' FOK-i \V I I. I. 1AM. 



The climate alon?, the banks of the Murray Firth 

 is fof Client, as appears from the 



md the we: 

 !s. > couir many ron' 



much iron ore, and fome lead. The 

 bountiful in white tilh and fJmon, r 

 !y the lute- 



taken ; ancc of horn, Lofllr, 



'o the valur of 'houfand 



'es the maritime i!iftr:<*' 



the Murray I : ierc arc fundry cxtenfive v.t 



which penett into rhr back coun: ; l' n g 



ns, to whofc hrathy 

 .lies form an agreeable 



Each valley hath, as ufnal, its ftream of water 

 ig through the center in numerous mearJrrs; 

 , and often fringed \vit!i woods. 

 The r rath-Avon, 



J i-Devron, and Strath- 1 hofc numerous 



inhabitants, aided I >tic exertions of the 



families of Gordon, slater, Grant, Forbes; 



and, in r lolc gentry of thefe p 



are emerging from idlenefs, and bid fair, with fur- 

 ther c Cement, to become valuable colonies, 



il members of the commu: 

 thefe (hores ai s, though thus abound- 



ing in people difp induflry; and th 



ampl >n the produce of land and \v 



..itural mibtortunc, which no ht: 

 efforts can remove. A of hills, called 



Grampian Mountains, forms an a! 

 chain from Loch Lomond to Aber: 



y croffmg the kingdom from fca to fr.i, ci; 



ountiesfrom all inland communications 

 with the fouth a: <ing the winter; nor do 



the narrow ftcep pai cc of 



All -itilc intercourfc, with the well and 



fouth- 



