ORT TOUR OF SCO i >. 6ij, 



the firft man who pulled down a (ingle ft 



nt be I- : ruler i r nonumcnt 



hach been creftcd to t nory of thole virtuous 



re two main roads leading from this city 

 burgh; the igof44inii 



: the no. though 50 miles in length, 



is generally prefer- .u count of its views, .* 



towns througli .ire 



^ancc by this road to Stirling is 28 miles, 



roken, rough country, very little indcbi 



nodern improvements. A lofty verdant ridge, 



pfie hills, bounds the northern view. 



ncd by the navigation 



.1 fhort diftancc beyond Kilfyth, the roa^i 

 Stii direction, and gradually 



is a view of the Forth, which, from the Queen's 



n- 



Stirling is built upon a hill environed with rich 



.ns; an .iinburgh, of which it is 



the miniature, in a g where 



, bounded by a perpendicular, lofty rock, called 



the Cattle, once the feat of kings, and the natio: 



councils. The royal pa res at prefent as 



racks to a few invalids ; the parliament houfe, 



their lumber room. This building is 120 feet in 



and of proportionable height. It hath be 

 >ped, in ie Scottilh manner, of its on 



galleries; the roof, unaflTifted by the 

 public, is mouldering away ; and of the royal gar- 

 dens, lomc few veftiges only can now be traced. 



The views whh i Scot- 



land, are thofc from Galloway, Cantire, Arthur's 

 , and Stirling cattle ; the fin he reaJ 



ceivc by the m.. >f kingdoms, iflands, 



CMUJ promontories, and far diftant ihorcs. Th 



o^ Q frop 



