534 OF THE SOLWAY FIRTH. 



v/n bay, near the mouth of the river Cree, 



\vh ible fomc n her, to C arty port, 



ft, ft C I'jle village, plea- 



: tuated in country, abounding with 



ail the real net- life, particul.nl ,ve 



woods of full-grown trees, which over banks 



of the Cree, and the waters which fall into it from 



the north. 



We are now in Wigtownshire, which is l< 

 from Kirkudbright by the Crce ; it is the mod Ibu- 

 tlierly county in Scotland, almoft furrounded by 

 water, and hath 3 capacious bays, viz. tuofe 

 Wigtown, Glenluce, and Stranrawer, ufually cai 

 Loch Ryan. The poft road leads directly through 

 the centre of the county to Port Patric, but my 

 intention being coait-ways, I kept along the weft 

 fide of Wigtown bay to the fhire town of that name, 

 an inconfiderable place, beautifully fituated at the 

 mouth of the river Bladenoch, and furrounded with 

 extcnfive fields, producing large crops of wheat, 

 oats, and barley. 



Little can be laid in favour of the port of this 

 place, but after a fhort ftage through a rich country- 

 due fouth, we come to (jarlieilon, a village fituated 

 on the edge of a fmall bay, where veflels of confider- 

 able burden may ride in perfect fccurity, on good 

 anchoring ground. This place is the property of the 

 carl of Galloway, whofe family refidtnce lies at a fhort 

 diftance. The gardens and plealure grounds, ex- 

 tend to the edge of the bay ; and command exten- 

 five views of land and water. 



The fan.e mces of fertility continue to 



Whicchorn, an inland royal boiough, antiently the 

 cpiRopal ice of Galloway, founded, according to 

 Bede, by >t. Ninian, and famous for its noble priory 

 and other ecclcfiaflical buildings. Of thefe edifices 

 Icarcely a vrlti: .ns by which we can trace their 



magnitude and fitur.tion. 1 he town alfo, exhibits a 

 jmelancholy picture of decay, and fcems to have fuf- 



fered 



