Invermossat, hamlet, at confluence of Mossat Burn
and river Don, Aberdeenshire, 6 miles W. of Alford.

. Invernakavon, ancient battlefield, at the confluence
of the Truim and the Spey, Inverness-shire, 6 miles
SW. of Kingussie.

Invcrnauld Lodge, Creich par., S. Sutherland, on
river Oykell, 7 miles NW. of Invershin sta.

Inverneil, seat, South Knapdale par., Argyllshire,
on Loch Fyne, 2k miles S. of Ardrishaig.

Inverness, pari, and royal burgh, seaport and market
town, par., co. town of Inverness-shire, and cap. of the
Northern Highlands, at NE. end of Caledonian Canal,
on river Ness, near its confluence with the Inner Moray
Firth, 108 miles from Aberdeen, 144 from Perth, 190^
from Edinburgh, and 581 from London by rail—par.,
23,600 ac., pop. 21,725; pari, and royal burgh, pop.
17,365; town, pop. 17,385; 9 Banks, 3 newspapers.
Market-days, Tuesday and Friday. Large vessels can
unload at the quays, and a considerable trade in sheep,
wool, and agricultural produce is carried on with Aber-
deen, Leith, and London by way of the Moray Firth,
and with Glasgow, Liverpool, and Ireland by way of the
Caledonian Canal. (For shipping statistics, see Ap-
pendix.) The industries are varied, though not exten-
sive ; they include shipbuilding, iron-founding, and the
mfr. of woollen cloth. At Millburn, outside the burgh,
is a distillery. Inverness has several good schools and
handsome public buildings; among the former is the
academy, incorporated by royal charter in 1792, and
liberally endowed; among the latter is the episcopal
cathedral of St Andrew (Decorated Gothic), erected in
1866. The site of the old castle is now occupied by the
county buildings, a fine castellated structure containing
the court-house and jail. On the N. side of the town
are some remains of the fort erected by Cromwell.
Inverness is a place of great antiquity. It was one of
the Pictish capitals; was made a royal burgh by William
the Lion; was sacked by Donald of the Isles in 1411;
was visited by James I. (who is said to have held a
Parliament at Inverness) in 1427, and by Queen Mary
in 1562; was taken by Cromwell in 1649; and was
destroyed by Prince Charles Edward Stuart in 1746.
The Inverness District of Parliamentary Burghs
(consisting of Inverness in Inverness-shire, Nairn in
Nairnshire, Forres in Elginshire, and Fortrose in Ross
and Cromarty) returns 1 member.

Inverness-sliire, maritime co. in NW. of Scotland;
is bounded N. by Ross and Cromarty and the Inner
Moray Firth, NE. by Nairnshire and Elginshire, E. by
Banffshire and Aberdeenshire, SE. by Perthshire, S.
by Argyllshire, and W. by the Atlantic ; area, 2,616,498
ac.; pop. 90,454. Inverness-shire is the largest county
in Scotland. It consists of 2 portions, insular and
mainland. The insular portion embraces the island of
Skye, the St Kilda group, and the whole chain of the
Outer Hebrides, except Lewis. (See Hebrides.) The
mainland portion—intersected NE. and SW. by Glen
More nan Albin and the Caledonian Canal—consists
almost entirely of mountain, loch, and glen. Ben
Nevis (4406 ft.), in the SW., at Fort William, is the
highest mountain in Great Britain. The principal
lochs are Loch Ness, Loch Arkaig, Loch Lochy, Loch
Laggan, and Loch Ericht. The W. coast is indented
by Loch Hourn, Loch Nevis, and Loch Moidart. The
principal rivers are the Spey, the Ness, and the Beauly,
on all of which are valuable salmon fisheries. With
the exception of the northern seaboard, the glens con-
tain nearly all the fertile land, and only about one-
twentieth of the total acreage is under tillage, all the
rest being wood and forest, heath, and stony waste.
(For agricultural statistics, see Appendix.) There are
nearly 300,000 ac. of deer forests, and about 1,700,000
ac. of heath, one-half of which affords pasturage for
sheep ; the other half serves only for grouse shooting.
Inverness-shire is traversed by splendid military roads
(constructed in the 18th century), by the Caledonian
Canal, and in the N. and E. by the Highland Ry. The
prevailing language is Gaelic. The county (insular and
mainland) contains 26 pars, and parts of 10 others;
the pari, and royal bnrgh of Inverness (part of the In-
verness Burghs— L member), and the police burghs of
Fort William and Kingussie. It returns 1 member to
Parliament.