OS1/20/68/119A
| List of names as written | Various modes of spelling | Authorities for spelling | Situation | Description remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RIVER NITH | River Nith | 027 | This River is of considerable note, it rises in the S.W. [South West] end of the Parish of New Cumnock in Ayrshire and runs through the Western part of Dumfrieshire and finally discharges itself into the Solway Frith. It divides the Counties of Kirkcudbrightshire & Dumfrieshire from its mouth to a little N. [North] of Dumfries where the River Cluden joins it, which then becomes the boundary. For a long course it appears in dry summer weather only a small Rivulet, but when rain falls abundantly it swells into an object of grandeur and terror by the rapidity of its current furiously tears up its banks and sweeps them away. Dumfries is nearly at the most Southern part where it has ever been fordable and becomes navigable from this Port to its influx to the Solway Frith. The vessels plying up the River are from 30 to 80 tons burden, chiefly employed in bringing Coals and Lime from Cumberland & provisions etc to & from Liverpool. The River produces Salmon, Trouts, Flounders, Pikes, Eels, and a Species somewhat larger than Herrings called Hirlings. |
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River Nith - River
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