REMARKS ON DOCTOR 



* in Auguft : the rains begin with moderate winds ; which 

 lirongc: and rtrongcr till th- 



,; i incredible fury. The hufbandman then li;;hs over 



* the ruins of his ve: the injury 



.j climate: fon.-. rratc; the more rip- ",ll)y 



t : he elements. '1 he {> 



. Poseity pre\ 

 economy : the ill lu< 

 nt, determines him to follow the old tra 

 , unwilling, like the dog in the fable, to 



* the lhadow and lole the lubiiance. '1 he pioducc ot tin. -i 

 * very rarely are in any degree pioportioncd to the ; the 



* :: Uhii lealons h.i\e happened, \\hen they ; 



had hi|>citl(iity, but the : unine are 05 two to one 



- ; proper pi. 



Dr. J'hn1on, 44 is not plcaling 



" :th rain. autumnal to the vernal 



"equinox, : when the Iho. 



44 are inlpendcd i I ^uler Inch Ikies can be- 



*' ' exuberance of vegetation. Their winter overtakes 



11 : . and their harveii lies upon the ground dienchr,] 



4 with rain, 'i'hey gather a little h-i\, but the gials is mown 

 ** late ; ;ind is i<> otten almolt dry, and again very wet, before it 

 ' is honied, that it becomes a collection of withered Hulks, 

 * without taftt or fragrance ; it mull be eaten by cattle that : 

 nothing t-lle, but by molt Englifh farmers would be th; 

 ** away. The barn-* of sky 1 ne\erfaw. That which Mac 

 44 of Raafay had erected near his houle was fo contrived, Ix 

 " tlic han'cft is Icldom brought home dry, as by perpetual ; 

 44 flation to prevent the mow from heating. In the penury of 

 ** thtrle malignant regions nothing is left that can I d to 



f< 



ilefs it be the ifland of Arrnn,'* fays our rorrancer, <{ wliich 

 44 is very mountainous, all the other ijlamh arc in general i<nu 

 * grounds, for the mcit part pretty level and capable ot 

 " ; be given to r.: 



rimilly f:tlie, than the do&or's own woixis in ar../hcr part of the 



*- The weltcrn parts of the Highlands of Scotland arc 



I* 4 for the moft part extren -.<. and mountainous, 



* end tljtfamt may he / ;minghcalthv 



" 4t " The "iilands, ""contmiies he, * 4 \v! 



" are at prelent polleiled of a breed of 11 ying^wrivo*/ 



11 t! an any in X.urofe, and which could be eafily th rved 



ithout dcbaitment, or even improved i' !d great quart* 



14 ft tics of ivcolj of a quality fvpcrior to any that is yet kntnun^ 



44 would in n D, if (locked with luchfheep, 



: crhaps tenfok! greater than if paltured with cartle." Happy 



-very for Scotland, snd which eluded all the minute invcfttga- 



tion of a Pennant and Jolmfon ! ^ l li.it v. ill become of Spain and 



J>oor old EngUirid, v>htn the Hebrides fliall pour forth their un 



