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plants little to be expected within the 

 British dominions, A person of a thinking 

 turn of mind will draw many just remarks 

 from the modern improvements of that 

 country, both in arts and agriculture, where 

 premiums obtained long before they were 

 heard of with us. The manners of the wild 

 natives, their superstitions, their prejudices, 

 their sordid way of life, will extort from 

 him many useful reflections. He should 

 also take with him an able draughtsman ; 

 for he must by no means pass over the 

 noble castles and seats, the extensive and 

 picturesque lakes and waterfalls, and the 

 lofty stupendous mountains, so little known, 

 and so engaging to the imagination when 

 described and exhibited in a lively man- 

 ner: such a work would be well received. 



As I have seen no modern map of Scot- 

 land, 1 cannot pretend to say how accurate 

 or particular any such may be ; but this I 

 know, that the best old maps of that king- 

 dom are very defective. 



The great obvious defect that I have re- 

 marked in all maps of Scotland that have 



