SCOTLAND. 



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uther,! 

 >itten- V 



Forfar, Perth, Dundee, Cow- 



per, and St. Andrew's . 

 Crail, Kilrenny, Ansiruther, 



East and West, and Pitten 



ween . . . 

 Dysart,Kirkaldy, Kinghorne,} 



and Burnt Island . . 5 

 Innerkythen, Dumfermline,! 



Queensferry, Culross, and ^ 



Stirling 3 



Glasgow, Renfrew, Ruther 



glen, and Dumbarton . 



Haddington, Dunbar, N. Ber-") 

 wick, Lauder, St Jedburgh, ! 



Selkirk, Peebles, Linlithgow, j 

 and Lanark .... J 



Dumfries, Sanquehar, Annan,! 

 Lochmaban, and Kircud- V 

 bright J 



Wigtown, New Galloway, ~> 

 Stranraer, and Whitehorn $ 



Ayr, Irvine, Rothsay,Cambel-> 

 town, and Inverary . . 5 



Face of the country. ...The appearance of the southern part of 

 Scotland has a great resemblance to that of England ; and, with res- 

 pect both to the general aspect of the country, and to the progress of 

 cultivation, exhibits every kiad of rural variety : the northern part is 

 chiefly an assemblage of vast dreary mountains, not however, without 

 some fertile vallies on the northern and eastern coasts. The name 

 of Highlands is properly given to Argyleshire, the western part of 

 Perthshire, and the counties of Ross, Southerland, and Caithness. 

 The nudity of the country in many parts, in consequence of the want 

 of wood, is generally observed by the traveller from the sruth : but; 

 the extensive plantations of trees continually making by the nobilay 

 and gentry must, in a few years, greatly remedy, if not entirely 

 remove, this defect. Scotland is in general diversified with a pleas- 

 ing intermixture of natural objects. The vast inequalities of the 

 ground, if unfavourable to the labours of the husbandman, are par- 

 ticularly pleasing to a traveller, and afford those delightful situations 

 for country houses, of which many of the Scottish nobility and gentry 

 have so judiciously availed themselves. It is their situation, more 

 than any expensive magnificence, that occasions the seats of the dukes 

 of Argyle and Athol, of lord Hopetoun, and many others, to fix the 

 attention of every traveller. 



Mountains. ...The principal mountains in Scotland are the Gram- 

 pian Hills, which run from east to west, from near Aberdeen to Cowal 

 in Argyleshire, almost the whole breadth of the kingdom. Another 

 chain of mountains, called the Pentland-hills, runs through Lothian, 

 and joins those of Tweeddale. A third, called Lan mer-Muir, rises 

 near the eastern coast, and runs westward through the Merse. Be- 

 sides those continued chains, among which we may reckon the 

 Cheviot or Tiviot Hills on the borders of England. Scotland con- 

 tains many detached mountains, which, from their conical figure, are 

 sometimes called by the Celtic name, Laws. One of the most 

 remarkable of the Scottish mountains is Ben Fouaish, in the east 

 part of Ross-shire. It rises nearly in the form of a rick of hay to the 

 height of 4200 feet, and ends in a flat summit or plain, three miles 

 long, and half a mile broad. Ben Nevis, near Fort William, is reput- 

 ed to be the highest mountain in Britain, being 4350 feet above the 

 level of the sea. Its summit is covered with snow during the whole 

 year. 



Forests. ...The face of Scotland, even where it is most uninviting, 

 presents us with the most incontrovertible evidences of its having 

 formerly abounded with timber. The deepest mosses, or morasses, 



