59^ SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



Every valley, called in that country lUu'i or 

 hath its dream n , and di- 



viding the whole into a mini rdanr 



peninfulas. The beds of; i, are land or 



pebbles, barely covered in fummer, but which, 



ng the iiuruinn.il and winter floods, 1c-jm lea 

 fufficient to contain thr body of water that 



along with frightful impetuofity. When, upon 

 a thaw of fnow, every mountain pours forth its tri- 

 bute in numerous little c;r and every rill is 

 fwclled to a river, the inhabitants of the valli< 

 themfelves environed on every fide, with impend- 

 ing danger to thr. |, their cattle, and their grain. 



res, efpecially thofe of modern conftrucYion, are 

 thrown .down, trees are torn away, and even (Ion 

 confiderable weight yield to the prefiure of the tor- 

 rent. 



All the accumulating waters, from every direct 

 in a circuit of fifty miles, are received by the I 

 and this noble river, after collecting the various 



is of the centre of the kingdom, falls into the 

 feabiiow Perth. A river fo confiderable mud, at 

 proper fcalon.s facilitate the floating of timber, from 



lens, and interior parts of the Highlands; of 



favourable circumftancc the gentlemen of thofe 



parts feem now to be duly fenfible. Its banks afford 



a rich profpect of future wealth, anfmg, in many 



places, from grounds which could not otherwife be 



:ht into ufc. 



The Tay flo\vs from the north, and receives at 

 Dunkeld the river Bran, whofe pifturefque banks, 

 improved by art, contribute greatly to the beauties 

 around that r feat. The road northward 



exhibits on every fide, an accumulating trcafure 

 to the noble proprietor, and extremely pkafant to 

 the traveller. At Logyrait, eight miles above Dun- 

 , the Tay and the Tumel unite their copious 



iis. The natural beauties of this place are dif- 



graced 



