CROMARTY, Frith of, is one of the finest bays in Great Britain; hence called by Buchanan Portus Salus. It is divided from the Moray frith by the county of Cromarty, and washes the southern shore of the county of Ross. It is about 16 miles in length, and sometimes three in breadth. The entrance is between two promontories or headlands, called the Sutors of Cromarty, which are about a mile and a half distant: there is the finest anchorage ground after passing the Sutors, for several miles up the bay, with deep water on both sides, almost close to the shore, where in most places the coast is so smooth, that supposing a vessel to part her cables (a thing scarcely probable), she might run aground without sustaining much damage. Such is the extent of sea room in the bay, and such is the capacity, that almost the whole British navy might lie here in safety.