D$:SCIlIPTION OF TINTp, 



crowding irregularly into view, in a manner ex^ 

 tremely picturesque. In the opposite direction of 

 the south-east, the prominent features of this view, 

 are the bold undulating mountain-lin^s, the fine- 

 ly grouped masses, and the alternate swells and 

 deep hollows pf the Tweddale hills ; amongst 

 which, the most remarkable is Gultey-Fell, dis- 

 tinguished as the rival of Tinto itself, in size and 

 height. These magnificent objects, presenting 

 themselves on the one hand, form an admirable 

 and striking contrast to the delightful appearance, 

 on thp other hand, of th^ level country that 

 stretches along the banks of the Clyde. What 

 adds to the effect, and can hardly fail to strike the 

 eye at first sight,— the different places where the 

 river displays its shining surface, seem, as if dis- 

 posed with the happiest skill, for producing the 

 impression of the picturesque. 



This noble stream, which shews in its course 

 so many charms of natural scenery, and whose 

 fine sweeps through the mountain-valley, and low- 

 er districts of Lanarkshire, are so great an embel- 

 lishment of the whole prospept, may in truth be 

 said to carry along with it, beauty and fertility 

 from its very source. It is equally pleasing and 

 unexpected, to find at the height of 600 feet abov^ 

 the level of the sea, a tract of land, so rich in 

 soil, so well cultivated, and so extensively clothed 

 with plantations, as the district spreading around 

 the foot of the mountain, from Hyndford-house to 



