the southern district of Ayrshire, having the central district of Kyle on the north, Kirkcudbright on the east, Wigton on the south, and the Irish Sea on the west. It is thirty-two miles in length and twenty in breadth. It is a wild and mountainous tract of country. The Doon, the Girvan, and the Stinchar are its principal rivers, and each has a number of tributaries. The eldest son of the king, as prince of Scotland, enjoys the title of Earl of Carrick.

CARRICK-ON-SUIR, a market-town of Ireland, in the county of Tipperary, intersected by the river Suir. It had formerly walls and a castle, which are now demolished. The town is irregularly built. An extensive manufacture of different varieties of woollen stuffs is carried on; and it has also a considerable trade, owing to the convenience of navigation on the river. The population amounts to about 12,000. It is distant seventy miles north-west of Dublin. Long. 7. 8. W. Lat. 52. 23. N.