FERNESS, bay and promontory on west side of Eday Island, Orkney.
FERNIE, estate, with ancient strong fortalice, believed to have been a castle of Macduflf, 3 miles west of Cupar, Fife.
FERNIE-EASTER, village near Fernie Castle, Fife.
FERNIEGAIR, village and colliery be-tween Hamilton and Larkhall, Lanarkshire. The village has a railway station, and a public school, erected in 1876 at a cost of nearly 4000, with accommodation for 250 scholars. Pop. 551.
FERNIEHIRST, massive castellated seat of Marquis of Lothian's ancestors, on Jed river, 2 miles south of Jedburgh, Roxburghshire. It was erected in 1598, and afterwards enlarged and altered ; and it occupies the site of a historical castle erected in 1490 and destroyed in 1570.
FERNIN, place, with post office under Aberfeldy. Perthshire.
FERNMORE, headland at south side of entrance of Loch Torridon, Boss-shire.
FERNTOWER, a seat of Lord Aber-cromby, formerly the seat of the martial Sir David Baird, 1 mile north-north-east of Crieff, Perthshire.
FERRYBANK, seat in Cupar parish, Fife.
FERRYDEN, fishing town on South Esk river, and on Arbroath and Montrose Railway, opposite Montrose harbour, Forfarshire. It is suburban to Montrose, and has a post office under Montrose, and a fublic school with about 160 scholars, op. 1514.
FERRY (EAST and WEST).
FERRYFIELD, print-works in Vale of Leven, near Bonhill, Dumbartonshire.
FERRYHILL, south-western suburb of Aberdeen. It stands at deflection of Deeside Railway from the Caledonian ; has a railway station, and Established and Free churches ; and is main part of a quoad sacra parish, with pop. of 4941.
FERRYHILL, peninsula at North Queensferry, Fife.
FERRY (LITTLE and MEIKLE), ferries on Dornoch Firth, 7 and 3 miles west-north-west of Tain, Ross-shire.
FERRY -PORT -ON -CRAIG, town and parish in extreme north-east of Fife. The town stands on Firth of Tay, opposite Broughty Ferry ; sprang from an ancient ferry; took the alternative name of Tayport at formation of the Edinburgh, Perth, and Dundee Railway ; acquired then extensive harbour-works and station-buildings for the railway's communication with Broughty Ferry ; became afterwards a sea-bathing resort ; and has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, of the name of Tayport, Fife, a banking office, a hotel, Established, Free, and United Presbyterian churches, and a new public school with accommodation for 576 scholars. The parish measures 4 miles in length, 1J mile in extreme breadth, and 2758 acres in area. Real property in 1880-81, 10,360. Pop. 2818. The coast extends round Tentsmoor Point to the German Ocean ; and the land is low and flat in the east, but high and rocky in the west.
FESHIE, river rising among the Central Grampians, and running about 25 miles, chiefly northward, down a picturesque glen to the Spey, opposite Alvie church, Inverness-shire.
FESHIE - BRIDGE, hamlet on Feshie river, Inverness-shire. It has a post office under Kingussie.
FETHELAND, islet in Northmaven parish, Shetland.
FETHERAY.
FETLAR, island, 3 miles east of Yell, and 4 south of Unst, Shetland. It measures about 3 miles by 2; is much indented round its coast ; presents a bare, tumulated surface, nowhere higher than about 300 feet ; forms a quoad sacra parish; and has a post office under Lerwick, Established, and Free churches, and a public school. Pop. 431.
FETLAR AND NORTH YELL, parish comprising Fetlar Island and northern part of Yell, in Shetland. Real property in 1880-81, 1878. Pop. 1252. The Yell portion contains Gloup, Midbrake, and Greenbank seats, and some antiquities ; and, as to coast and surface, will be noticed in our account of Yell. The church in it is modern, and contains 327 sittings. Four schools for 234 scholars are in the parish, and 3 of them for 180 are new.
FETTERANGUS, village, 2 miles north-north-west of Mintlaw, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Mintlaw. Pop. 364.
FETTERCAIRN, village and parish on south-west border of Kincardineshire. The village stands 4J miles west-by-north of Laurencekirk, and has a post office with all departments under Laurencekirk, a banking office, 2 inns, Established and Free churches, and a public school with about 96 scholars. I Pop. 398. The parish measures 8 miles ! by 4, and comprises 13,728 acres. Real : property in 1880-81, 12,128. Pop. 1503. j The surface includes part of the Lower Grampians and part of the How of Mearns ; and is bounded for 5 miles, on the south-west and south, by the North Esk. Chief seats are Fettercairn House, Fasque, and Burn ; and a chief antiquity is Fenella's Castle. An Episcopalian chapel is at Fasque. Four schools for 465 scholars are in the parish, and one of them for 120 is new.
