Auchtergaren, population of the parish 3232, chiefly employed in the cotton-works at Stanley. Quarries of freestone are in the vicinity.
There is a small salmon-fulhery. Callander, population of the parish 1716, on the Teith, at the junction of the stream from Loch Lubnaig, contains substantial freestone houses roofed with slate. The village is resorted to by tourists. Conine, population of the parish 2463, situated on the north bank of the Earu, in the midst of picturesque scenery, is noteworthy for the shocks of earthquakes with which it has been visited of late years. Douse, population of the village 1459, on the beaks of the Teith, 8 miles N. from Stirling, is remarkable for a handsome gothic church and tower, of modern erection ; a fine old bridge over the Teith ; and the ruins of Douce Castle, an ancient fortress of great strength and extent. There are extensive cotton works at Deanston, close to the village. Earn, Bridge of, a salubrious village in Dunbarncy pariah, frequented by invalids. The parish also contains the village of Piteaithly, the mineral wells of which are much frequented. Errol, population of the pariah 2796, is beautifully situated near the Frith of Tay. The church is a modern cruciform building in the Norman style, with a lofty square tower and pinnacles. Quarries are worked, and salmon and emelt &hence carried on ; but the linen-manufacture is the chief branch of industry. Kills, popu lation of the parish 1603, stands at the junction of the river Dochart with the Lochy. Near the village are two islands in the stream, on one of which is the tomb of the Macnab.. Fingal's grave is pointed out in a field to the north of this village. Eilliccrankse, in the panels' of Moulin, is a pass du the great north road from Edinburgh by Perth to Inverness. Several handsome villas have been erected along both rides of the pass. At the northern end was fought the battle in which Grahame of Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee, lost his life, 17th July, 16S9. The pass is famous for its picturesque scenery. Kincardine, population 2697, is a burgh of barony and a thriving little port on the Forth, with a good quay and harbour. There are saildefts and rope-walks. Besides the chapel of ease, there are chapels for Free and United Presbyterians. Longforgan, population of the town 463, is a long straggling place, 18 miles from l'erth on the road to Dundee. The chief occupation is the weaving of sheeting, sacking, and linens.
Near the town are the ruins of an ancient Cistercian chapel, and the noble baronial seat of Castle lluntly. Net/teen, population of the parish 2454, a manufacturing village, G miles W. from Perth, has a commodious parish church, several schools, and a library. population of the parish 2972, is a clean village, beautifully situated in Strathearn. There are at hluthill a parish church, an Episcopal chapel, a Free church, several schools, a library, and reading-rooms. Scone, population 1439, near the left bank of the Tay, about a mile north from Perth, is memorable for its palace, the ancient residence of the Scottish kings and the place of their coronation. It had also sin abbey of the regular canons of St. Augustine. A modern house, the seat of the Earl of Mansfield, occupies the site of the palace. The village of Scone is neat and regularly built. Stanley, population of the town 1760, situated on the river Tay, about 8 miles N. from Perth, possesses extensive cotton-spinniug mills.
History. Antiquities, etc.—Little that is certain can be advanced as to the early inhabitants of Perthshire. A Roman road crosses the eastern side of the county from the neighbourhood of Stirling to Orrea, near Perth, at or near which it probably divided into two branches, one directed towards the coast, the other crossing the Gram pians (the Gmmpius Mons of the Roman historians and geographers) towards the shore of the Moray Frith. There were several Roman stations in Perthshire. Alauna was probably at Kier, just within the county, near Stirling. Lindum was at Ardoch, in Stmthallan. Victoria was probably Dealgin Ross, in Strathearo, where are some remains of Roman works. Ad Hiernam may be fixed at Stmgeth, on the Earn, or Hierna, where are the remains of a Roman post. The Ad Tavum of Richard was probably in the neighbourhood of Perth. There are the remains of a Roman camp at Invergowrie. At Instuthill, on the Tay, above tho junction of the Isla, are some remarkable Roman works. The remains of a Roman camp are at Fortiugal, in Glen Lyon. The pretorium is still complete. There are the piers of a bridge over the Tay, close to the junction of the Almond, where the situation of Onva may be fixed. This county was the scene of hostility in the sixth and seventh campaigns of Agricola (A.D. 83, 84). The attack made by the Caledonians on the camp of the ninth legion, in the sixth campaign, was probably at Dealgin Ross.