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Allan. Thence it belongs to Stirlingshire to a point 12 m. due west of Cambus, whence it serves as the boundary between the shires of Stirling and See also:

CLACKMANNAN

Clackmannan. Owing to the extremely tortuous See also:

CHARACTER (Gr. xapareri7p, from xap&crew, to scratch)

character of its course between Gartmore and Alloathe famous " links of the Forth,"—the actual length of the river is 66 m., or nearly See also:

double the distance in a See also:

DIRECT

direct line (30 m.) between the source of the Duchray and Kincardine, where the firth begins. The river drains an See also:

AREA

area of 645 sq. m. Its See also:

general direction is mainly easterly with a See also:

GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle trend towards the See also:

south, and the See also:

PRINCIPAL

principal tributaries on the See also:

LEFT

left are the Goodie, Teith, Allan and See also:

DEVON, EARLS OF

Devon, and on the right, the Kelty, Boquhan 1 Annales, 613.and See also:

Bannock. The alluvial See also:

PLAIN (O. Fr. plain, from Lat. plenum)

plain extending from Gartmore to the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

county See also:

TOWN

town is called the Carse of Stirling. The places of See also:

INTEREST

interest on the See also:

banks are Aberfoyle, Kippen, Stirling, Cambuskenneth, See also:

ALLOA

Alloa and Kincardine, but after it crosses the Highland line the Forth does not See also:

PRESENT

present many passages of remarkable beauty. There are See also:

bridges at Aberfoyle, Gartmore, Frew, Drip and Stirling (2), besides railway viaducts at Stirling and Alloa, and there are ferries at Stirling (for Cambuskenneth), Alloa (for South Alloa) and Kincardine (for Airth). The See also:

TIDE (O. Eng. lid, cf. Ger. Zeit, time or season, connected with root of Sanskrit a-diti, endless)

tide rises to 42 M. above Stirling, where the river is navigable at high water by vessels of See also:

LOO (formerly called " Lanterloo," Fr. lanturlu, the refrain of a popular 17th-century song)

loo tons. There is, however, a brisk See also:

SHIPPING

shipping See also:

trade at Alloa, where the See also:

DOCK

dock accommodates vessels of at least 300 tons.

The Firth of Forth extends from Kincardine to the North See also:

Sea, that is, to an imaginary line See also:

DRAWN

drawn, just west of the Isle of May, from the East Neuk of See also:

Fife to the mouth of the See also:

TYNE

Tyne in Haddingtonshire—a distance of 48 m. Thus, according to some calculations, the Forth See also:

MEASURES

measures from source to sea 114 M. The width of the firth varies from 2 m. at Kincardine and 12 m. at Queens-See also:

ferry to 62 m. at See also:

LEITH

Leith and 172 M. at the mouth. The See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief affluents are, on the south, the Carron, See also:

AVON

Avon, See also:

ALMOND (from the O. Fr. almande or alemande, late Lat. amandola, derived through a form amingdola from the Gr. l uybian, an almond; the al- for a- is probably due to a confusion with the Arabic article al, the word having first dropped the a- as in the It

Almond, Leith, Esk and Tyne, and on the north, the See also:

TIEL

Tiel, See also:

Leven, See also:

KIEL

Kiel and Dreel. The principal ports on the south See also:

SHORE

shore are See also:

GRANGEMOUTH

Grangemouth, Bo'ness, Granton and Leith, and on the north, See also:

BURNTISLAND

Burntisland and See also:

KIRKCALDY (locally pronounced Kerkawdi)

Kirkcaldy; but See also:

FISHERY (LAW OF)

fishery centres and See also:

HOLIDAY

holiday resorts are very numerous on both coasts. Since the opening of the Forth See also:

BRIDGE

Bridge (see BRIDGES) in 1890 the ferries at See also:

QUEENSFERRY

Queensferry and Burntisland have greatly diminished in importance. The See also:

FISHERIES

fisheries are still considerable, though the See also:

OYSTER

oyster trade is dwindling. The larger islands are Inchcolm, with the ruins of an See also:

abbey, Inchkeith, with fortifications and a lighthouse, and the Isle of May, with a lighthouse. The anchorage of St See also:

Margaret's See also:

Hope, with the See also:

NAVAL

naval See also:

BASE

base of Rosyth, lies off the shore of Fife immediately to the west of the Forth Bridge. The Forth was the Bodotria of See also:

Tacitus and the Scots Water of the chroniclers of the 11th and 12th centuries; while See also:

Bede (d. 735) knew the firth as Sinus orientalis (the Eastern Gulf), and See also:

NENNIUS (fl. 796)

Nennius (fl. 796) as See also:

MARE

Mare Friesicum (the Frisian Sea).

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