568 SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



north fide, by the ifle of May, and on the fouth bjr 

 the Bafs ifland, a rock of 300 feet in height, covered 



!i an incredible number of folan-gecfe, and was 



;enUy a flate prifon. The Bafs, from whatever 

 direction feen, ib one of the principal objects in r 

 magnificent views which thcfe hills at- ier 



by the Berwic or the Kclfo road ; it is allo feen dif- 

 tinctly from Stirling-caftle, 50 miles well. This 

 rock is only accdfible at one place, and that with 

 difficulty, and in moderate weather, yet old people 

 remember an orchard on the fummit. 



A f ountry, and decent farm-houfes, with 



well- filled yards, now begin to appear on every fide*. 

 The farms let from 2 to 500!. per annum. 



Had this country, which for fcveral miles lies in a 

 Hoping direction to the edge of the fea, been in- 

 clofed and ornamented after the Englifh manner, the 

 road to Edinburgh having fuch commanding views 

 of planting, water, and fhipping, would have drawn 

 the admiration of every traveller. 



The defcent from Coldingham-moor terminate$ 

 with a glen called the Peafe, formerly the terror of 

 female travellers, but now rendered perfectly fafe 

 by means of a bridge juft completed, which extends 

 from one fide of the frightful chafm to the other, 

 and is of itfelf a curiofity. 



It confifts of 4 arches, and 3 piers, 2 of which 

 are built on rock ; the height of the arches, inclu- 

 ding the battlements, is 137 feet; and the length of 

 the bridge 325. The expencc of the whole, which 

 hath been generoufiy raifed by the gentlemen of the 

 adjacent country, amounts to 1500!, The glen 

 above and below is filled with well-grown trees. 



We are now within 36 miles of Edinburgh ; the 



* Happening to pafs through this country in November laft, T 

 took particular notice of the term-yards, all of which v/ere well 

 filled with large handfome flacks, placed in rows with mathemati. 

 cal cxa&nefs, and amounting in number, from 30 to 36. 



road 



