a town of Scotland, and capital of a county of the same name, situated in W. Long. 2. 32. N. Lat. 56. 25. of which Mr Pennant gives the following account. "It contains about 2000 souls; but since the great era of the prosperity of North Britain, has increased above one half. The manufactures of linen in this neighbourhood, from fourpence to sevenpence a-yard, are very considerable, and bring in, as is said, near 20,000l. a-year.—The cattle feed on a small hill near the town, but at present not a fragment is left.—The lake lies, or rather did lie, at a small distance from the cattle; and, according to tradition, once surrounded the town; there being in several parts, even to this day, marks of the deserted channel. Of late years it has been very considerably reduced by draining; to which the vast quantity of fine marle at the bottom was the temptation. This fine manure is found there in strata from three to ten feet thick, and very often is met with beneath the peat in the moors. The land improved with it yields four crops successively; after which it is laid down with barley and clover." Forfar is a parliament-town, clasped with Perth, Dundee, Comar, and St Andrews, which all together send one member to parliament.