30 AGRICULTURAL SURVEY OF chap. I* 



arrest, and entertain it; nor disgusted by a 

 group of barren hills confusedly huddled toge- 

 ther ; but entertained by a pleasing variety of 

 mountains and valleys, hills and dales, gentle 

 swellings and depressions of the ground, in 

 every direction and in every degree. The Lo- 

 mond hills, on the west, and Largo Law, on 

 the east, are equally remarkable for their height, 

 their verdure, and their form ; whilst the Nor- 

 man Law, on the north, rises with gloomy ma- 

 jesty above his surrounding hills. A great 

 number of noblemen's and gentlemen's seats 

 appear in the midst of aged plantations, exten- 

 sive pleasure-grounds, and large enclosures, dis- 

 posed with taste and elegance ; whilst the sce- 

 nery, in a variety of instances, is enriched with 

 deep romantic glens, where the trees and copse- 

 wood, bending, in thick confusion, from the 

 rocky precipice on either side, conceal from the 

 eye the stream that murmurs below. The 

 whole county, almost, is surrounded with 

 flourishing sea-port towns, whilst the inland 

 parts are beautified with numerous thriving vil- 

 lages, farm-houses, and cottages, marked and 

 distinguished each by its little clump of trees. 

 These are objects highly pleasing, because they 

 suggest the idea of population, industry, and 

 affluence. 



In this survey, the eye would gladly pass 

 over those tracts of land, which are yet almost 

 in a state of nature, unsheltered from the storm, 

 covered with rocks or heath, and drenched or 

 drowned with water. But they are too exten- 

 sive to be overlooked. May the Genius of A- 

 griculturc soon visit these neglected lands, an<2 



