INVERNESS-Shire, a county of Scotland, adjoining to Ross and Cromartie on the north; to Murray-land on the east, of which it includes a part; to Lorn, Braidalbin, and Athol, on the south; and on the west is washed by the Atlantic ocean. It extends 60 miles in length from east to west, and 55 where broadest, from south to north. It produces plenty of iron ore, has large woods of fir and oak, plenty of pasture, and some corn. Here also is plenty of deer, hares, partridges, grouse, and all sorts of game, whether fowls or quadrupeds. The hills and mountains feed numerous flocks of black cattle: the rivers and lakes, of which there is a great number, afford abundance of salmon, eels, and trout; and for sea-fish, there is hardly a district in Scotland so well provided.