cheated by the young prince, who flattered him with the hope of
feeing one of his daughters mother of a line of kings *.
In the year 1715 the old Chevalier refided here for fome time,
and iflued out fix proclamations, among which was one fo r his
coronation on the 23d of January, 1716-, but before that time his
refolution failed, and he fled from a crown he was unworthy to
wear. His fon, in 1745, made the place a fhort vifit.
H i l l o f K i n - Return the fame road; pafs near the end of the b rid g e of
Perth,' and after a fhort fpace, ride beneath the vail; rocks of ffi*.
mull, which threaten deftruftion to the traveller, from the frequent
falls from this black and ragged precipice. Many awful ruins
are fcattered far beyond the road; one of which a few y e a r s ago
overwhelmed a fmall cottage, and the poor inhabitants. Beautiful
agates are frequently found in this hill. In examining the fragments
that lay beneath, I difcovered a confiderable quantity of lava, a proof
of its having been an antient vulcano..
In the church of Kinnoull is the magnificent monument of Chan,
cellor Hay - f . His Lordfhip is reprefented ftanding under a rid
entablature, fupported by three pillars : two elegantly carved, the
third plain, furrounded by a coronet. His drefs is a long gown,
great ruff, and fmall clofe cap. The feals, and a fcull are placed oo
-a table before hinv. Beneath is a fpace defigned for the epitaph, but
left uninfcribed. The following is part of one, deftined for that
purpofe, compofed by Doftor Jonfion.
Gone is the wife Lyeurgus o f our times
T h e great and grave Diitator o f our C lim e ;
* Clarendon, V I . 395. t Sir George Hay firft Earl o f KinnoulU
Ta
T o whofe defert the facred Sifters owe,
As mu' h as e’er o f old they did bellow,
O f their Pirean treafure to give Fame
T o painful Curias, or grave Cato's Name.
Had thou, brave Judge, liv ’d in fuch golden Days,
T h y Head had long e’er now been crown’d with Bays ■.
But Wifdom now is richly priz’d by none,
Nor Virtue, Guardian finds, till (he be gone.
Six hundred years ago how happy I,
T ha t day, when thy brave Anceftor did dye
His face with Danic Blood, he did bequeath
Life to his Country at the doors o f Death.
Y et this brave A ft was clos’d with one fair day :
But thou didft ftill for many years difplay
T h e enfigns o f thy Virtue ; and fierce jarrs,
Inteftine broils worfe than the worft o f wars
D id quell combuftions. Safe did keep from Harm
Chafte Piety j and raging Wrath difarm, &c.
I Soon reach the noted Carfe of Cowrie, a fine tract that extends
jn length fourteen miles, and in breadth four, bounded on the north
by a range of hills called the Braes of Gowrie; and by the river
ITay on the fouth. Too much cannot be faid of its fertility. It
sis covered with corn of every fpecies ; peas and clover all in great
pjerfeftion •, varied with orchards, plantations, and gentlemen’s feats.
IThe roads are planted on each fide with trees, which, with the vaft
pichnefs of the country, reminded me of Flanders \ and the extenfive
jcorn-lands, with the mud-houfesr dabbed on the outfide with cow
dung, for fuel, immediately brought before me the idea of Northamp-
mjhire. It agrees with the laft alfo, in finding during fummer a
[great deficiency of water for common ufes, and a great lack of fuel
all winter; fo that the following is become, a proverbial faying,
(falfe,
C arse of G owr
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