PERTH

From Agepedia

PERTH ; a city of Scotland, capital of Perthshire, on the Tay, 39 miles north of Edinburgh ; Ion. 3° 27' W. ; lat. 56° 22' N.; population, 20,000. It is situated on a low plain, under the Grampian hills: the scenery around it is very picturesque, and the approach to it is uncommonly beautiful. It has two beautiful meadows called Inches, each of which is about one and a half mile in circuit. It is a town of great antiquity, and has been the scene of many important transactions recorded in Scottish history. It contains various houses of public worship, a theatre, a celebrated grammar school, an academy, and a literary and antiquarian society, with a library. The staple manufacture is linen; but of late the cotton manufacture has almost superseded it. Besides these, there are extensive manufactures of leather, boots, shoes and gloves. The salmon fishery on the Tay, near Perth, is very extensive.