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parable companions. Moreover, their wives are 

 sociable comers too ; yet, not to compare with 

 those of Dumblain, who pawn their petticotes 

 to pay their reckoning. 



Theoph. Here's a jolly crew of alemen (but 

 very few anglers) crowded together in the small 

 compass of a little corporation, curiously com- 

 pacted. For the houses, you may observe, be- 

 siege the river ; and that river, to divide the 

 ruiuous ports, left only as reliques that remain 

 discoverable ; however, it's my opinion, that a 

 stone wall has incircled the town, since hitherto, 

 as to observation, there's rarely a town of any 

 emineney in Scotland, but is, or has been, belea- 

 gured with a strong stone wall ; but as to that 

 I'le silence my self. 



Am. Well, then, I'le proceed to pilot you 

 down these solitary descents that direct to the 

 eminent ports of Air, near whose difficult en- 

 trances stands a strong citadel, formidable and 

 spacious, in the base of a pentagon, erected on 

 purpose to reduce insurrectors. 



Theoph. Must we dismount these hills to 

 traverse those valleys ? 



Arn. Yes, surely, we must, if designing to 

 trace the fertil fields and beautiful plains of the 

 now famous and flourishing Glasgow, where we 

 may accommodate ourselves with various curio- 

 sities ; for the days are long enough, and our 



