DUNBAR is situated at the mouth of the Frith of Forth. It consists of a large and spacious street, ex tending from north and south, and containing many good houses, which are in general three stories high. The principal public buildings are the Town Il ail, the Chu rch, and the New Inn. The Town Hall is a wretched build ing, with a paltry spire in a state of extreme decay. The church is a long mean building, with a square tower at its west end, having small turrets at each angle, and a larger turret in the centre, by way of a spire. The New Inn is one of the best buildings of this kind in any of the provincial towns of Scotland. It is three stories high, large and commodious, with suitable stables, Scc.
At the north end of the principal street stands the resi dence of the Earl of Lauderdale, with its back turned most contemptuously to the town, and forming the actual termination of the street. The front of this house is built of fine freestone. It has a semicircular porch sup
ported by six columns of the Ionic order. The wings, which are unusually large, are higher than the body of the house, and appear to contain the public rooms : a balus trade runs along the front wall.
The harbour of Dunbar is far from being large. It consists of an inner and an outer harbour with a dry clock. In the inner harbour there is generally 16 feet of water at stream tides. The outer harbour is defended by a small fort, mounted with several cannon, and standing upon a rock of columnar sandstone.
The ruins of the old castle of Dunbar stand to the north-east of the harbour. It is situated on several pro jecting rocky promontories, hollowed out by the action of the sea into huge caverns, sometimes open above, and crossed by natural arches of rock. It has a very interesting and unusual appearance, and is particularly deserving of notice. (w)