, with money order department, and a post office of Kendall, both designated of Orkney. Its length is 10 miles ; and its greatest breadth, exclusive of Gairsay, is 4J miles. Real property in 1880-81, 4102. Pop. 1351. A group of tame hills, nowhere higher than about 400 feet, occupies the extreme north, and terminates there in the bold promontory of Costahead ; a range of lower hills extends thence to the southern boundary, and forms the larger portion of the entire land ; and a gentle declivity, from J to 1| mile broad, forms the sea-board, and is under cultivation. Chief residences are Burgar House and Rendall Hall ; and chief antiquities are nine Picts' houses. The churches are Established, Free, and Congregational; and there are 3 public schools with about 165 scholars.
EVIGAN, bay on west side of Stronsay, Orkney.
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EWART, island in mouth of Loch Shiel, Lewis, Outer Hebrides.
EWE, river, sea-loch, and island in west of Ross-shire. The river runs west-north-westward from Loch Maree to head of the sea-loch at Poolewe, and is short, broad, and rapid. The sea-loch extends about 7 miles north-by-westward to the Minch, and has an extreme width of 3| miles. The island lies near the middle of the sea-loch, measures nearly 2 miles in length, and is fertile and well cultivated. Pop. 43.
EWES, rivulet and parish in extreme north-east of Dumfriesshire. The rivulet rises among mountains at boundary with Roxburghshire, and runs about 10 miles southward to the Esk at Langholm. The parish comprises the basin of the Ewes to within If mile of Langholm, and the upper part of the basin of the Tarras. Its length is 8 miles; its greatest breadth 6i miles; its area 24,941 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 6658. Pop. 337. The surface consists of mountains and hills intersected by two vales. The church contains about 230 sittings, and the public school is new, and can accommodate 60 scholars.
EWES, head-stream of the Luggate, Edinburghshire.
EWESDALE, basin of Ewes rivulet, in Dumfriesshire.
EWIESIDE, hill, with ancient Cale-donian camp, in Cockburnspath parish, Berwickshire.
EYE, small river, running about 11 miles south-eastward and 3J miles north-east-ward to the sea at Eyemouth, Berwickshire.
EYE, lake and rivulet in north-east of Ross-shire. The lake is in Fearn parish, and measures about 2 miles in length ; and the rivulet issues from it, forms a series of smaller lakes, and enters Moray Firth near Ballintore village.
