614 SHORT TOUR OF SCOTLAND. 



from Stirling arc purely inland, difplaying all the 

 beauties and foftnefs of an Itajwin Ian agree- 



abl ixed with waters, pantations, anJ lofty 



do-.vns or (beep-walks. Amidft this fcenery, the 

 river Forth m a molt pifturdque manner, to 



Alloi, forming, in the Ihort tract of 6 miles by land, 

 a navigation miles or upwards. A ir- 



ling, the landfcape is equally engaging, if not more 

 fo. H -he Forth a; < v qucnt, 



but more extenfive, This weftern view is bounded 

 by Ben-Lomond, and the Grampian mountains, 

 whole fummits are perceived from every direction 

 ighout the centre of the kingdom. 



The diftance from Stirling to I'dinburgh by the 

 Queen's ferry is 36 miles. The firftftage to Falkirk 

 commands an extenfive view of both fides of the 

 Forth; the rich plain called the Carfe of Falkirk, 

 the Carton manufactory, famous for its cannon, and 

 an endlefs variety of rools and furniture in cad iron. 



nr Falkirk the traveller patfes under the aqueduct 

 bridge formerly mentioned ; where the canal is 

 raifcd above 100 feet in the courfe of a mile, by 

 means of ten locks, and at theexpence of 18,000!. 

 one of the mod extraordinary works of art in thefe 

 kingdoms, and which nothing but ocular demon- 

 ftration could convince of its reality. A mod de- 

 lightful journey upon the fouth banks of the Forth, 

 where that river is above three miles wide, leads to 

 the elevated and magnificent feat of the earl of 

 Hopeton, fituated above the narrow ftrait at the 

 Queen's ferry, and commanding a compleat view 

 of the river and its iflands, from the fea to Stirling, 



A fhortand pleafant ftage, through a well-inclofed 

 country, carries the traveller to the bale of Edin- 

 burgh caftle, which, though he hath lately traverfed 

 the Grampian mountains, will command his admi- 

 ration. 



Travellers, who entered Scotland by the eaftcrn 

 roads, through Berwic or Kelfo, generally return by 



the 



