or, as it was anciently called, the shire of Lennox, extends in length about 40 miles, and in breadth about 23. It is bounded on the north by Argyllshire; on the east by the counties of Perth and Stirling; on the south by the river Clyde, and part of Lanarkshire; and on the west by an arm of the sea, called Loch Long. The greater part of the county is covered with heathy hills, which are now assuming a more luxuriant appearance, since the introduction of sheep. Many of the mountains are elevated to a great height, Benlomond measuring 3158 feet above the level of the sea. The ridge, of which Ben- Dunbarton. Lomond is a part, is the beginning of that extensive ridge which crosses the country from this place to the east coast at Aberdeen, called the Grampians. The lower grounds, which lie on the banks of Loch Lomond, the river Clyde and the Leven, are not so fertile as the corresponding parts of some of the neighbouring counties; notwithstanding which, it is agreeably diversified, and well inhabited. The banks of the Leven, in particular, are covered with numerous bleachfields, printfields, and cotton-works, giving employment to thousands; while the villages erected for the accommodation of the workmen, the hamlets, and elegant seats, cannot fail to impress the mind with high ideas of the wealth, the industry, the public spirit, and the happiness of the inhabitants. Agriculture in this county has been rather neglected, and little attention has been paid to it till within these few years; but the public spirit has of late been roused to this most useful and important occupation; and the county of Dunbarton, which is capable of much improvement, is fast advancing in agricultural progress. The farmers here, indeed, possess numerous advantages: being near a seaport town, where every article bears the highest price, they find a ready market for their corn; and the numerous inhabitants in the immediate neighbourhood require supplies of other necessaries from the farmer. Upwards of 12,000 acres are covered with natural wood, and there are many fine lakes or lochs, of which Loch Lomond is the chief. Dunbartonshire contains one royal borough, Dunbarton, several thriving manufacturing villages; and is divided into 12 parishes, containing in all 18,408 inhabitants.

**Population of this County at two different periods, from Statist. Hist. of Scotland.**

| Parishes | Population in 1755 | Population in 1790–1795 | |----------|------------------|------------------------| | Arroquhar | 466 | 379 | | Bonhill | 901 | 2310 | | Cardrofs | 795 | 2194 | | Cumbernauld | 2303 | 1600 | | Dunbarton | 1480 | 2003 | | Kilmarnock | 1193 | 820 | | Kilpatrick, New | 1390 | 1700 | | Kilpatrick, Old | 1281 | 2452 | | Kirkintilloch | 1696 | 2639 | | Lufts | 978 | 917 | | Rofeneath | 521 | 394 | | Row | 853 | 1000 |

Total: 13,857

Increase: 4551

**Duncannon**, a fort in the county of Wexford, province of Leinster, in Ireland, seated on the river Rois. It commands the river, insomuch that no ship can pass to Waterford or Rois without its permission. Here are barracks for three companies of foot.

W. Long. 6° 30'. N. Lat. 52° 10'.

**Duncards**, Dunkers, or Tunkers. See Tunners.

**Duncombe**, William, younger son of John Duncombe, Esq. of Stocks in Hertfordshire, in 1722 Dundalk published a translation of Racine's Athaliah; which was well received by the public, and has gone through three editions. In 1724 he was editor of the works of Mr Needler; in 1735, of the poems of his deceased brother-in-law Mr Hughes, 2 vols 12mo; in 1737, of the miscellaneous of his younger brother Mr Jabez Hughes, for the benefit of his widow, in one volume 8vo; and in 1745, of the works of the Rev. Mr Samuel Say, in one volume 4to. In 1726 he married the only sister of John Hughes, Esq. whom he long survived. In 1734 his tragedy of Lucius Junius Brutus was acted at Drury Lane theatre. It was published in 1735, and again in 1747. The works of Horace, in English verse, by several hands, were published by him in two vols 8vo, with notes, &c. in 1757. A second edition, in 4 vols 12mo, with many imitations, was published in 1762. In 1763 he collected and republished "Seven sermons by Archbishop Hervey, on public occasions, with a biographical preface." He died Feb. 26. 1769, aged 80.

**Dundalk**, a town of Ireland, in the county of Louth, about 40 miles from Dublin. It is a large, ancient, and thriving town, with a wide street, near a mile long, and a very fine market-house, near the entrance from Dublin. In the reign of Edward II. it was a royal city, and the last we read of where a monarch of all Ireland was actually crowned and resided. It was formerly very strong, and had many towers and small castles in it. It is very advantageously situated for a most extensive inland trade, and the port is very safe for shipping. The bay has good moorings at all times, in four to upwards of eight fathoms water, with very good land-marks, either for bringing up to, or making the harbour; and in crossing the bar at high water, or ordinary neap tides, there is from 15 to 18 feet water. The only cambric manufacture in Ireland is carried on in this town.

**Dundee**, a parliament town of Scotland, in the shire of Forfar or Angus, is seated on the north side of the river Tay, about 12 measured miles from its mouth, 40 measured miles north of Edinburgh, and 22 east from Perth, in W. Long. 2° 48'. N. Lat. 56° 26'. Its situation for commerce is very advantageous. Trading vessels of the largest burden can get into the harbour; and on the quay there are three very convenient and handsome warehouses built in 1756, as well as good room for shipbuilding, which is carried on to a large extent. The houses are built of stone, generally three or four stories high. The market-place or high street in the middle of the town is a very spacious oblong square, 360 feet long and 100 feet broad; from whence branch out the four principal streets, which with a number of lesser ones are all paved in the best manner. On the south side of the market-place stands the townhouse, an elegant structure, with a very handsome front, piazzas below, and a neat spire over it 140 feet high. This building was finished in the year 1734, and contains the guildhall, the court-room, a very neat mason lodge, the bank, vaulted repositories for the records, and the common prison, which is in the upper story, and does honour to the taste and humanity of the magistrates, under whose auspices it was constructed, being well aired commodious rooms, at the same time very strong and secure. Each prison is Dun

20 feet by 12, and 7½ feet high, well arched above and below.

The meal market and shambles, which were formerly on the high street, and esteemed a nuisance, were removed some years ago; and in the place of the shambles there is now erected by the incorporated trades, on the east end of the above large square, a grand building, with a large and elegant cupola; in the ground floor of which is a very neat coffee room, and several merchant shops; and in the upper stories public rooms for each trade, and a common hall occasionally used as a theatre. This hall is 50 feet long, 30 feet broad, and 25 feet high; having its front to the square decorated with Ionic columns.

The opulence of the corporations, nine in number, may be inferred from this, that they had, along with the kirk session, but very lately finished a most elegant church when they set about building the hall. This church, which is called St Andrew's Church, stands on a rising ground a little north from the Cowgate street; and has an elegant spire 130 feet high, with a peal of bells much admired. There is a neat entry to the church by a broad gravel walk, with grass plots on every side; and the whole policies around it are laid out with excellent taste, and in a superb style, as complete and well executed as any in Scotland.