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evinced the deep fenfe they had o f fo folemn a commemoration.
Breadalbane in general is exempt from the charge of impropriety of
conduit on thefe occafions, which happens fometimes \ and by.the
undifcerning, the local fault is indifcriminately attributed to the
whole.
Crofs two bridges. The river here forms two iflands, beautifully
planted with firs : Inijhbuy, the moft eaiterly, is remarkably
piiturefque, the water rolling with tremendous force on each fide
for a long trait over a feries of broken rocks, and ihort but quick-
repeated cataraits, in a channel of unipeakable rudenefs.
Reach Killin, or Cill-Fhin, from the tradition of its having been
the burial-place of Fingal. Here is an excellent inn, built by
Lord Breadalbane, who, to the unfpeakable comfort of the traveller,
eftablilhed others' at Dalmalie, Fyendrum, and Kenmore, where
they are as acceptable as Caravanferas in the E ast.
Mount Strone-Clachan, a hill above Mr. Stuart’s, the minifter’s,
houfe; and am overpayed for the labor of the alfcent by a moft
enchanting view... A moft delicious plain fpreads itfelf beneath,
divided into verdant meadows, or glowing with -ripened . corn ;
embelliihed with woods, and watered with rivers uncommonly
contrafted. On one fide; pours down its rocky channel the furious
Fay : °n the other, glides between its wooded banks the- gentle
Locky, forming a vaft bend of ftill water, till it joins the firft •,
both terminating in the great expanfe of Loch-Tay. The northern
and fouthern boundaries fuit the magnificence of the lake: but
the northern rife with fuperior majefty in the rugged heights of
Finlarig, and the'wild fummits of the ftill loftier Laurs, often
patched