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t 1 th" Ilu'iii. 1' tie day .-Wednesday, Hallowe'en, and the first Friday Vhit-Sunday (afl old style). DALM KN V, a par. in the oo. of Linlithgow, Scotland. It consists of two detached portions, the larger for the most part surrounding the town n y, except mi th" N. side, and licing bounded liy the Firth of Forth,
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It has an extreme length from K. to ". of .") : with an extreme breadth of 3 miles. The other portion is situated 2 miles S.W. of the fonuer, and ia bounded by Ecclcsmachan, Kirkliston, and Aberoum. Its greatest length ia nearly '2 miles, with a hivadth of 1 mile. This more southern portion, is called Auldcathie, and consti- tuted a separate parish before the Reformation. The Kurl'uce of the larger portion is elevated in the centre, with a slope to the S., and a steeper declivity towards t he Forth. From the eastern wooded hills, called lions, ]) Hildas, and Craigic, a splendid panorama, extending from the Lammermuir range on the K. to Ben Lomond OH the W., is spread out before the spectator. The tliief > its are Dalmeny Park, Craigie Hall, and Dundos ( 'astle. The whole parish is well cultivated and planted, and the soil is rich and productive. Freestone of excel- lent quality is found on the coast. Limestone and iron- stone also occur. On the shore, at the W. end. of Queens- ferry, are the remains of a monastery of Carmelite friars ; and further westward, on a high sea-bank, remains, sup- posed to be those of a lioman out-look, together with silver medals of Mark Antony, have been discovered. The parish church seems, from its architecture, to be Saxon. The church of Warthwick, near Carlisle, built before the Conquest, strikingly resembles it, but is inferior in decoration. Queen Victoria and Prince Albert visited Dalmcny Park, in their progress through Edinburgh, in 1842. Inch-Garvey, an island in the Firth of Forth, belongs to thia parish. The village of Dalmeny, consisting of about a dozen cottages, is situ- ated in the centre of the larger portion of the parish, overlooking the Forth. There is also a hamlet of Craigie. This par. is in the presb. of Linlithgow, and synod of Lothian and Tweeddole, and in the patron, of the Earl of Uoseberry. The minister has a stipend of 264. The territory within the burgh of South Queens- ferry was in 1636 detached from Dalmeny, and formed into a separate pariah. DALMUIR, a vil. in the par. of Old Kilpatrick, in the co. of Dumbarton, Scotland. It is situated 3 miles N.W. of Renfrew-frrry, and half a mile from the Clyde. Paper of all sorts, to the value of 40,000 a year, is here produced. Its harbour, called Dalmuir Shore, is luil f a mile distant on the Clyde, and has soda- works. DALJIULL1N, a hmlt. in the district of Kyle, in the > "f AJT, Scotland. There was formerly a Gilbert iuo Friary here, founded bv Walter Stuart as a cell to Paisley. DALNACARDOCH INN, a limit, in the par. of Blair Atholl, in the co. of Perth, 99 miles from Edin- burgh, and 9 V. of Blair Atholl. It ia situated on the river Garry. DALPOOL, a hmlt. in the par. of Thurstaston, hmid. of Win-all, in the S. div. of the co. of Chester, 5 miles X.W. of Park-gate. DALRIADA, the name given to the original princi- pality of the Scots, and afterwards known as Argyllshire'. Still earlier this name was given to a principality on the N.E. of Ireland, from which the Scots are said originally to have come. Among much uncertainty there is reason to believe that a colony of the Dalriads of Ulster, settled in Argyleshirc, were driven back to Ireland on the Romans leaving Scotland ; and that sub- sequently to that period, about 603, a new colony Dalriads, under the leadership of three brothers, named Lorn, Fergus, and Angus, settled in the promontory of Oantire. DALRIE, n vil. in thr par. ,,{ Killin, in the eo. of '<., Scotland, near Tyndrum. A battle was fought here between Bruce and the Lord of Lorn. HAI.KOV, a vil. in the co. .,f Nairn, Scotland, 11 miles S.W. of Nairn. It is Viirn. DALKY, 11 par. in the co. of Kirkcudbright, Scotland, It contains a vil. of its own name, and is bounded bjr the cos. of Ayr and Dumfries, and the par*, of Cars- phaiiii, Kells, and Balmaclcllan. It has an r.stnine length of 14 milrs, with on extreme breadth of 7i miles. The rivi T Km bounds it on the N.W., W., and S- and with the exception of the finely wooded va! tli.it stream, the surface is for the most part hilly and pastoral, and rises into high mountains on the N. and K ; Black Larg, Uie northern termination, attaining an elevation of 2,900 feet above the sea. Num<-i u* small streams rise among the hills, and the I,,, Lochinvar, Trostou, Knockmau, and Kuocksting are much frequented by fishers on account of tl trout which they contain. Salmon, trout, and pike abound in the Ken. Salmon, however, except in Hoods, cannot ascend farther than to a cascade at Earlston, which they arc seen making ineffectual cdorts to ascend. In Lochinvar are the ruins of a castle, anciently belonging to the Gordons of Lochinvar, more reoa^H viscounts of Kenmure. This parish, like the nej^H homing mountain districts, retains many trad respecting the persecutions of the Covenantors un^l the Stuarts. In the N.V. corner of the chiirchvard of Dairy are buried Major Stuart of Ardoch, and John Grierson, who were shot by Graham of Claverhonse in 1684. The principal landowners, besides others, are Forbes of Callendar and Oswald of Auchencrui ve. The village of Dairy, also called the Clachan of Dairy ( St. John's Town of Dairy, is situated near tin: river Ken, at the southern angle of the parish. This par. ii in the presb. of Kirkcudbright, and synod of GalfomM and in the patron, of Forbes of Callendar. The chorafl was formerly dedicated to St. John the Apostle. Pn<j| to 1640, when the parish of Carsphairn was Dairy included the extensive district lying betwi- Ken and the Dough. The church was nl uilt in IMil, an expense of 1,400, in the forn i ; and the manse in 1829, at a cost of 1,100. In the church in marble tablets to the Ken inure family. The *; 17 chalders half oatmeal and half barh yearly. The average of seven years preceding 1861 has been 280. There is an United 1 in the village, and a Free church about a mil cast of it, both of which derive some benetit from the " Ferguson Bequest Fund." There are two ; schools, the one at Corseglass, the other at Stroanfreggu. There is also a grammar school, about half a n the village, maintained by an endowment of .)(>, arising from 1,133 vested in Consols, arising from 10 acre* of land. DALKY, a par. in the district of Cunning the co. of Ayr, Scotland. It contains at name, and is bounded l.y Killiirnie, Keith, Kil Ardrossan. W> .-t Eilbride, and Largs. It lo miles from N. to S., with a breadth varying from lj mile to 9 miles. The surface consists chiefly valleys with their intervening heights, and is v, the Rye, the Caaf, and the Garnock. The " towards the N. attain considerable elevation, Hill, between the Caaf and the live, having a In of 950 feet, and Carwinuiiig Hill, < astward o! ri-ing G40 feet above sea-level. Ironstone of veiyr quality > a abundant, and is largely smelted by t Ayr.-hire, Glengamock, Eglinton, and Blair panics. Limestone and coal are also largely v The land is divided among numerous chief of them being Blair of lilair and the Earl Glasgow. The Glasgow and Smith-West' ni railw intersects the p:ni-h. This par. is in the presb. Irvine, and synod of Glasgow and Avr, and in t patron, of Blair of Blair. The minister lias a stipend 232. There are in the town and barony of Kersl two other places of worship connected with the tablished Church: also a Free church, an Unil Presbyterian church, ami a Human Catholic cha] Prior to tl ition, the church of Dairy