CROMARTY FRITH, the arm of the sea above alluded to, which runs off the north-western side of the Moray Frith by a narrow channel of a mile and a half in width, the shores of which are overhung by two hills called respectively the North and South Sutor of Cromarty. The length of the strait is nearly two miles, after which the waters expand into a beautiful bay of an average length and breadth of six or seven miles. It afterwards passes into a frith of from one to two miles in length. The bay is an excellent place of anchorage during storms, and so capacious, that nearly the whole British navy might with the greatest safety ride in it within view of Cromarty.