David, St.

   1) DAVID, ST., a village and sea-port, in the parish of Dalgety, district of Dunfermline, county of Fife, 1 mile (E. N. E.) from North Queensferry; containing 155 inhabitants. This little sea-port, which is situated on the Frith of Forth, owes its origin to the Fordel collieries, in the parish, belonging to Admiral Sir P. H. Durham, G.C.B., by whom great improvements have been made in it, for the more expeditious and convenient shipping of the coal. The harbour, which, from what remains of the original works, seems to have been badly constructed, has been improved by the proprietor at an expense of £2000, and now affords safe anchorage to ships of 500 tons' burthen, which may load and deliver their cargoes on the beach. There are also extensive salt-works: the salt water, at flood-tides, is forced by a steam-engine into a capacious reservoir, whence, after depositing its residuum of sand, it is conveyed in a purified state into large pans, producing annually about 30,000 bushels of salt.

   2) DAVID, ST., a hamlet, in the parish of Maderty, county of Perth; containing 65 inhabitants.