a parish town and royal burgh of Scotland, in the county of Fife, about ten miles south-east of St Andrews. It is said to have been a town of some note as early as the ninth century. David I. had a palace here, now entirely demolished, except a fragment of a wall. It received from Robert Bruce the charter which constituted

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1. Nicolson's Scottish Historical Library, p. 15. Lond. 1702, 8vo.—This learned prelate, who was successively bishop of Carlisle and Derry, and archbishop of Cashel, has frequently mentioned Craig in terms of high commendation. "I do still profess my self," he elsewhere remarks, "to have an extraordinary veneration and esteem for the memory of that excellent writer, and can therefore very readily allow Mr Atwood to call him a favourite author. Such, I do acknowledge, he is with me; and 'tis not impossible but I may, in the warmth of my affection, have express'd a mere kind opinion of his performances, than my nicer adversary thinks he deserves." (Leges Marcharum, or Border Laws, pref. Lond. 1705, 8vo.)

2. Gassendi Vita Tychonis Brahe, p. 154. 1633. Paris. 1654, 4to. See likewise Dr Ward's Lives of the Professors of Gresham College, p. 120. Lond. 1740, fol. Cramond it a royal burgh. It was anciently the seat of a priory, the ruins of which are still to be seen below the east end of the town. Many of the houses of Crail are of that massive and antique description which indicate past splendour. The church is of great antiquity. The principal street is spacious and regular. With considerable capabilities as a port, the harbour is small and inconvenient, and at present possesses little or no trade. The population amounted in 1831 to 1834.