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184 erected at the west end of the town. In the Castle of Gowrie, James the First of England was confined by the nobles of that name; from whom he was rescued by the wonderful courage of a very few friends who had come to Perth with him, and regained his palace in Fifeshire.

Near Perth are a great number of extensive fine bleaching grounds. The chief manufactures of the town are cottons, and the printing them; also great quantities of men's shoes and boots are made at Perth, and sent to the London market.

The following is the legend of the name of Kinnoull Hill.—Formerly the old town of Perth was situated near the junction of the river Almond with the Tay; and it was washed away by a violent flood. The king's infant son, in his cradle, was hurried down the rushing Tay, in sight of the unhappy father who, distracted, ran along the bank; and when he came to a spot about half a mile above the present town, he made an exclamation in Galic, something like Aicha! from which the east bank took the name of Kincarrica. The king still followed his floating darling; and when he came opposite to the high hill, and the dangerous sweep of the river, below