daughter of Andrew Murray, fon to King David Bruce, with whom
he got the lordfhip of Bothwell. ,
The caftle, now in ruins, is beautifully feated on the banks of
the Clyde: tradition and hiftory are filent about the founder. kjs
faid to have been a principal refidence of the Douglaffes; and while
Edward I. was in poifeffion of Scotland, was the chief ftation of hi
governor; and after the battle of Bannock-bourne, was the prif™
o f fome o f the Englijh nobility taken in that fatal field. Majet'
fays, that in 1337 it was taken by the partizans o f David Bnu
and levelled to the ground. That feems a favorite phrafe of the
hiftorian; for to me it appears to be in the fame ftate with that
o f Caerlaveroc, and was only difmantled ; for in both, fome o f tit
remaining towers have all the marks of the early ftyle o f building,
On the South fide o f the Clyde, oppofite to the caftle, are the remains
of Blantyre, a priory of canons regular, founded before the year
1296; mention being made in that year o f Frere William Primk
Blantyr ft.
The country from Bothwell bridge is open,, very fertile, compoleil
o f gentle rifings, diverfified with large plantations. Reach
G l a s g o w ; the beft built of any feeond-rate city l ever f a w : tit
houfes o f ftone, and in general well built, and many in a good tafte,
plain and unaffe&ed. The principal ftreet runs Eaft and W e i l, is
near a mile and a half long, but unfortunately not ftrait; y e t tie
view from the crofs, where the two other great ftreets fall into this,
has an air o f vaft magnificence. The Eolbooth is large and handfome,
with this apt motto on the front :
Ha;c domus odit, amat, punit, confervat, honorat,
necjuitiam, pacem, crimina, ju ra , probos.
I Next to that is the exchange: within is a fpacious room, with full-
length portraits of all our monarchs fince James I, and an excellent
one, by Ramfay, of Archibald, Duke o f Argyle, in his robes as Lord of
leffions. Before the exchange is a large equeftrian ftatue of King
William. This is the fineft and broadeft part of the ftreet: many of
the houfes are built over arcades, but too narrow to be walked in with
any conveniency. Numbers o f other neat ftreets crofs this at right
angles.
■ The market-places are great ornaments'to the city* the fronts M arket- places.
being done in very fine tafte, and the gates adorned with columns
of one or other of the orders. Some o f thefe markets are for
meal, greens, fiih or flefh : there are two for the laft which have
conduits of water out of feveral of the pillars, fo that they are
cbnftantly kept fweet and neat. Before thefe buildings were con-
suited, moft of thofe articles were fold in the public ftreets ; and
even after the market-places were built, the magiftrates with great
difficulty compelled the people to take advantage o f fuch cleanly
innovations.
■Near the meal-market is the public granary, to be filled on any
apprehenfion of fcarcity.
■The guard-houfe is in the great ftreet; where the inhabitants
mount guard, and regularly do duty. An excellent police is ob-
iarved here; and proper officers attend the markets to prevent
abufes.
■The police of Glafgow confifts of three bodies ; the magiftrates P olice,
■th the town-council, the merchants houfe, and the trades houfe.
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