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spoiled the silly tale which he tells concerning the origin of the 

 name, by a slight alteration in the orisons of the poor priest who fell 

 into the bog Ex jjrofunditatibus, &c. con 1 J never have formed T:p- 

 profin, though de profundis might come near to that sound. 



Note XX. 



The Loch ofFitloiL P. 155. 



This small lake, with that called the Loch of Lundy, lies at the 

 head of the water of Dighty, which rising on the southern side of the 

 Seedlaw hills, flows to Dundee. The angler's tale of the witches, by 

 whom he was here beset, is one of the few marvellous legends with 

 which he burthens our credulity ; and the belief of witchcraft, it 

 must be remembered, was universal at this period. Neither does 

 the Tourist himself seem very positive in believing the existence of 

 these " mortal daemons," as he calls them. 



The word whituratch is never, in Scotland, used to signify a fox- 

 terrier, as asserted in the text. Perhaps it may have been the pro- 

 per name of the witch's lap-dog. Whitret signifies wcazel a natu- 

 ral enough name for that sort of dog. 



XXI. 



Tlif flourishing fields of Meghill, wherein lies interrd the royal 



corps of King Arthur s consort. P. 164-. 



Some of the very curious sepulchral remain? in the Church-yard 

 of Meigle, in Strathmore, have been engraved by Pennant, but not 

 with the most laudable accuracy. The common people are uni 

 in the tradition which points them out as referring to the history c * 

 King Arthur ; and shew one of the most distinguished, as the mo- 

 nument of tae celebrated Vanora, Guenever, or Ganore, the queen, 

 of that reiiu wned sovereign. Arthur-stone, a neighbouring property, 

 takes its name from the same hero. Certainly the number and cu- 

 rious sculpture of these a!hcient stones, now carefully protected by 

 the proprietor of Meigle, Patrick Murray, Esq. of Syrnprim, are such 

 as entitle us to refer them to some era of importance. But the re- 

 nown of King Arthur and his chivalry was spread so universally 

 through all Europe, that their exploits were readily adopted as the 



