GENERAL IMPROVEMENT. 



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bounded by the grand mountain line of 

 Loch Lomond. 



The situation of Kinfauns, being of greater 

 height and very abrupt, is properly occupied 

 by a Castle, with its bold terrace overhanging 

 the steep, up which the approach ascends to 

 the entrance, having wound round the edge of 

 the height under the shade of a venerable row 

 of trees. Having gained the Castle, the eye 

 breaks at once upon a splendid view of the Tay 

 winding its broad course below, occasionally 

 interrupted by the tops of majestic wood 

 hanging on the steep, and enriched with a 

 variety of vessels passing and repassing to 

 and from Perth. 



Had the abrupt knoll on which the castle 

 stands been planted with thorn, holly, juniper, 

 &c, so as to form a mass of undergrowth 

 below the terrace wall, the effect of the whole 

 would have been perfect : the want of this 

 gives a newness and poverty of character ill 

 suited to the general richness of the scene.* 



To Romantic scenery also the Castle seems 

 well adapted. Its angular projecting but- 

 tresses, its towers of irregular height, its walls 



* Having strongly urged this opinion to the noble 

 owner, I trust there is no impropriety in stating it here. 



