Valley he led his troops, when he carried the terror of his arms as
far as the 1'ay ; when he paft unmolefted through new-difcovered
n a tio n s , with the elements warring againft him *. Here, after all
the difficulties he met with in conducing his forces through the
forefts, and wading through aeftuaries firft tried by himfelf - f ; he
found an ample fpace for erefting of fortrefles, and eftabliihing of
ftations J. Of thefe
■ Jrdoch forms the firft and chief, feated at the head of two vales,
and commanding a view into each : into the fertile Strathallan,
which leads to Sterling., the probable rout of Agricola ; and into the
(Slacialis Ierne, the prefent Strathearn, an open tradt, which, under
the common name of Strathmore, gave full fpace for the operations
of this celebrated leader.
■ As this ftationary camp was the moft important, fo it was fe-
gured’with greater ftrength and artifice than any of the reft. No
general ever equalled him in the judicious choice of fituation: no
|amp he made was ever taken by ftorm, or obliged to furrender,
or to be deferted |j. This he fixed on an elevated fituation, with
one fide on the fteep bank of the little river o f Kneck, and being
fortified on that part by Nature, he thought fit to give it there the
■ * Tertius expeditionum annus novas gentes aperuit, vaftatis ufque ad cTaum
(aeituario nomen eft) nationibus, qua formidine territi holies, quanquam conflic-
::£§atum faevis tempeftatibus, exercitum laceffere non auii.
■ t oEfluaria ac fylvas ipfe pnetentare.
■ t Ponendifque infuper caftellis fpatium fuit.
■ II Adnotabant periti, non alium ducein opportnnitates locorum fapientius Ie-
. iE'ffe; nullum ab Agricola pofttum caftellum aut v i hoftium expugnatum, ant
|j|pa£tione aut fuga defertum.
fecurity
A rdoch.