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 Ross and Cromarty include the districts of Ardross, Easter Ross, Ardmeanach or the Black Isles, Kintail, Strathcarron, and the greater part of the island of Lewis.&nbsp;&nbsp;The general surface&nbsp;is wild and mountainous, diversified with numerous glens and some pleasant and fertile valleys, enlivened with several rivers&nbsp;and lakes.&nbsp; The western&nbsp;coast is indented by many&nbsp;lochs and bays.&nbsp; Ardmeanach, or the Black&nbsp;Isle, is&nbsp;so called due to its bleak moorland character.&nbsp; The Isle of Lewis is less mountainous but is&nbsp;equally dreary and barren.&nbsp; The streams abound with salmon.
-A very small proportion of the land is in cultivation.&nbsp; The soil&nbsp;on the eastern coast and on the low lands is rich and fertile.&nbsp;&nbsp;Excellent crops&nbsp;of wheat are raised.&nbsp; There are good tracts of meadow-land, and the mountainous parts afford&nbsp;pasturage for sheep and cattle.&nbsp; Copper is wrought.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ironstone,&nbsp;limestone, and coal are present but are not wrought.&nbsp; The are healful springs of great repute.&nbsp; The principal manufactures are thoses of biscuit and cotton bagging.&nbsp; The herring-fishery&nbsp;is extensively pursued, and a considerable number of fish are taken in the lochs.&nbsp; Black cattle, sheep,&nbsp;and great quantities of wool are shipped from the several ports.
+A very small proportion of the land is in cultivation.&nbsp; The soil&nbsp;on the eastern coast and on the low lands is rich and fertile.&nbsp;&nbsp;Excellent crops&nbsp;of wheat are raised.&nbsp; There are good tracts of meadow-land, and the mountainous parts afford&nbsp;pasturage for sheep and cattle.&nbsp; Copper is wrought.&nbsp;&nbsp;Ironstone,&nbsp;limestone, and coal are present but are not wrought.&nbsp; There are healful springs of great repute.&nbsp; The principal manufactures are thoses of biscuit and cotton bagging.&nbsp; The herring-fishery&nbsp;is extensively pursued, and a considerable number of fish are taken in the lochs.&nbsp; Black cattle, sheep,&nbsp;and great quantities of wool are shipped from the several ports.
 The population is 1851 was 78,685.