From the fummit of the K ing’s S e a t is a beautiful proipeft J
the nojth of Stratb-Tay; and to the l'outh, a ftill finer one of the!
winding of the river, through a trad enriched with corn-field J
and varied with, frequent woods ; and, at a diftance, the celebrated!
wood of Bimam, and hill of Dunjimne.
On defcending. into the gardens, vifitthe: houfe, or rather villa,|
belonging to the Duke o f Athol; filial], but furnilhed with peculiar!
elegance: the windows are finely painted by Mr. Singleton, an eleviI
of the houie, whofe performances do him much credit.
Crofs the Pay, to vifit the improvements on the banks o f the!
great torrent; Bran, which rulhes moil impetuoufly over its rugged!
bottom. All this part is a mixture of cultivation, with vail rocks|
ip ringing out of the ground, among which are cond uftcd variety of I
walks, bordered with flowers and flowering ihrubs, and adorned!
with numbers of little buildings, in the fty-le of the Oriental]
gardens.
Continue my ride on the weft fide o f the ‘Toy, and ioon quit this I
auguft entrance into the Seottijh Alps. The mountains gradually I
fink, the plain expands, and agriculture encreafes. Arrive in the |
plain of Stormont, a part of Strathmore, or the great plain, being I
the moil extenfive of any in North Britain, bounded on the north I
by the Grampian hills, on the fouth by thofe of Ochil, and
law, and on the eaft by the fea ; ftretching at one extremity within |
a fmall diftance of Sterling,- at the other; to Stonehive in the -Mens, I
but diftinguiihed in different places;by different;names.
Pals by a neat lettlerpent of weavers, called, from the inhabitants, I
Spittlefields. This country is very populous, full of fpinners, and I
of weavers of buckrams and coarfe cloths or ftentings; of w h ic h I
twelve I