90 NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 



was anciently a town girt about with a strong 

 stone wall ; but the late irruptions, or perhaps 

 some state-disagreement, has in a manner de- 

 faced that regular ornament, otherwise the cank- 

 rous teeth of time have gnawn out the impres- 

 sions, as evidently appears by those ruinous 

 heaps. Nor is the Arnotus in all parts portable, 

 notwithstanding her shores are so delightful. 



Theoph. What, is there more yet ? pray, go 

 on. 



Am. In the midst of the town is their mar- 

 ket-place, and in the centre of that stands their 

 tolbooth, round about which the rabble sit, that 

 nauseate the very air with their tainted breath, 

 so perfum'd with onions, that to an English- 

 man it is almost infectious. 



But the kirk is comely, and situated south- 

 ward, furnished once a week with moveable 

 spectrums, (you know what that means,) yet 

 the outside than the inside is more eminently 

 imbellished, if sepulchres and tombstones can 

 be said to be ornaments ; and where death and 

 time stand to guard the steeple, whose rings of 

 bells seldom or rarely exceed the critical num- 

 ber of three. 



Here also you may observe a large and spa- 

 cious bridg, that directly leads into the country 

 of Galloway, where thrice in a week you shall 

 rarely fail to see their niaid-maukins dance co- 



