of the land in the afternoon’s ride appeared lefs ftrong than 0«
.'the fouth fide of the .South-EJk -, but great efforts are making to.
wards the improvement of the country. Streams of corn fé®
darting from the hills towards the centre of thè valley, and others
again'radiate from the coafts : I doubt not but in a few years the
. obfcure or heathy parts will entirely vaniih, and this whole tract
become one glory of cultivation.
Sept. 2ì Proceed through a fine rich bottom, called the hollow of the;
Merns, bounded on one fide by the Grampian hills, on the other by
a rifing ground, that runs almoft parallel to them. The Gm
■plans prefent here a low heathy front ; the hollows and the eaftera;
boundary fertile in corn. Pafs near the two. feats of Melf. Camtpi,
and Lord Garnfton. Crofs the water of Bervie, which falls1 ina,
-the fea a few miles to the eaft. Near its mouth lies the: finali tom!
of Inner-bervie, made a royal.burgh by David Bruce, who landed,
there after his long retreat into France, The rock he debarked!
on is to this day called Craig Davy.
Near the village, of Drum-lethie the country grows hilly ani
. heathy. Pafs near Glen-bervie, the feat of Sir, James NicUju
Incline now towards the fhore, and find an improvement in tk
country, which continues till I reach
S tone-hiys. S to n e -h iv e , or.S to n e -h a v e n , a fmall town built in the'reira
of Charles II. It is placed at the foot of fome high cliffs in a finali;
bay, with a moft rocky bottom, in one part opening a little, fit
that fmall veflels may find admittance, but that mult be at higk
water. A pier laps over this harbour from the* north fide, to g®
them feeurity after their entrance. The town confifts of about
eight hundred inhabitants. The manufa&ures are Sail-cloths ani
Ofnaburgk