HORT TOUR OF SCOT >. 585 



crops of cuftom too prevalent throughout 



igdomofS. 



iom thele hills opens a view of 



, bound- 

 ed on both ikies l> 



.id gcnr 



ridge, ami ale end the 



Moncricf hill, commanding 1 ; cl of 



ins. 



Tim i* tin- 

 but travellers, who iic remains 



rly for 1 .ml com nuft, 



iflagc from Lcith, keep alon^ the 

 hire, till they arrive at St. Andrews, 

 whole ruins, at a (hort diftance, exhibit a picture of 

 Gothic magnificence, and Chrillian barbarity. 



The toua i'on'.ntcd of 4 ttretts of confiderable 

 length, and proportionable breadth, running \ 

 Icl to each other, in ftraigl. 1 hree of the 



llree: :n ; of the fourth, hardly a vcftige 



is to be feen. 1 fpecling this 



fallen c/ lil be painful in the reci' 



After pa fifing through an open country of 9 miles, 



the travrlliT arrivis at the banks ot -.here 



river is 2 milts in breadth; it widens above, to 



.vigablt i* veflels as 



high as 1 om whence much falmo >rted 



to London. The ; 



half-flood, when flout boats are continually plying 



:igers to Dundee, a handibmc 



litua :l\c com- 



Ipirit of its in!. ^ y who are equally 



dillingui r taile, in 



orn 



diilance fmm Dundee to Perth is 22 miles, 



through the Carfc o: (deemed the garden 



ch, its envious neighbours fay, 



is 



