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[theufeful arts, it muft flop at a certain point, proportionate to its
Llth and population, which ftand thus in refpeft to England:
[hen the land tax is at 2s. in the pound, Scotland pays 23977/. os.
xsAEngland 9949721. 14*. od. that is, lefs than the proportion of
¡toai. The landed property of the former is 1,000,000/. per
Iniim; of the latter 16,000,000/. But if the wealth in move-
|les is added, the difference will be as 1 to 20. In refpeft
numbers of people, England has 8,000,000 ; Scotland only
poo,000. :
jLeave Edinburgh. Ride through Dalkeith, and have the pleafure
J palling the day with Sir John Dalrymple, at Cranjlon caftle.
[he country good, full of corn, and decked with numbers of
hall woods. Difpofe of the morning by vifiting the caftles of
titbton and Borthwick. The firft is feated on the edge of a bank,
pove a gralfy glen. Was once the habitation of the chancellor
ichtm, joint guardian, with the Earl of Callendar, of James II.
powerful and fpirited ftatefman in that turbulent age; and the
pifer of the bold but bloody deeds againft the too potent Doug-
im , faffs excufable only by the plea of neceffity of ftate.
paring the life of Crichton, it was befieged, taken, and levelled
to the ground, by William, Earl of Douglas, after a fiege of nine
Months *.
It was re-built; and fome part, which appears more modern than
pereft, with much elegance. The front of one fide of the court is
Kry handfome, ornamented with diamond-ihaped facets; and the
®ts of the ftaircafe beautifully carved ; the cafes of fome of the
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