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evinced the deep fenfe they had o f fo folemn a commemoration.
Breadalbane in general is exempt from the charge o f impropriety of
con duit on thefe occafions, which happens fometimes ; and b y . the
undifeeroing, the local fau lt is indifcriminately attributed to the
whole.
Crofs two bridges. T h e river, .here forms two iilands, beautifu
lly planted with f i r s : Inijhbuy, the moil eafterly,. is remarkably
piiturefque, the water rolling with tremendous force on each fide
fo r a long tr a it over a. feries o f broken rocks, and'fhort but quick-
repeated cataraits, in a channel o f unfpeakable rudenefs.
Reach Killin, or C ill-Fhin, from the tradition o f its having been
the burial-place o f Fingal. Here is an excellent inn, built Iby
L o rd Breadalbane, who, to the unfpeakable comfort o f the traveller,
eitabliihed others at Dalmalie9 Fyendrum, and Kenmore, where
they are as acceptable as Caravanferas in the E a s t .
M o u n t Strone-Clachany a hill , above M r . Stuart's, the miniiter’s,
h o u fe y and am overpayed fo r the labor o f the afcent b y a moft
enchanting view... A moft delicious plain fpreads i t f e l f beneath,
divided into verdant .meadows, or glowing with ripened' corn ;
embellifhed" with woods, and watered with rivers uncommonly
contrafted. On one fide; pours down its ro ck y channel the furious
‘Tay ; on the other, glides between its wooded banks the- gentle
Lochy, forming a v ait bend o f it ill water, till it joins the f ir f t ;
both terminating in the great expanfe o f Loch-Tay. T h e northern
and fouthern boundaries iuit the magnificence o f the lake : but
the northern rife with fuperior majefty in the rugged heights o f
Finlarig., and th e 'w ild fummits o f the ftill loftier Lmrs^ often
^ . patched
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