ORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 571 



on each fide*. The whole, at a ig 



irancc of vuft buildings, crowding for fccu- 

 the winj- 



hnburgh arc it as iti 



inc. ous buildings j it* narrow lanct 



ynds ;i 



An open fpacc b< 'iie 



11, a fiords the 

 , dinner, or in the 



', with I ->f the new town, 



ping, and the adjacent countn 



1 n* 



to a cii 



the fummit of the Calton hill, which affords pro- 



fts of town and country in every di: , fo 



;cgaied and enchanting, a to furpalh die 



extravagant delcriptions in romance ; yet thcfc 



ws, however impro may fcem to perfons 



not bee Jinburzh, arc loll in the 



ifon with what Arthur's feat commands. 



> hill, u before obferved, for: eailern 



boundary of the town, 1; ncc it ri!c< to the 



height of 700 feet, being more uble the height 



of the crofs on the top of > ,1 



> in a point, 



vcller may fit , and IV M his ealV, the 



centre of the kin belkics a compleat view 



d its caftle, on which he looks 

 down, 



views have been \ ngs 



onal fplcjuloiir 

 from thofe now in >n. 



c city being chiefly r.iifed ujx>n a na; i^e, 



with one n ;ding along the lumrr. 



numb TOW lanes, upon the declivity on each 



The front of the exchange is 60 feet ; the back-wall 100 ; 



- there ire back walls that iccm much higher than the exchange, 

 where 1 have reckoned u or u ftohej. 



fide, 



