O MURRA 1RTH. 4 ?9 



and Norwegians ; though, of hte, the \ an 



re objec; > the .no- 



be 



heir ter i they gain a little 



ill, ami h.ivc :' of the (tones. 



f thefc works have been explored and 



of the laft and prefent 

 i Mr. Cordiner at 

 r.ging to light 

 in for centu; 



fcribed by 



ITS who had no opportur. feeing them. 



almoft the only guides now cxifting re- 



r ages which led the ufc of letters in 



.c may be al ice 



and bring i' ne (ketches of remote ages to the 



period, when the ! events were recorded in 



writing. 



Of tbe Coajl of the Murray Firth from Invcneft te 

 nnairf* Head. 



Leaving the Highlands, at Invcrn )w enter 



a i low country of near 100 miles in extent, 



having the Murray firth on the north, and for the 



ll part, the Grampian mountains on the Couth, 



between which bo. om 5 to 10 



Thus having the Cea breezes on one fide, and the 



lofty ridge of mountains on the other, the climate is 



much warmer chan might be imagined between the 



-h and 58th >. The crops arc generally 



good, and nearly as c.:- IcCcx. On thefc 



ounts, grain and meal Corn rof the 



f xports, not from the thinncfs of the people, who 



:remcly numerous on this coaft; but fro 

 poverty, and the neceflity of felling the;; and 



iy the rent. 



Thus fituated in a fertile country, watered by co- 

 pious ttrcams abounding in fiUmon, and walhe.i 



a ; 



