ELIE  , a

village and watering-place of Fifeshire, Scotland, on the shore of the Firth of Forth . Pop . 687 . It is ro m. due S. of St Andrews, but 20 M. distant by the North British railway, which makes a great bend by following the coast . Though it retains some old houses, and the parish church dates from 1639, Elie is, as a whole, quite modern and is one of the most popular resorts in the county on account of its fine golf links and excellent bathing . The royal burgh of Earlsferry (pop . 317) is situated in the parish of Elie, which it adjoins on the west . Its charter, granted by Malcolm Canmore, having been burned, it was renewed by James VI . The chief structure is the town hall, which is modern but has an ancient steeple . The place derived its name from its use by the earls of Fife as a ferry to the opposite shore of Haddington, 8 m. distant . Macduff's cave near Kincraig Point is believed traditionally to have been that in which the thane took refuge from Macbeth . Two and a half miles north is Balcarres House, belonging to the earl of Crawford, where Lady Anne Barnard (1750-1825) was born .