Me ü « m a m a l l N-D.
ill .N a t u ra l :
't'Gu.Ripsi-
6>f Stone' Byres,> beyond which falmon cannot, pafs up the stream. On
eaft of this'part of ; ||i l ||p d , are the paftpral vales of the Tweed and
T eviogeelebrat ed in fo-iig7; the deep pafs o f the Peaths; and the romantic
. rock of Bafs, the haunt o f .the folanrgoofe ; and a well near Edinburgh
abounds with petrdl. T h e bafaltic columns o f Arthur’s featr, deferve
fpedion. On the northern, fliore of the Forth, near Dyfart,v'ai coal.
mine has, for ages been on fire, 'probably front decompofed"pyrii||ki and
has fupphed Buchanan with a curious- defcriptiom The' beautles of
.Loch Lomond have-beerihfo; often defcribed,.that if is unneceflary to
repeat fo trivial a theme ; but the ‘frofaCs, - or fingular hills around
Lake Ketferin, &c. form a new acquifition to the traveller. 'The hill of
Kinnoul near Perth, is a great curiofity, prefenting a ,mafs of "lincbm-
mon minerals. The nuhapEofisrlakeS'anch mbwitains1
mentioned-. The rogks .offrtjjep coatftd of/j®herde'en|huie,j‘idftep.4ifume
fingular forms' of'arches and pillars,:fk& andithej'fpaceTrMnfiTrouphead
tq-Porfefo;y,;<abctundS' in uncommgn jbocks,;andsfingula>r marine,productions.
The>caj$gs .offcjNjgg, in* Rdfsfhire, mays be w o rth ^ v ifi& g ; and
'th e . morernorfhera; fhores prefent* iriuhmeraMe wil-dlifeeaiesi ©ffl&feyage
nature. ' Near Lathron,.yi Caithriefs-,dsrikdkrge cave^iinto whiichgthe inhabitants
fail-to kill feafs. "Nofs^head prefents a; fingular1 quarry of
fkgg*, marked with various--metallic figures. . .TheufleasStrojna', j|ear
the' northern fhore, perferve dead bodies for a long time cwifficiut R p -<
ruptioh It may, perhaps, be efleeffied^ armafuraf ^brio^f^ithats.'the
liver ,d f-T h u d b -w a s -fo, abundant in fainaonfafhaga^joo: bT a s^ ^ en
caught ip one/morningc. "Near T ong is' ‘F r a f ^ ^ ;a b d u t fifty
feet higb, and twenty wide, variegated with a thoufahtk^c^burs,iwk.ich
a re le ft in each other with a delicacy-and Toftnefsrfhaf .-nobaaitTan kai-
, ta te ” . On th e eaft o f Dnroefs, is the cave- of Smo/withirt which is
the. refemblapce of a gate, fUeeedded by a fmalHake o f fpeftfi waferkfhn-
taining tro u t; the extent of this fab terraneous' lake, has never been ex-
• plored : and near SandwitKjrei|faid to be a fmall grove; o f hazels, about
four inches high, bearing, nuts. The Angularity of the coaft of Edra-
chills, fouth of Loch Inchard, has already been mentioned. But the
verdant paftures of Farouthead and Cape Wrath, may well be efteemed
30 Bryce’ s Map, direfled by MacLaurm. i * ' S. A . I I I . 519.
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a natural curiofity in that diftaqt region, where' th e want of roads and Natural
bridges remains a difgrace to thé country. „ T he weftern coaft of Rofs- CoA,°*1'
® ^ ^ ^ o 'f t i r.hïénfioningj and thaé
d iftr ia remains to be explored by the. curious traveller. - W e ’’Oply
kn1Ï T O # * # | r | x i d ^ S r ^ jKiPkdg river; ahd fhe-ci^vé-df' GandémtM*,1
laf ’-©lamma, in rihVheights of Glen
dafknefs b f kills'-and’
toMlé', kttrhfr' tfotic4- fe jin i' ihf'Tmgular
f0fM * h ri« e ^ « fo h ^ ^ c o M ï ï g t o ' Mr, i t ; of* W
l | K | Q g U at -the W e % r fo u r failed
S Q B B h I ! ’this'' mafs hp
at 'are' WMifiejfïVcïs’ the nature o f '
*btrf, he3 k js ,' te a t thófe 'üÜ' fï#T ü iih fit are" '
fff haid ^nw t bdgh, th’afwföi|g;fttMfdn falE tto^Pof-the^f.!f T h e ftdpep-
dbhssprecipiee^oti the nortfcetift ‘fidd,-fkhit>itS‘ alffloft'an'entire fediort
cf^ffi^dfftfïtaih.f In'Afgylë'fhöej The marinfe cafarkd bf Loch Efif,
th ^ b d tftifu l lake'of Awe, arid environs <of Inverafy, prefent thé cMëf
tibj éfts^êf fcuf iofityf
S C O T - 1 'S d P S * !' E &
T jte. Iflands that belong to Scotland ate numerous and important, ScotUhllle*.
aadTail naJturally &ito'three'granddivifions j-the'-Hebudes*-, or "Weftern
Blandsik'theiOrkneys ; and*fhe1 iflands. ofSHetland^
Gn pafling the .conic- rock,i called Ailfa, towards the north, two
beautifikkiflarids;.adorn the,'Eirteb£.-Clyde,'thofe sof Arran and Bute*. 'A m *
The firft is about twenty-three miles in length, by nine in breadth, and
has-^obo- inhabitants. The-chief place re the, village* o f Ranzaj and
' ^ 'Volt n , 6-3.'
- * This name was corrupted by H e flor Boyce, into Hebrides, a name ftill retained by tKofe who
prefer ihe old mumpfimus, to the nem fumpfimus. Boyce was. milled by an edition o f Solinus,
Venice, 1491, 4to. in which, among many errors o f the prefs, Ebrides is put for Ebudes.
' 1 Pennant’ s Vo yage; 16 8 ;1'
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