FOUR OF SCO I ). 567 



extends from < /ham to the 



terf by crofling the king- 

 Ian No traveller can therefore 

 iinbur." . ifgow, v pafling thefr 

 , but the trouble of al nply 

 repaid by the grandeur o rofpc&s wh 

 coi, lunortl. 



In :s happy to find a 



decent ii ommodations, < 



nt Hill con- 



rract ot" ,, when the 



road takes a >.i, on the de- 



\cen- 



fivc view of the i ir as the itory 



, in the (hire of Angus, dillant above 50 



:e north. N, howe%'cr, foon in- 



: iich llretches al 



the north :hc eafl- 



ern point, as far weft war rive. 



The rntr.KK-c of the Forth is difVmguifhcd on the 



neglc^ed : the countr)' bcbg laid u aftt, remained in that fate 

 till the beginning of the prcknt cemury, c religious fer- 



ment : cin^ citaWirtjcd, the gen- 



tlemen of (he Lothiam, K t to mclo- 



furcs, and other rural improveoientf, hut without any regard to 

 s ot' their counrry :<ei, they put themfelvet 



to coofiderable exp< ikes of ftooe and ime ; 



ttlc from uandcfin^, I 



urm (he!: ..: confequence is, that in hot 



weather th< n one fide of the field to the other, during 



c atert part of the day, and thut waAe themldvr 



mfteoance, it owing 

 the general leanncfs . :i that c> 



10 well (upplied with water as in England. Thb ex- 

 ample of the Lot hunt, foon became gtneral in the 



ic pebbles, collected from the corn-fields, 



cs and the greands iocloied ihetvwith, honoured 



MC name of parks. At length the GUigow mercluDis feeby 



the inertka . xrdicnu, and aflumed of the 



appearance of their ^>!ao of hedgiag 



and planting, recommended in ages which we call barbarous. 



v v north 



