2O Superiority of Scottish Husbandry. 



feelings on the scenery of the lakes, and the 

 dissimilar degrees of estimation in which it is 

 held by different admirers, who, very possibly, 

 might concur, could all see the same prospect 

 at the same time, and through the same 

 medium. 



The evening was fine and serene, and the 

 moment of our landing in Dumfriesshire was 

 favourable to the impressions I had already 

 received. 



I must candidly confess, that my local par- 

 tialities suffered by a comparison of our own, 

 with the opposite side of the Frith. The supe- 

 riority cannot be denied, nor can my unqualified 

 approbation be withheld in favour of Scotland. 

 The luxuriance of the crops of grain, the cul- 

 ture of the turnips, and the cleanness of the fal- 

 lows, as we passed along towards Annan, merited 

 and received my warmest commendations ; but 

 as the husbandry of this county is confessedly 

 far behind that of the Lothians, the reflection 

 of being surpassed by those who have yet so 

 much to learn, was truly mortifying. 



It would be not less a curious than interesting 

 investigation, to trace whence arise the various 

 peculiarities, identifying national character, as 



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