THE NORTHERN MEMOIRS. 375 



If the witches of Chanrie possessed, as is intimated, the power of 

 compelling grampuses to come ashore, their skill must, in such a si- 

 tuation, have been of great use to their town-folks. 



Note XXXV. 

 Bogagieth, the Marquess ofHuntlys palace. P. 220. 



Bog of Gight was the ancient name of Castle Gordon. Mr Pen- 

 nant, in the first volume of his Tour through Scotland, quotes our 

 author's description of this principal residence of the great family 

 of Gordon, and illustrates it by an old print, which he conceives to 

 represent that lofty fabric upon whose beauties Mr Franck is so elo- 

 quent. The building, in the engraving, very much resembles Heriot's 

 hospital at Edinburgh ; and the architecture seems at least a century 

 too late for the year 1501, assigned as the date of the castle. It could 

 have been wished that Mr Pennant had given us the authority on 

 which he conceived the print to be designed to represent old Castle- 

 Gordon. The author always reads Trespey for Strath-Spey misled 

 by the popular pronunciation. 



The ancient residence was called Bogra-gbdhu, or windy bog, 

 there being a very free circulation of air from the Frith and the 

 west ; and the ferry-boat is still the boat of Bog. This habitation 

 was long known, all over the north, by the name of " The Bog," 

 for an obvious reason. Spalden seldom uses any other term for it. 

 See Statistical Account of Scotland, Vol. 14, p. 265. 



Note XXXVI. 

 Steen~hive Dunnotter-Castle in this Jine fortress they conceal the 



Regalia of Scotland. P. 231. 



For Steen-hive, we must read Stone-haven. In Dunnotter-Cas- 

 tle the Regalia of Scotland were deposited for preservation during 

 the Civil Wars ; and when the fortress was near being compelled to 

 surrender, they were secretly conveyed thence by the Reverend Mr 

 Granger and his wife, and buried in the Kirk of Kinneff, of which 

 Mr Granger was clergyman, and where they were secreted until the 

 Restoration. In 1656, when our author travelled in Scotland, the ge- 

 neral belief was received that they were concealed somewhere about 

 the castle. 



