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bay-'of Glehlocé; wBi’dh *'extends towards ‘ Loch R-yânJ arid theifce, in
a N,flE.''dire£liöni tb'"Loch Dobri, th e 'fó’uRce’ -of the 'river 'Db0b ,^ h i c h
joins tiré fea 'b e a r1 Ayr. ’’Other' ndges’^M ^ r a variohs'?’dir tBpdfr s, ge-
neràlly ’n o rth 'àndTôïrth', according to'1 the co'urfc'vo f the rivërs,,rral
arrive at the Nith', hear’which“' iÿ ’Cruffel, â ^detached fifth ihit," olycbh-
fiderable height; According' to Gênerai Rbyv thab'whbm mere cannot
lre:''a -better authority,*'the-bïbuntïins^b’f Gallbway.form a eomreqed
chain- with thofe of Cheviot,-oil the N. E. ^
• But tHêt chief elevation o f t h i ^ a r t of Ssbffitnd, ^fs ^M t'bie ta ll iffibu 5
fidge in it^;veiy_ceritre,' baQecfthe Lfead Hills^'Shl Vh§he\f majin'1!ivtrs
defccnd in all diredtions to ’the* lea^'^PhlTra^lh '{îreâBî^E^iElvIlTOo'n-
^hyS particles o f gold td 'th e Clyde, and' Glrrha'hllrEiners. are’ laid" to
haVèy difcôverècf xonfi déhfbîe quaritmæ'yS I'tn^i>^êcïbàsî ifî{.^îltj! The-
Chief fumrhi t’-.qf' that ridge is Hârtflfflyw h ic h y ^ ^ i^ itïg ’ïiQ' f i n e pc-
counts,,:is 3'jo b feet above1 the lev e l'o f f f i fea ; I r a h t h e r P à ' y 82.
•Cruffèl is only 2044. ' Nbtÿlaf’to thé’h 'ô ftlfts-^ iiito ÿ a retaàrkatffewp-
litary 'nfôühtaid J and f^ é en fb e rry -lM P is .^ l^ iï t 'W ó ^ i^ n ^ ^ e ^ i i in .
Loudón-hill, in Ayrfhire, is little memorable’ ; 'hut o n 'rallie
eaft, we find th e uniform ridge o f1 ‘L àmerhrflö’^ j f ê r M f l t ,
Abb’s-head. TheJhifls o f P e f i t l a n d , t h e ' 1 luu'th 'o f Ldihlfïfrg’^1, 'are
.isÉ^Ôé^iâàrefque than* important?“ 'BferVrck L a ^ ’*and ^ ^ l ^ l l t i c
fiimniits'ïn the .vicinity o f EdinbOTg^^fcpf^the lift o f tli^W R Ï^ 'è i'
hïlls.' I The Etead hills chiefly'’confi'ft’ü f drgîîfiÉeoïfe '|he
grey grkrate'abounds in fhe‘mountaiosof Galloway. In all, however,
the chief portion feefns. to be caicarc.ous ; the fummits. are round,
fome verdant, others'covered with heath. The red granite, and other
grand Alpine rocks fee m here unknown. In the Lothiaris, the’ calcareous
ftrata fqpport .vaft utafles of whin, trap, and bafait, which extend
to the northern fhore'of the firth of Forth. On, the eaft and'-'weft of
Inverkeithing,' are whin and columnar",bâfalt5 ; the latter alfo occurring:
at Dichmont-hill, near Rutherglen, in Lanarkîhife, and at
Dumbarton.
' On palling the Forth, appears the range i f Ochill-hills, ■ $$$! remarkable
for their fmguhir agates and calcedonies, than for their height ;
> s fflS iA J k& ’i Nates.
1 1 - and
and ^q^vland, hills,, mgft,be added tjiofe o f Movu
K in n q it^ iid R u n l i n n ^ i n ■ t ^ a # ^ P erthfbi're,. an^ afmalbrange in
'M $ i m W ^ ^ f W ^ j t h i i g r e a t chain p f the'Grampians '
* ^ f ^ # f ! i ^ % I d , q e h l h % . is Mormon (1- a 'r e - ■
ote'oecur
' fYet it
. muft not be forgotten, iiiat from the lofty promontory of Trouuhead
: .caPe
•dferl-pothi^S^rth-y o f remark.
®eforf paying the Lowland hills, it may,be obfen.ed that.the fmall
ridge m Fifefinre, between the Eden and Leven, called Loman-hills
^ n fifts M M hard « M l j S B M M S i i l l i ~
and bafdt o f K i& s ilo m J ir a th e r * .
^ f in’ ^ tf e , n 9rthS^|iiA o^e^^|lli /haIc4Lous
Fpar, and 4ff e atjt^ . p and
S f l 8 Smr^FUS ' • >In, generaO^heyobfe'^atfen ' I n
eeous, and thence to the granite.
The Grampian hills may be c b ^ e r e d >s a grand frontier chain, Gl M
extending from Loch Lomond to Stonehaven, and forming thg;fouthern HlUs- H
boundary o f the Highlands,, though four or five bounties on the north-
eaft of that chain, have, m their ealtern a n d ncllihcrn parts," the name
and advantage of Lowlands. The tranlition to thp Grampians is gradual,
the firlt chain,, according, to- General jft-Oy, confifling o f the
Sadley-hills .on the eaft, the Ochils in th e ' mid’die^ and.Caihpfy-hills on- '
^ie wcft; To the Grampian chain belongs Ben Lomond (3262V; !
®e-n L& ••(•3©Q9)> 6en More ( 3 5 0 3 ) >B#i Lawres, the chief fummit
C4° I jT) Shihallion (3564) Ben VerH’ch (3300); and other Iefs important;:
elevations on the eaft. Mount Battock in Emcaidmihue, is- '■
34P5 feet. Ben. Cruachan, in Argylefliire, is a folitary mountain', of
.3300 feet above the fea. . , ' ’
Bert:
TAINS.