TOUR OF SCOl ). 581 



and A the prefent number amounts to 1000, 



of whom 400 or upwards arc m the ir. :ie. 



:ancc is the \ ancient 



:hmcnt in this city, confifting at prefent 

 reftor and four ho teach thr 



cfs, to i 400 bo 



o an academy f<u deaf 



and dumb ig icho 



A fociety for propagating in knowledge; 



^yal fix : varipus I. of 



'.cure; an a , a 



a fpci 



of five Engliih acres, \\ ro- 



X fchool of 

 d- 



cal ( ^ed, befidcs a errac number -us 



exotici. \c profeflbr 



ie true rhuburlv ting of 3000 



or thirteen ;d. 



' pieced on t f >n 



hill, comm inoft ex nifhed 



nd all the optical infmi* 

 uul apj h belonged to the cclc- 



es Sho; 



The .res library contains a v 



books, : 



r 4000 < 1 me. la! 



and ' other curiofities, an inti-e mu;i 



fcrv ir l 



of Mori him prefcntcd to the 



.iburgh is alfo fiirniHictl with a play-houfc, 



nbly-rooms ; one of which is fin^- 

 v elcgar i oo feet in length, by 60 



or upwards, in breadth. A all, bn 



: >bert Mylne, architect of Blackfriars- 



^, after the model of the great opera theatre at 



but on a fmall fcalc. This building is 



003 greatly 



