girls who fpun the beft yarn. This might 

 raife an emulation, and produce very good 

 effedls. The tenants in Athol pay mofl of 

 their rents with the linen yarn that they fpin, 

 and raife a great part of the lint they ufe 

 themfelves. 



After having put a value on thefe lands at 

 Fort William, along with Angus M'Donell, 

 Efq; of Achtrichitan, I had occafion to ride 

 from Fort William through Lochaber to Fort 

 Auguflus, and from thence to Ruthven of 

 Badenoch. 



I was very agreeably furprifed to find fuch 

 a vaft extent of good ground, both in Loch- 

 aber and Badenoch, belonging to his Grace 

 the Duke of Gordon, which is capable of a 

 very great improvement upon a fmall ex- 

 pence. 



I will venture to affirm, that the muirs in 

 Lochaber had the appearance to me when 

 riding along the public road, to be equally 

 good with the beft in Scotland, if not fupe- 

 rior to any I ever faw. What renders thefe 

 muirs fo valuable is, that moft of them have 

 a very clofe fwaird of heath and grafs, and 

 a pretty level furface or gentle declivity; 

 which, when pared and burnt, might pro- 

 duce 



