6 10 SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



a fpot, formed by nature for health and ornament, 

 ^ 1 be obfcurecl and irretrievably loft to the com- 

 munity. It would therefore be expedient to lay out, 

 upon a regul.i the whole front of the rifing 



ground fro. iigh-ftuet to Anderfton, and even 



beyond that village *. A city fo diftinguifhcd for 

 the induftry and ingenuity of its inhabitants, the 

 of its ; and the extent of its 



commerce, fhould look forward With an invariable 



\v to magnificence, and national honour. 



The citizens have lately built by a tontine, one of 

 the mod extenfive and I coffee-rooms in Eu- 



rope, to which is fubjoined a fuite of buildings for the 

 purpofes of a tavern and hotel, an afiembly room, 

 offices for notaries and under-writers. The defign, 

 ard the execution of thefe buildings difplay great 

 judgment, and an excellent tafte. The expence did 

 not amount to 7000!. 



The Clyde hath 5 feet water at Glafgow, and ad- 

 mits of a number of fmall craft from Greenock, 

 Port Glafgow, and the Highlands. The walks on 

 the banks of this river have a rural fimplicity, and 

 are extremely pleafmg. 



The great ornament of Glafgow is its very refpec- 

 tahle and much-frequented univerfity, whofe pro- 

 A iTors have long been eminent in the various branches 

 of fcience, and clafiic education. This feminary 

 ftands on a rifing ground, clofe upon the country, 

 and is poficfled of a large garden for the conveniency 

 of the (ludents j adjoining to which is a botanic 

 garden, an oblervatory, and a handfome wcll-fur- 

 nifhed library. 



When the Romans raifed the well-known northern 

 .1 ainft the Caledonians, commonly named 



* It rr/i^ht be proper, for the information and conveniency of 



inhabitai: liih on copper-plate a handlbmc plan of the 



;< d additions, am! the weftcin environs, 



*s far as the Kelvin, a river which, in Ids than half a century, 

 become the boundary on thai 



Graham's 



