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and majestick towers and turrets, that storm the 

 air; and seemingly make dints in the very clouds. 

 At first sight, I must confess, it struck me with 

 admiration, to gaze on so gawdy and regular a 

 frontispiece ; more especially when to consider it 

 in the noolc of a nation. Nor do I know any 

 reason, but that every English man should ad- 

 vance a due proportion of Scotland's fame, as 

 freely and candidly as of his own native coun- 

 try ; provided the kingdom of Scotland deserve 

 it. I have told you that the name of this house 

 is Bogagieth, alluding, as I fancy, to the nature 

 of the place, by reason the ground appears so 

 boggy ; whose battlements on a fair day display 

 themselves to the portals of Elgin. But more 

 southerly yet are the fortifications of Straboggy, 

 bordering on the tracts to Aberdeen ; which al- 

 so belongs to the Marquess Huntly, the chief of 

 the clan of the Gordons ; as is Earl Seaforth, 

 chief of the Mackenzies. Now this bulky Stra- 

 boggy has an invincible tower, so large and stu- 

 pendous that it burdens the earth, and is with- 

 out precedent the largest in Scotland ; situated 

 on a flat, begirt with bogs, amalgamiz'd with 

 loomish marly clay, and cemented into rocks, 

 makes prospect by a short interview to the skirts 

 of the Highlands, whilst the elevated tarrasses of 

 beautiful Bogagieth overlook the ocean, and is 



