EYE, in Lewis.
EYEBROCHY, islet in Dirleton parish, Hacldingtonshire.
EYEMOUTH, town and parish on coast of Berwickshire. The town stands at mouth of Eye river, 2J miles north-north-east of Ayton railway station ; was a port in the time of Alexander II., became notable in after times for smuggling, and is now the headquarters of a great fishery district; occupies low ground in a gap between two headlands of a long reach of high rocky coast ; and has a post office with all departments under Ayton, 2 banking offices, 3 inns, a very fine natural harbour with breakwater-pier, Established, Free, United Presbyterian, Evangelical Union, and Methodist churches, and 2 public schools with accommodation for 600 scholars. The Free church was erected in 1879 ; the public schools in 1877. The parish excludes a small part of the town, and comprises 1004 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 8698. Pop. 2935. The coast is about 1 mile long, and has an average height of about 80 feet. The headland on north side of the town had anciently a fort of historical note, and commands an extensive view. The soil of the interior is arable and fertile.
EYLT, lake in Moydart district, Inverness-shire.
EYNORT, sea-loch, 3 miles long, on east side of South Uist, Outer Hebrides.
FAD, beautiful lake, of about 400 acres, 2 miles south-west of Rothesay, Bute Island.
FAD, lake, 3 miles north of Portree, Isle of Skye.
FADA.
FAIFLEY, manufacturing village near Duntocher, Dumbartonshire. Pop. 187.
FAIL, burn and quondam ancient monastery in Tarbolton parish, Ayrshire. The burn runs about 5 miles south-south-east-ward to river Ayr ; and the monastery stood on it about a mile north-north-west of Tarbolton village, and is notable for sarcastic rhymes on its inmates, quoted in Sir Walter Scott's Abbot.
FAILFORD, place at mouth of Fail burn, Ayrshire.
FAIRBAIRN, estate, with ruined old baronial fortalice, in Urray parish, Ross-shire.
FAIREMHEALL, mountain in Durness parish, Sutherland.
FAIRFIELD, seat near the Clyde, be-tween Govan and Renfrew.
FAIRFIELD, seat near Monkton village, Ayrshire.
FAIRHOLM, seat near LarkhaU, Lanarkshire.
FAIR ISLE, island, nearly midway be-tween Orkney and Shetland. It measures upwards of 3 miles by nearly 2 ; is accessible at only one point; rises into three lofty promontories ; and has a post office under Lerwick, and an Established church. Pop. 214.
FAIRLEY, seat in NewhiUs parish, Aberdeenshire.
FAIRLIE, village and headland on Cunningham coast of Ayrshire. The village stands 3 miles south of Largs ; presents a pleasant appearance, with neat villas at its sides ; is overlooked by an old baronial fortalice ; and has a post office designated of Ayrshire, the terminal station of a branch railway opened in 1880, a steam-boat pier constructed in 1880-81, and Established and Free churches. Pop. 665. The headland is 5 miles south-by-west of the village, and flanks north side of entrance of Ayr Bay.
FAIRLIE, seat in Dundonald parish, Ayrshire.
FAIRNESS, picturesque spot on Findhorn river, in Ardclach parish, Nairnshire.
FAIRNEYSIDE, estate in Ayton parish, Berwickshire.
FAIRNILEE, estate in Galashiels parish, Selkirkshire.
FAIRNINGTON, hamlet in Roxburgh parish, Roxburghshire.
FAIRYBRIDGE, place, 3 miles north of Dunvegan, Isle of Skye.
FAIRY-KNOWE, eminence, with ancient Caledonian fort, above Bridge of Allan.
FALA, village and parish on south-east verge of Edinburghshire. The village stands 15J miles south-east of Edinburgh ; has a parochial church, a United Presbyterian church, and a public school with about 57 scholars ; and is adjacent to Blackshiels post office village. The parish contains also part of Fala-Dam village, and is united to the contiguous parish of Soutra in Haddingtonshire. The united parish measures about 4 miles by 3, and comprises 3124 acres in Edinburghshire and 2940 in Haddingtonshire. Real property in 1880-81, 2698. Pop. 312. The northern section is level, or slightly undulating, and nearly all arable and fertile; but the southern section, culminating in Soutra Hill, is a western portion of the Lammermoors, and mostly pastoral.
FALA-DAM, village, f-mile north-west of Fala village, Edinburghshire.
FALA-HALL, quondam ancient baronial tower, about mile north of Fala village, Edinburgh shire.
FALA-HILL, hamlet in Heriot parish, Edinburghshire.
FALBEY, lake in Parton parish, Kirkcudbrightshire.
FALDONSIDE, seat in Galashiels parish, Selkirkshire.
FALDSHOPE, hill in Yarrow parish, Selkirkshire.
FALFEARNIE, head-stream of the South Esk, in Cortachy parish, Forfarshire.
