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Note VI. 



Kilniarnock, an ancient corporation. P. 98. 

 This borough is situated on the Irvine, which, by mistake, our 

 author terms the Mar, and derives its name from being the burial- 

 place of Saint Marnock. The manufacture of dirks and other edged- 

 tools has declined, but, it need scarce be said, that of Scottish cloths 

 has increased in a great proportion. 



Note VII. 



Famous Glasgow. P. 10o. 



The panegyric, which the author pronounces upon Glasgow, gives 

 us a higher idea of the prosperity of Scotland's western capital, 

 during the middle of the 17th century, than the reader perhaps 

 might have anticipated. A satirist with respect to every other place, 

 Fianck describes Glasgow as the " nonsuch of Scotland, where an 

 English florist may pick up a posy." Commerce had already brought 

 wealth to Glasgow, and with wealth seems to have arisen an atten- 

 tion to the decencies and conveniences of life, unknown as yet in 

 other parts of Scotland. 



Note VIII. 



Wellcome to Dunbarton. P. 111. 



A strict search among records, were it wo: li while, might dis- 

 cover the name of the English Commandant 01 Dumbarton during 

 the republick, who is here called Aquilla, and who, as an old 

 acquaintance, receives Arnoldus and Theophilus in his fortress. 

 Cromwell maintained twenty-eight garrisons in different parts of 

 Scotland, in the forts and castles which he found ready built, besides 

 erecting new citadels at Leith, Air, Inverness, and Glasgow. The 

 expence of the standing army necessary to keep Scotland in subju- 

 gation, was as great a grievance to the English as the presence of 

 the forces was to the Scotch. 



