beginning at the middle of Dumfries-shire in Scotland, makes a considerable part of Galloway, of which the earls of Nithsdale were hereditary stewards. The face of the country exhibits the appearance of one continued heath, producing nothing but pasture for sheep and small black cattle, which are generally sold in England; yet these dusky moors are intersected with pleasant valleys, and adorned with a great number of castles belonging to private gentlemen, every house being surrounded with an agreeable plantation. It is watered by the river Dee; which, taking its rise from the mountains near Carrick, runs through a tract of land about 70 miles in length, and, entering the Irish sea, forms the harbour of Kirkcudbright, a small inconsiderable borough, admirably situated for the fishery and other branches of commerce, which are almost totally neglected through the poverty and indolence of the inhabitants. There is no other town of any consequence in this stewartry. Kirkcudbright gives title of baron to the Macclllans, who formerly were a powerful family in the county.