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1>\ tliis extensive district, Fifeshire is distinguished bj thegreat variety of its productions, and by its fisheries, its flaxand linen manufactures,—its coal mines, lime works, andironstone, — by its improved agriculture, and its breedsof cattle and horses. The numerous small towns, con-tain three-fifths of its inhabitants, who are employed, part-ly in agriculture, and partly in manufactures. The smallcounty of Kinross, ornamented by its lake, and aboundingin coal and limestone, is considerably elevated above the le-vel of the sea. Formerly it was not attractive to a stranger jbut its aspect is now' much improved, since agriculture hasbeen more attended to.—Clackmannan, of still more limitedextent, but of greater fertility,' is distinguished by a correctcultivation of the soil, and by abundance of lime and coal.The half of its population reside in throe towns of very mo-derate extent.—The county of Stirling includes every varie-ty of soil, from the rich carses on the south bank ot the Forth,to the barren rocks of the towering Bcn-Lomond. 1 here isa great iron-foundery at Carron, and the vale in its neigh-bourhood is rich and well cultivated. In the valleys of Kn-rick and Stratliblane, there are rich fiekls, cultivated by in-telligent and enterprising farmers; and the scenery is muchdiversified in all parts of the county. One halt of its popu-lation resides in a number of small towns.— lhe very exten-sive county of Perth , with no coal-pits, except in a detachedcorner, is equally distinguished by the most fertile and themost barren soils, and exhibits the two extremes of correct,and defective agriculture. In the carse of Gowrie and valleyof Strathern, there are many opulent and intelligent farmers,who cultivate successfully the most fertile soil in the kingdom.In several ot the smaller vales, an improved cultivation ispretty general. But in the more remote highland straths orglens, even where the land is naturally fertile, a correct systemof agriculture is little known, and less practised. Manufac-tures give employment to one-third part of the population, who•nliabit above twenty towns or large villages.—-In Forfarshire,