FLEET, small river running about 11 miles south-eastward, expanding into tidal lagoon 4rj miles long and about a mile wide, and going thence 1$ mile eastward to Dornoch Firth, in south-east of Sutherland. A mound with public road crosses the lagoon ; has arches and sluices for the water-way ; and was constructed in 181 6 at a cost of 12,500.
FLEMINGTON, village near Strathavon, Lanarkshire. Pop. 691.
FLEMINGTON, seat, lake, and two estates in Petty parish, Inverness-shire.
FLEMINGTON, strong, stately, old castellated mansion in Aberlemno parish, Forfarshire.
FLEMINGTON, three conjoint places in Ay ton parish, Berwickshire.
FLEMINGTON, burn running to the Lyne in Newlands parish, Peeblesshire.
FLEURS.
FLINT, lofty hill in Stobo parish, Peeblesshire.
FLISK, parish on Firth of Tay averagely 3 miles east-by-north of Newburgh, on north border of Fife. Its post town is Cupar. Its length is fully 4 miles; its greatest breadth about 1 mile ; its area 2614 acres. Heal property in 1880-81, 4436. Pop. 259. The surface is nearly level adjacent to the firth, and rises thence rapidly into part of a hill-range about 750 feet high. A chief object is Ballanbreich Castle. The churches are Established and Free ; and the public school has accommodation for 71 scholars.
FLOAT, small bay in Stoneykirk parish, Wlgtonshire.
FLOAT-MOSS, long reach of low fre-quently-overflooded meadow-land on the Clyde, in Pettinain, Carnwath, and Carstairs parishes, Lanarkshire.
FLODDA,
FLOORS, chief seat of the Duke of Rox-burghe, adjacent to the Tweed, about a mile west of Kelso, Roxburghshire. It was erected in 1718, is in the Tudor style, and has rich grounds and gardens.
FLOORS, pleasant low hill-range in Avondale parish, Lanarkshire.
FLORIDA, part of Prospect Hill village, near Queen's Park, suburban to Glasgow.
FLOTTA, island near mouth of Longhope, 10 miles south-south-east of Stromness, Orkney. It measures 3J miles by 3; is famous as the place where the old Scottish topographical work called Codex. Flotticensi* was written ; and has a post office under Stromness, a good harbour and an Established church.
FLOTTA-CALF, islet near Flotta, Orkney.
FLOWERDALE, a seat of Sir Kenneth S. Mackenzie, Bart., at head of Gairloch, in Koss-shire.
FLOWERHILL, quoad sacra parish, with church in Airdrie, Lanarkshire. Pop 4127
FLUDHA, seat near Kirkcudbright.
FOCHABERS, town un the Spey, adjacent to Gordon Castle, 4 miles north-east of a railway station of its own name, and 9 by road south-east-by-east of Elgin. It has a head post office with all departments, 2 banking offices, 3 good inns, Established, Free, Episcopalian, and Roman Catholic churches, and Milne's free school erected in 1846 from a bequest of 20, 000. Pop. 1189.
FODDERTY, parish, containing Strathpeffer Spa and post office, Auchterneid and Keithtown villages, and most of Maryburgh, in Koss-shire. Its length is 15 miles ; its breadth 9 miles. Real property in 1880-81, 12,584. Pop., quoad civilia, 2047 ; quoad sacra, 1880. The surface includes Strathpeffer valley, but elsewhere infringes on Benwyvis, and is very mountainous. A chief seat is Castle Leod ; and a chief antiquity is a large vitrified fort on Knockfarrel. The churches are 2 Established and 2 Free ; and there are 3 schools with accommodation for 332 scholars.
FOFFARTY, estate in Kinnettles parish, Forfarshire.
FOGO, parish, with hamlet of its own name, 3^ miles south-south-west of Dunse, Berwickshire. Its post town is Dunse. Its length is 5 miles ; its greatest breadth scarcely 2 miles; its area 4652 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 7955. Pop. 468. The surface consists of two low parallel ridges, separated by the Blackadder. The seats are Caldra and Charterhall, and the only antiquity is the vestige of a Roman camp. The public school has accommodation for 123 scholars.
FOINAVEN, massive ridgy mountain, 3015 feet high, in Edderachyllis parish, Sutherland.
FOINVEN, mountain, 6J miles east of Kinlochewe, Ross-shire.
FOLDA, place, 13 miles north-by-west of Alyth, Perthshire. It has a post office under Alyth.
FOLLART, sea-loch, more commonly called Dunvegan, in west of Skye island.
FOODIE, hill in Dairsie parish, Fife.
FOOTDEE, suburb or section of Aberdeen.
FOPACHY, harbour in Kirkhill parish, Inverness-shire.
FORBES, old parish, now united to Tullynessle, Aberdeenshire. It has a post office under Aberdeen, and it gives the peer-age title of baron to the family of Forbes, whose seat is Castle-Forbes, in Keig parish.
FORD, village, 10 miles south-east of Edinburgh. It has a post office, with money order and telegraph departments, under Dalkeith, and a United Presbyterian church.
FORD, hamlet on Loch Awe, in Glassary parish, Argyleshire. It has a post office under Lochgilphead, and a public school with about 43 scholars.
FORD, hamlet on south-west border of Forfarshire, near Coupar-Angus.
FORDEL, village in Dalgetty parish, Fife. Pop. 488. Collieries, Fordel mansion, and a wooded glen with cascade are in its vicinity.
FORDER, burn in Marykirk parish, Kincardineshire.
