Excerpt from Darton's New Miniature Atlas: Containing a Complete Set of County Maps, in Which Are Carefully Delineated All the Principal Direct and Cross Roads, Cities, Towns, Villages, Parks, Seats, Rivers and Navigable Canals, With a General Map of England and Wales

Scotland is a country of europe, which, united with England and Wales, forms the northern division of Great Britain. It is bounded, on the west, by the Atlantic Ocean; on the north by the Deucaledonian or North Sea on the east by the German Ocean on the south-east by England, from which it is separated by the Tweed to Kerholm, then by Keddonburn, Had dourig, Blackdown-hill, Morslaw-hill, Baltonbuss hill, to the sources of the waters of Kail and Jed, then by Kershope burn, Liddel water, and the Esk, to Todholes, and by the March-dyke to White Sark 011 the Solway Frith; on the south hy, the Solway Frith; and on the south-west by that part of the Irish Sea called the North Channel. It is situated between 64. And 69. N. Lat., but, including the Shetland and Ork ney Islands, it extends to 61. 12. And between 1. And 6. W. Long. From Greenwich but the Western Islands extend much farther; Its greatest extent from north to south, in the meridian of Kirkcudbright, is 24-1 miles; but a direct line from Carlisle northward, to sthemoray Fritht, does notexceed 180 miles. From the Mull of Cantyre, the western coast stretches 230 miles in a straight line to Cape Wrath. The breadth, under different parallels, is various. By the report made to the Board of Agriculture, the area of Scot land and its isles is square miles, or English acres; of which are cultivated, and uncultivated lands; besides 638 square miles occupied by lakes and rivers.

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