598 SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



lion, patriots, and Oatefmen; the heredit 

 of ,r , 



ftheir 



ntry *. ic, 



begun and complc M, 



who alfo formed the dcfi^n of .in entire new town, 



upon a commodious, < plan, becoming t 



iitv of the < .1 country mod 



iUuated 

 n hath been rebuilt agrec.ible to t! 



. The inhabitants are well iUs 



, lime and 



in n manufactures ; plentifully fupplied in the 



produce of fea and land ; and in every relpect happy 

 under the benevolent hand of the prelent proprier 

 A noble example to the gentlemen of the Highlands, 

 \vhofe efforts, if afillted by government, may do 

 wonders in their hitherto ufelcfs country. We can- 

 not quit this fiibjcct without remarking the compa- 

 ratively happy lunation of mankind, under th<- 

 noblemen, whofe conti^uoib I, occupy the 



.rt of a tracl, extending from the t 

 of AberJeenfhire, to the weilern ocean. Emir 

 lion, fo fatal to Britain, is fcarcely known upon the 

 cftates of A Athol, and Braedalbane ; an infal- 



ie proof of judicious meafures, and humane 



Refpefting the planting around Inverary, it would 

 ;n vain to attempt even the outlines of defcription. 

 It is extcnfive beyond con< , and admirably 



negated.' crevice, glen, and mountain, dif- 



plays tafle and good lenfe. Thou lands of the gloomy 

 are weeded out, and trees pleafing to the ' 



* Agreeable to the traditional accounts of fenachics and 1 



:hc lands of Loch Awe, 



.reofthe i .:, the y\i -.ckn 



clet ->ri^in from ti. in the 6th 



renturv. 'I. :cigi\ 



of David I. 



rife' 



