OF THE MURRAY FIRTH. 481 



:uke of Cumberland, which gave the finifh- 



ing blow to the hopes of tlv upon 



ie of ihcfc kingdoms. From this |>iacc the 



, and almoft o the 



Hes of the \ he wan- 



vwil months, t: nch (hip of war 



n to that kingdom. 



At ; incc of c miles fron icfs we enter 



the Inuii. y of Nairn, whole inconfidcrablc 



al of the fame name had a linalf harbour, now 

 choaked up with land. Near this place is Calder, or 

 as SI Cawdor < :rom whence 



Mat i / bane of Cawdor. 



Its* >f great : -ched on the top 



ftonc, and furrounded with battlements. A frag- 

 t of the draw- bridge Hill remains. 



he road where Macbeth 

 waywa s and a little fartlv 



:icc of ii miles from Nairn, we arrive at the 

 linall, neat town of Torres, in Murray Ihirr, plea 



the river 1 and remarkable for 



one of the tineft hieroglyphic pillars now in cxiflencc. 

 It hath been the fubjedl of many able pens, but to- 

 tally overlooked by doftor Johnfon, who lays, " at 

 Forres we found good accommodation, but nothing 

 worthy of particular ren 



Your inftrudtions, fays Mr. Cordiner, in a let- 

 ter to Mr. Pennant, withrcfpeft to thepil 

 mad( >>ject that demanded my bell attention, 



knowing that it far furpaflfed, in magnificence ami 

 ! cur, the other obelifks in Scotland, and was 

 < thcm :nent of the Gothic 



kind to 1 m Europe; you may rely on the 



j, and I nude the followin 



" That in the firft divifion, undcrn Gothic 



ornaments at the top, arc 9 horfes with their riders, 



ih in order : in the next, is a lir. 

 TS on foot, br 4 ndilhing their weapons, and 

 H H appear 



