a district of Perthshire in Scotland, stretching 32 miles from east to west, and 13 where broadest from south to north. It is a mountainous country, lying among the Grampian hills, supposed to be the country anciently known by the name of Albani; whence the Highlanders to this day call themselves Albinnich. It is bounded on the west by Lochaber, Lorn, and Knapdale; on the north and east, by part of Lochaber and part of Athol; and on the south by Strathern and Monteith. It produces plenty of game and black cattle; is inhabited by Highlanders said to be the most ferocious in all Scotland; and gives the title of earl to a branch of the Campbell family, which is possessed of a noble and magnificent seat in this division. Much flax is cultivated here. Some years ago, when premiums were given for the greatest crops, from 70 to 120 hogheads of linseed were annually sown, each peck yielding two stones of dressed flax; and when the yarn sold highest, 2000l. worth has been sold out of the country. Oats and potatoes are the other crops. Oats yield from four to six fold at the most, oftener less; bear from eight to ten, at an average six. The corn raised seldom suffices the number of inhabitants, so they are often obliged to have recourse to importation. From their potatoes some have distilled a very strong spirit, which has been found cheaper than what is distilled from any grain. Starch is also made from them; and, in some places, bread. Corcur, or the lichen omphaloides, is an article of commerce; great quantities have been scraped from the rocks, and exported for the use of the dyers. BRAIDALBIN at the price of 1s. or 16d. per stone. A good many sheep are reared here, and much wool is sent out of the country. There are few horses raised in this country; such as feed on the tops of the higher hills are often afflicted with a distemper that commonly proves fatal, if a remedy is not applied within 24 hours. It attacks them in the months of July and August, usually after a fall of rain, or before the dew rises in the morning. An universal swelling spreads over the body; the remedy is exercise, fasting, or any other method that promotes urine and perspiration. The common people attribute this evil to a certain animal that scatters its poison over the grass; but more probably it arises from some noxious vegetable, hitherto unobserved. Before the year 1745, Lord Braidalbin was obliged to keep a constant guard for the protection of his vassals' cattle, or to retain spies among the thieves' clans; having too much spirit to submit to pay an infamous tax, called black mail, to the plundering chieftains, as the price of their safety.