18 SCOTLAND ILLUSTRATED. 



lie within the compass of a few miles. This glen holds a distinguished place in 

 the native songs and superstitions of Braidalbane 



" Somnia, terrores magicos, miracula, sagas, 

 Nocturnes lemures, portentaque Thessala rides ?" 



This is the principal seat of the marquess of Braidalbane, whose family posses- 

 sions occupy a tract of seventy miles in length. The castle is a magnificent 

 specimen of modern architecture ; and, surrounded by a park stocked with deer, 

 and embellished in the richest style of landscape gardening, forms a superb and 

 princely residence. 



In following the right bank of the Tay, the most prominent object in the 

 route, after quitting Taymouth, is Menzies Castle, planted at the foot of a lofty 

 range of rocky hills, rising in successive grades like an amphitheatre, fortified 

 with precipices shaded with woods, and watered by mountain torrents. The 

 park is rich in ancient timber, and commands delicious vistas over the adjacent 

 country. Aberfeldy, so pleasingly associated with the charms of Scottish song, is 

 a village of the first class, and celebrated for its fine series of water-falls, in which 

 respect it is a miniature of the Swiss Meyringhen. In the deep " birchen 

 dell" of Moness, in which they occur, on either hand, rise high sloping banks, 

 with a rich garniture of trees ; where, soothed with the murmur of waters and 

 the melody of birds, the visitor may indulge a pleasing clay's reverie. 



" When simmer blinks on flowery braes, 

 And o'er the crystal streamlet plays ; 

 How sweet to spend the lightsome days 

 In the Birks of Aberfeldy !" 



Three miles below Aberfeldy, Grandtully Castle a domestic fortress of the 

 olden time, and still a habitable as well as hospitable mansion is a prominent 

 object in the landscape. Logie-rait, at the confluence of the Tay and Tummel, 

 is rendered classical as the birthplace of Dr. Adam Ferguson ; but the scenery, 

 till we arrive in the precincts of Dunkeld, is comparatively tame. Here, 

 however, the aspect of nature is changed, and all that can fascinate the eye, 

 or feast the imagination, is lavished around with unlimited profusion. In 

 point of situation, and in all those natural and artificial accessories which 

 enter into the usual descriptions of an earthly paradise, Dunkeld has scarcely 

 a rival. Those who have once visited its enchanting scenery will leave it with 

 regret, and often long to renew the acquaintance. 



" Hie manns ob patriam pugnando vulnera passi, 

 Quirp.ie pii vates, et Phcebo digna locuti." 



