RENTON, seat, public school with about 11 scholars, and quondam historical tower, 7 miles north-west of Ay ton, Berwickshire.

REOCH, head-stream of the White Cart, Renfrewshire.

REPENTANCE, conspicuous tower of 15th century, 4 miles north-west of Annan, Dumfriesshire.

RERES, part of hill-ridge in Kilconquhar parish, Fife.

RERIGONIUM, site of ancient Cale-donian town on Loch Ryan, 2 miles north-east of Stranraer, Wigtonshire.

RERRICK, parish, containing the post office villages of Auchencairn and Dundrennan, on coast of Kirkcudbrightshire. Its length is 9| miles; its greatest breadth 6 miles ; its area 19,980 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 19,311. Pop., quoad civilia, 1807; quoad sacra, 770. The coast, without reckoning indentations, has an extent of 9J miles ; is mostly bold, iron-bound, and romantic; and may have furnished Sir Walter Scott with features of the scenery of 'Ellangowan' in his Guy Mannering. The interior is variously flat, undulated, and rolling ; rises gradually to the north in successive summits commanding fine views ; and terminates northward in a group of mountains. The seats are Dundrennan, Orchardton, Orroland, Netherlaw, Balcarry, Collin, Nutwood, and Port-Mary ; and the antiquities include a large-Caledonian cairn, remains of two Caledonian stone circles, vestiges of twelve ancient <:amps, and the imposing ruin of Dundrennan Abbey. The churches are 2 Established and 1 Free. There are 3 schools for 458 scholars, and 1 of them and a class-room for 260 are new.

RESART.

RESAURIE, small village in Inverness parish, Inverness-shire.

RESCOBIE, parish, with church 3 miles east-north-east of Forfar. Its post town is Forfar. Its length is about 7J-miles; its greatest breadth 2| miles ; its area 6559 acres. Real property in 1880-81, 10,218. Pop. 685. The surface is much diversified, includes whole or part of four considerable hills, and contains Rescobie lake, 1J mile long. The seats are Ochterlony, Burnside, Pitscandly, Carse, Drimmie, and Reswallie ; and the antiquities are a large Caledonian fort, on craggy summit of Turin Hill, and sites of two mediaeval castles. The public school has about 68 scholars.

RESOLIS, parish, containing Jemima and Gordon's Mills villages, in counties of Ross and Cromarty. Its post town is Invergordon. Its length is about 8 miles ; its breadth about 3i miles. Real property in 1880-81, 1672 and 4819. Pop. 1424. The surf ace is bounded on the west and the north by Cromarty Firth, rises gradually for nearly 2 miles from low shore, subsides then into a valley extending through nearly all its length, and rises somewhat steeply thence to the watershed of the Mullbuy. Resolis burn traverses the valley to the firth at Gordon's Mills. The seats are Poyntztield and Newhall; and the antiquities are numerous tumuli, traces of ancient camps, relics of sanguinary clan fights, the fragmentary ruin of Castle Craig, and remains of Kirkmichael church, described by Hugh Miller. The churches are Established and Free. There are 2 public schools for 246 scholars, and both are new.

RESORT, sea-loch on west coast boundary between Lewis-proper and Harris, Outer Hebrides. It strikes about 10 miles eastward, contains Scarf Island in its mouth, is there about 3 miles wide, and makes such contraction as to be very narrow towards the head.

RESTALRIG, village and ancient barony in north-eastern vicinity of Edinburgh. The village stands about mile north-by-west of Jock's Lodge, is environed by irrigated meadows, dates from the Culdee times, was a rival of pristine Edinburgh, had a collegiate church, rebuilt or enlarged by James iv. and James v., passed into decadence, and is now small and unattractive. The choir of its collegiate church was restored from ruinous condition about 1842, and is now used as a mission church. The barony includes the site of Leith, and figures in the history of the Logans and in the forming of Leith harbour.

RESTENET, quondam lake, If mile north of Forfar. It gave the name of Forfar-Restenet to Forfar parish ; it was drained in latter part of last century ; and it contained an island, now a pleasant dry eminence, crowned by ruins of an ancient priory.

RESTENNOTH, site of ancient church in Rosemarkie parish, Ross-shire.

RESTLAW, ruined old retreat or resting-place of pilgrims in Channelkirk parish, Berwickshire.

RESTON, village, 4 miles west of Ayton, Berwickshire. It has a post office designated of Berwickshire, a junction railway station, an inn, a market-cross, and a Free church of 1880. Pop. 321.

RESWALLIE, seat in Rescobie parish, Forfarshire.

RETREAT, woodlands in Longformacus parish, Berwickshire.

REWCASTLE, hamlet in Bedrule parish, Roxburghshire.

RHEA.

RHEILAN, headland on west side of Gigha Island, Argyleshire.

RHENINVER, lake in Dallas parish, Elginshire.

RHIANS, stream entering head of Kyle-of-Tongue, Sutherland.

RHICONICH, place, with inn, at head of Loch Inchard, on west coast of Sutherland.

RHIDORCH, vale and noble shooting-lodge in Lochbroom parish, Ross-shire.